Michael Hui made a shrewd buy at the 2022 November Horses of Racing Age Sale at Keeneland when he bought Value Engineering from the ELiTE consignment for $35,000. The gelding seeks a second straight victory in the Dec. 16 H. Allen Jerkens Handicap.

Kentucky Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, a Republican from Georgetown who has championed horse racing during his more than two decades representing his district, has decided to not run for re-election.

Almost half of more than 350 reported incidents investigated by British racing’s safeguarding department since 2018 have been concerned with either sexual misconduct or bullying, it was revealed Dec. 13. 

The unique opportunity of the proximity of the AAEP Convention location to Del Mar, and the fact that the track was still running its fall meet, made this opportunity possible.

A wide range of horses are on offer, with weanlings, yearlings, horses of racing age, open broodmares, and in-foal broodmares all cataloged this month.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority announced the launch of the MedEnt (medical entry) app, designed to give veterinarians a streamlined process for entering treatments into the HISA portal on mobile devices.

Forever Young, a colt with Kentucky Derby-minded connections, jumped to the top of the leaderboard in the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby with a seven-length victory in the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun Dec. 13.

The December Digital Sale closed the evening of Dec. 12 with 186 horses sold for $3,167,000.

Keeneland Library’s popular lecture series returns in winter/spring 2024 with four ticketed events that celebrate recently published works about Thoroughbred racing whose authors conducted research at Keeneland Library.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced that FanDuel will be joining John Deere, Keeneland, and The Jockey Club as presenting sponsors of the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards on Jan. 25 at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida.