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Before Hard Not to Love begins a second career as a broodmare, she has some unfinished business on the racetrack for a plotted 5-year-old campaign, beginning Jan. 9 in the $200,000 La Canada Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park.

Kerri Radcliffe will watch Away Game in the Jan. 16 Magic Millions 3-year-old Guineas from the same spot as when the filly took out last year’s Magic Millions 2-year-old Classic, 14,500 kilometers away in Kentucky.

Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) hopeful Keepmeinmind recorded his first workout since winning the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs with a half-mile breeze in :50 1/5 Jan. 6 at Oaklawn Park.

Turfway Park delivered positive results in wagering and average field size during its 13-day Holiday Meet, which wrapped up a five-week run Dec. 31.

The son of More Than Ready returned to Kentucky from Turkey for 2021.

Calumet Farm has topped the individual breeders’ list in North America for the second year in a row with $9,768,957 in earnings in 2020, according to statistics released by The Jockey Club Information Systems.

The Jan. 9 edition of the one-mile Tropical Turf Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park could play a big role in catapulting some of the nine starters back into high-level graded stakes competition.

BloodHorse announced Jan. 7 that, beginning April 1, the publication is changing the frequency of its print magazine and tablet edition from weekly to monthly and adding a premium online service. 

Dave Litfin analyzes the graded stakes action Jan. 9 from Gulfstream and Santa Anita.