The first meeting of the Dubai World Cup Carnival wasted no time identifying some viable candidates for World Cup night itself, or perhaps some of the other rich early-year races in the Gulf.

Kudos, a multiple stakes-winning gelding, died Jan. 4 at Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., announced president and founder Michael Blowen.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters announced the winners of the 2022 Media Eclipse Awards in six categories.

The New York Racing Association announced Jan. 6 that its 2022 race meets conducted at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course generated all-sources handle of $2,321,863,828. 

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters today announced the winners of the 2022 Media Eclipse Awards in six categories.

Greg Wolf and Andy Serling look ahead at the Jerome & Queens County from Aqueduct.

Keeneland will award a season-record $8.05 million for 19 stakes during its 2023 spring meet, which will cover 15 days from April 7-28. Leading the schedule are the $1 million Blue Grass Stakes (G1) and $600,000 Ashland Stakes (G1).

Godolphin topped the individual breeders list in North America in 2022 with $18,621,521 in earnings, according to statistics released Jan. 6 by The Jockey Club Information Systems.

The mares Tiptoe and Turning Point were the latest step in Colin Davis’s methodical entrance into the racing game.

Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation (TERF) Awards $52,389 in research grants to the Foundation for the Horse.