Dr. Jeff Blea, first-year equine medical director of the California Horse Racing Board, had his veterinary license temporarily suspended Jan. 3 by the Veterinary Medical Board of California, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Fox Sports has acquired exclusive media rights to the Belmont Stakes (G1) and will bring the final jewel in the Triple Crown over from NBC beginning in 2023, it was announced Jan. 5.

Applications are now open for The Jockey Club’s summer internship program for college students and recent college graduates. The formal program, which was launched last summer, will accommodate up to three interns.

Trainer Doug O’Neill has been fined $5,000 for not posting five detention stall signs for entered horses July 5 at Los Alamitos Race Course, according to a California Horse Racing Board ruling. 

Charlie Johnston is looking to bigger things in the Middle East in the coming months after an early breakthrough winner as joint-license holder with his father Mark the evening of Jan. 3.

Gamine, the champion female sprinter of 2020 and a likely finalist for the award in 2021, has been retired, according to a press release distributed by a representative for her owner.

Mishriff has started to build up to his attempt to land the world’s richest race, next month’s Saudi Cup (G1), for a second successive year.

Laurel Park management told the Maryland Racing Commission Jan. 4 that no catastrophic breakdowns have occurred there since the track reopened for workouts Dec. 10 and for racing Dec. 16 after maintenance to its dirt surface.

Pleasant Acres Stallions has announced the arrival of the first foal for Curlin’s Honor, a chestnut filly out of Be All You Can Be born Jan. 3.

Ivery Sisters Racing’s Monte Man, who scored his second consecutive Louisiana Champions Day Sprint Stakes victory last month at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, has been retired at age 9.