Citing conditions related to winter weather, Aqueduct Racetrack and Laurel Park canceled racing Jan. 7. 

Grade 3 winner Speightster, a 10-year-old son of champion sprinter and successful sire Speightstown, will stand the 2022 season at Northern Dawn Stables in Hillsburgh, Ontario.

Michael Kegley Jr., among a large group of individuals indicted almost two years ago for wrongfully peddling or using performance enhancing drugs in the Thoroughbred racing industry, was sentenced Jan. 6 to 30 months in prison.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Santa Ynez S. (G2) at Santa Anita.

Keeneland has postponed the ship-in date for horses cataloged to the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, and officials are monitoring the situation to determine whether the sale itself needs to be delayed.

Exaggerator, Curlin’s only three-time grade 1 winner at stud, has been moved to Elite Thoroughbreds in Folsom, La., where he will stand the 2022 season for a fee of $5,000 live foal.

In his first day back after a 30-day suspension for careless riding, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. rode two winners on the 10-race program at Gulfstream Park Jan. 6.

Keeneland announced Jan. 6 that Coolmore will sponsor the Turf Mile (G1T), to be held Oct. 8. The Coolmore Turf Mile, a race for 3-year-olds and up, will offer a purse of $1 million in 2022. 

Ann Hayes talks about caring for horses during Lexington’s first snowfall of 2022.

Multiple group 1-winning mare Probabeel, voted Horse of the Year in New Zealand in 2021, could test her mettle for the first time in the northern hemisphere at Royal Ascot in June.