Live Thoroughbred foal statistics by stallion for the North American foaling season.

HISA provides hope as racing continues to address equine safety in 2024.

Number of Thoroughbred mares bred by sire as reported by The Jockey Club Oct. 18, 2023.

Albaugh Family Stable—led by Dennis Albaugh and his son-in-law and racing manager, Jason Loutsch—kicked off 2024 with a stakes victory from their newly turned 3-year-old Catching Freedom in the $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Jan. 1 at Oaklawn Park.

A winner of 245 races, 13 of them stakes, with more than $6 million in career purse earnings, O’Keefe passed away Dec. 22 after a courageous battle with bone cancer.

The online portion of Thoroughbred Charities of America’s Stallion Season Auction, presented by Mt. Brilliant Family Foundation, kicks off Jan. 3 at 9 a.m. ET and runs through Jan. 5, with staggered closing times starting at 4 p.m.

Godolphin repeated as 2023’s leading owner by earnings, and Irad Ortiz Jr. again established a single-season earnings record as the leading jockey. Brad Cox ended the year on top as the leading trainer by earnings.

The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association announced Jan. 2 that Andy Belfiore will return as the organization’s executive director, effective Jan. 7.

Godolphin repeated as 2023’s leading owner by earnings, and Irad Ortiz Jr. again established a single-season earnings record as the leading jockey. Brad Cox ended the year on top as the leading trainer by earnings.

The colt by Constitution is the first to win qualifying points as a 3-year-old on the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby.