A breeding right in Darley stallion Cracksman was the most coveted lot in the Tattersalls Online January Sale and it duly topped the auction with a winning bid of 50,000gns (US$66,000) from Dan Astbury.

Greg Wolf & Andy Serling look ahead to the Interborough at Aqueduct and the Lecomte at Fair Grounds.

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will be in attendance as the official charity for the 53rd annual Eclipse Awards, set to begin at 7:30 p.m. EST on Jan. 25 at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida.

The New York Racing Association canceled racing Jan. 20 at Aqueduct Racetrack and morning training at Belmont Park due to arctic temperatures forecast to impact the New York metropolitan area throughout the day.

Absent from racing since the July 1 Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Ellis Park, when he needed to be walked backward to approach the starting gate, Lucky Seven Stable’s Smile Happy returns Jan. 20 at Fair Grounds in the $175,000 Louisiana Stakes (G3).

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Jan. 19 that Stuart S. Janney III will be honored with the Eclipse Award of Merit at the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards dinner and ceremony Jan. 25 at The Breakers Palm Beach in South Florida.

During a presentation on equine grass sickness at the International Thoroughbred Breeders’ Federation webinar Jan. 18, Dr. Beth Wells of the Moredun Research Institute revealed researchers are currently attempting to create a lab-grown horse gut.

Spendthrift Farm’s Mo Donegal, the classic-winning son of Uncle Mo, sired his first reported foal this week when a colt was born at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky.

Arqana’s first sale of the season, the February Mixed Sale, will take place from Feb. 13-14 in Deauville and the catalog is now online.

The most recent Indiana Thoroughbred Alliance Charity Auction, held Dec. 18 on EquiRing.com, was the fourth rendition of the auction, and it hit a big milestone.