The Pennsylvania Equine Coalition issued a press release Feb. 4 noting that Gov. Tom Wolf (Democrat) again has proposed raiding the Race Horse Development Trust Fund.

A rundown of television, live streaming, and radio coverage for the upcoming weekend compiled by America’s Best Racing.

Multiple group 1-winning jockeys William Buick and Shane Foley have been added to the star-studded list of riders for the Saudi Cup’s International Jockeys Challenge in Riyadh this month.

COVID-19 restrictions forced Tattersalls to hold the two-day auction entirely online.

There will be no prospective purchasers huddled around the Park Paddocks parade ring clad in woolly hats and gloves, as is so often the case at this fixture, with the mixed auction being staged online from 10 a.m. local time Feb. 4.

Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Shedaresthedevil breezed three furlongs in :36 3/5 Feb. 1 at Oaklawn Park as she readies for a return at age 4, potentially in the Azeri Stakes (G2) March 13.

Returning to Gulfstream Park for the first time in almost a year, La Signare will attempt to recapture her stakes-winning form Feb. 6 when she takes on a field of seven older fillies and mares in the  $100,000 Suwannee River Stakes (G3T). 

Grade 2 winners Get Smokin and Fancy Liquor head a field of 12 in the $175,000 Tampa Bay Stakes (G3T), a 1 1/16-mile turf test for 4-year-olds and up Feb. 6 at Tampa Bay Downs, and will face two improving horses in Greyes Creek and Atone.

Gamine has been disqualified from a third-place finish in the Sept. 4 Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs and trainer Bob Baffert fined $1,500 after a post-race test showed the presence of betamethasone, an anti-inflammatory medication.

Tiger Roll headlines 106 entries for the 2021 Randox Grand National as he bids for an historic third triumph in the Aintree marathon.