The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby returns with the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki Racecourse Dec. 17 with none of the runners who contested the first leg in November.

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame hosts the fourth annual Countdown to the Triple Crown fundraising event Feb. 7 that features dozens of silent auction items and an online auction of unique items and experience packages.

Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has cataloged 282 horses for its January Winter Mixed Sale to be held Jan. 27. The single-session auction will begin at 11 a.m. ET and features newly turned yearlings, broodmares, and broodmare prospects.

Arapahoe Park, along with the Colorado Division of Racing, successfully concluded its ten-week fall 2025 meet with zero catastrophic track injuries.

The Arizona Racing Commission gave official approval for commercial horse racing and teletrack pemits, allowing Skyfall 7 to operate Turf Paradise for three fiscal years and operate a network of 36 off-track betting sites.

The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation is pleased to award $4,000 to Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association to be used to grow its Horsemen U online platform.

Esteemed writers Edward Bowen and Ray Kerrison and pioneering photographer Charles Christian “C. C.” Cook have been selected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor.

The “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby” returns with the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki Racecourse Dec. 17 with none of the runners who contested the first leg in November.

The Australian Turf Club has launched Supreme Court action against Racing NSW’s move to appoint an administrator to take over the club’s affairs, claiming its board does not accept the regulator has the power to do so.

Fan favorite Skelly has been retired from racing, Frank Alosa, bloodstock agent for Red Lane Thoroughbreds, confirmed Dec. 15. The hard-knocking 6-year-old gelding won 12 of his 25 starts and retired with a record of 12-7-1.