Following the Dec. 12 decision by the FTC to disapprove adopting proposed Anti-Doping and Medication Control rules by HISA, California Horse Racing Board commissioners tabled discussion of funding HISA during its monthly meeting Dec. 15.

Rustlewood Farm’s grade 2-winning homebred colt Pappacap, unraced since late July, continues to work for his return and a possible start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park.

Canterbury Park’s request for a shorter 54-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing season in 2023 from May 27 – Sept. 16 was unanimously approved Dec. 15 by the Minnesota Racing Commission.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) and Remington Springboard Mile S.

Coming off a record Magic Millions Perth Sale and hugely successful first Pinnacles Carnival in 2022, enthusiasm for racing in Western Australia is at an all-time high, and management for the yearling sale is confident of carrying on the momentum. 

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance board of directors voted at its meeting Dec. 14 to add six new directors in 2023. For a second consecutive year, Jeffrey Bloom, managing partner of Bloom Racing Stable, will serve as president of the TAA.

The New Zealand racing community is once again in mourning after the death of apprentice jockey Megan Taylor after a fall Dec. 15.

Keeneland has announced that 21 horses—including six stallions from Calumet Farm—are in the latest round of supplements to the 2023 January Horses of All Ages Sale. The auction will cover four sessions from Jan. 9-12, 2023.

Churchill Downs Racetrack has unveiled the official logo for the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).  

Churchill Downs Inc. has asked the American Graded Stakes Committee for approval to run the Arlington Million (G1T), Beverly D. Stakes (G1T), and Secretariat Stakes (G2T) next year on Aug. 12 at Colonial Downs.