Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano, out since mid-November following leg surgery, said he expects to resume riding the second week of February at Gulfstream Park.

The auction house remains confident the strength and depth of the 1,273-lot catalog can help compensate for the void.

Trainer Phil D’Amato has transformed another addition to his stable into a graded stakes winner in California. Agave Racing Stables’s Charmaine’s Mia became his latest Jan. 9 in the $99,000 Las Cienegas Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park.

Lemon Drop Kid has been pensioned from stallion duties at age 25. He will remain at Lane’s End Farm to enjoy the rest of his retirement, the Kentucky operation announced Jan. 8.

Golden Gate Fields, closed since mid-November after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases there, largely among its backstretch workers, will resume live racing Jan. 15, the track announced Jan. 8.

Trainer Brian McMahon has been fined €1,000 and banned from attending race meetings for three months having been found in breach over COVID-19 guidelines.

Zoffany, the sire of last season’s Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes (G1) hero Thunder Moon, has been euthanized at age 13 owing to liver failure.

Mandaloun, a son of Into Mischief who went 2-for-2 in a pair of races for trainer Brad Cox last fall, embarks on the Road to the Kentucky Derby when he heads a field of 11 in the $200,000 Lecomte (G3) Jan. 16 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

In the same week CDI announced that it would be rebranding its sportsbook operations from BetAmerica to the TwinSpires, the company was approved by the Sports Wagering Committee of the Tennessee Education Lottery to operate in the Volunteer State.

Provided link to the Latin American Pattern race calendar for 2021