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.

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.

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

Vequist raises the national profile of trainer Butch Reid

The New York Racing Association has barred trainer Eric Guillot from entering horses or having stalls at any of its three tracks in response to Guillot’s use of a racially insensitive name given to one of his horses.

In his State of the Commonwealth and Budget address Jan. 7, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear called on lawmakers to back legislation that would protect historical horse racing.

The winners of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate (G1) and Cartier Paddock Stakes (G1) will earn an automatic berth into the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by PDJF (G1) and Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1).

Overnight purses have been reduced in advance of the start of the Oaklawn Park meet, a 57-day run which will begin Jan. 22.