Southern California-based trainers flourished last year at Oaklawn Park, with two finishing in the top 10 in the standings.

Included is John Anthony’s homebred Caddo River, a 9 1/2-length winner last out.

Despite being fanned wide as she entered the stretch, Mucho Unusual dug in to make up for traveling extra ground and fend off a strong bid from late-running Sedamar to win the $98,000 Megahertz Stakes (G3T) Jan. 18 at Santa Anita Park.

Life-changing events often happen with little or no warning. For 39-year-old Najja Thompson, one of those magical moments took place Oct. 20 when he was casually perusing various racing websites.

French racing bosses have pledged to repay at least €8 million in prize money cuts to winning and placed connections from last year.

The three-quarter sister by Scissor Kick to this season’s Brisbane 2-year-old winner True Moonlight topped the opening Book 2 session Jan. 17 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

With Nebraska tracks now approved to provide casino gaming, Pryor Ranch is bringing hope to the state’s breeding program with multiple grade 1 winner Court Vision and multiple grade 2 winner Giant Expectations.

A series of virtual learning experiences has launched to highlight careers and workforce development opportunities within the equine industry. Nearly 400 students joined the first session hosted by Spy Coast Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.

Frankie Dettori plans to remain in Dubai for the World Cup Carnival and hopes to ride at the Saudi Cup meeting in Riyadh next month rather than return back to the UK.

Scars Are Cool, a graduate of Fasig-Tipton’s 2020 July Horses of Racing Age Sale, captured the $100,000 Open Imported Horse Stakes Jan. 15 and is now being pointed toward the $20 million Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racetrack.