Some prominent players in the industry had forecast an element of trepidation within the market leading into the season-opening auction, amid suggestions of a retracting economy and rising interest rates.

Brock, who rode more than 100 winners from 2009 to 2021 but now works as a greyhound trainer, faces a possible ban from racing when the panel meets again Jan. 19 to consider what penalties to impose.

The $500,000 Delaware Handicap (G2) July 8 highlights a stake schedule worth $2.25 million for this year’s 85-day meet at Delaware Park.

Trainer Larry Rivelli sends a colt down the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail when he runs Patricia Hope and Phillip Sagan’s Two Phil’s against Instant Coffee and six others in the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Jan. 21

Porter on Pedigrees

Fasig-Tipton will be the title sponsor of Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ 2023 series for 3-year-old fillies, the company announced.

The son of Declaration of War enters stud at $6,000.

The Connecticut native did not grow up around horses or among Thoroughbred racing fans, but she had friends who liked to ride, and Schultz started when she was 10 and became a hunter/jumper.

As the preps for the Kentucky Derby (G1) become more of a weekly occurrence, Derby favorite Forte is in light training with Todd Pletcher at Palm Beach Downs in Florida and is expected to log his first workout as a 3-year-old in “a week or so.”

Sale histories for horses entered in the Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale, Feb. 6-7 in Lexington. This reports includes supplemented entries as of Jan. 17.