Alpha Delta Stables’ Occult made her stakes debut a winning one in the $100,000 Busanda Stakes, a 1 1/8-mile test for sophomore fillies Jan. 14 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Alpha Delta Stables’ Occult made her stakes debut a winning one in the $100,000 Busanda Stakes, a 1 1/8-mile test for sophomore fillies Jan. 14 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

In a race where a Mark Casse-trained duo was expected to take center stage, the headlining act fell upon Stud Carmen Cristina’s Zydeceaux, an upset winner for trainer Ramon Minguet in the $105,000 Pasco Stakes Jan. 14 at Tampa Bay Downs.

Lea Farms’ grade 3 winner Lightening Larry posted a frontrunning 2 1/2-length triumph Jan. 14 in the $75,000 Sunshine Sprint at Gulfstream Park, where Sweet Dani Girl soared gate-to-wire in the Sunshine Filly & Mare Turf.

Veteran horseman and racing official Jason Egan has been promoted to director of racing and racing secretary for Santa Anita Park beginning Jan. 27. Egan has been the track’s racing coordinator since 2020.

Spendthrift Farm’s Yaupon, a son of Uncle Mo who scored his biggest win in the 2021 Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, sired his first reported foal Jan. 13 when a colt was born at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y.

In a race where a Mark Casse-trained duo was expected to take center stage, the headlining act fell upon Stud Carmen Cristina’s Zydeceaux, an upset winner for trainer Ramon Minguet in the $105,000 Pasco Stakes Jan. 14 at Tampa Bay Downs.

Verifying, a half brother to 2019 champion older dirt female Midnight Bisou, validated his sophomore credentials by capturing a first-level allowance optional claiming race by 5 1/4 lengths Jan. 14 at Oaklawn Park.

Taylor Made Stallions’ Knicks Go, a five-time grade 1 winner, a two-time Breeders’ Cup winner, and the 2021 Horse of the Year, sired his first reported foal when a filly bred by Alex and Kendra Penn was born Jan. 12.

Racing under the lights will now be consistent across the Turfway Park racing week as Saturday first post time will shift from 12:45 p.m. to 5:55 p.m. ET starting Jan. 21.