Trainer Doug O’Neill won the newly renamed Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes (G2) Dec. 26 at Santa Anita Park—just not with the horse the public expected. Former claimer J B Strikes Back scored at upset at 16-1 odds.

Taking advantage of a leisurely early pace, Windy Walk had just enough left to hold off grade 1 winners Power Squeeze and Soul of an Angel and score a 14-1 upset in the Dec. 26 Rampart Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

McKinzie currently holds the leading sire advantage by a $44,523 margin over Vekoma. Tiz the Law also could threaten the top spot.

With just a few race days remaining in 2024, NYRA publicity recently caught up with jockey Dylan Davis to talk about his season in which he posted a personal-best $16 million in purse earnings.

Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) runner-up Bentornato, scratched from the Dec. 26 Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, has a sore left front foot, trainer Jose D’Angelo said.

The Kentucky Oaks (G1) was not just the premier race of the year for 3-year-old fillies. It was the coming out party for the year’s belle of the ball, Thorpedo Anna.

The Jockey Club announced Dec. 26 that 12 people have been denied the privilege of registering foals with The Jockey Club effective Jan. 1 of next year. The denials are pursuant to Rule 19 of the American Stud Book.

The holidays are a time for love and compassion, a mission close to the heart of Lisa Reynolds as she has fought to provide a home for several important off-track Thoroughbreds in her life.

Gold Round, a group 3 winner and producer of multiple graded/group winners, died Dec. 19 following complications due to colic at Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky.

Dollars and Sense with Frank Angst