Trainer Todd Pletcher discusses Jan. 13 Gulfstream Park debut scorer Turn Up the Trees.

Because the 8-year-old ridgling son of Mastercraftsman thrives in cooler weather, trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. has kept him in training at Belmont Park ahead of the Jan. 27 $1 million Pegasus Turf Invitational Stakes (G1T) at Gulfstream Park.

Week of Jan. 8-Jan.14

Former Eclipse Award winner feels ‘reborn’ after riding two horses for Bob Baffert on Jan. 14 at Santa Anita. He hadn’t competed in more than three months after winning only five times with 136 mounts last year.

The sale will be held Feb. 5-6 at the Newtown Paddocks sales grounds in Lexington.

Sunlit Song’s 2023 campaign earned him Horse of the Year honors and champion older horse among Texas-breds. The gelding had five wins and a second in six starts in 2023, including four stakes victories.

New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program saw over a 15% increase in retired racehorses that went through the program in 2023 compared to the prior year. The program’s mission is to rehab, retrain, and rehome retired Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds.

Racing in the Asian jurisdiction to close April 1 as government pulls plug on the sport in the world’s gambling mecca.

New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program saw over a 15% increase in retired racehorses that went through the program in 2023 compared to the prior year. The program’s mission is to rehab, retrain and rehome retired Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds.

The Steve Asmussen trainee will need to once again defeat rising star Nash from the Brad Cox barn as well as grade 2 winner Can Group, a top performer on the turf who takes his talents to the dirt in the chance to join the Derby fray.