Bill Recio supervised the breaking and training of multiple grade 1 winners, including multiple champion Songbird. Recio and his wife, Lynn, operated Lynnwood Stable near Ocala, Fla.

Inspired by the strong performance of purse sources, Fair Grounds announces the addition of two race dates to the 2025-26 meet. The additional days will be Monday, March 9, and Monday, March 16.

BloodHorse news editor Byron King reviews Paladin’s victory in the Feb. 14 Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds.

All horses will be required to have a veterinary statement stating they are suitable to perform in the under-tack show. Any entries without an affirming statement will be scratched from the sale.

Street Beast and Fulleffort, the 1-2 finishers of the Leonatus Stakes, will need to fight off some out-of-town shippers as Turfway Park joins the Road to the Kentucky Derby Feb. 21 in the $175,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes.

In this week’s Maiden Watch, Trouble Calling, a Dialed In half brother to grade 1 winner Troubleshooting, draws off to a 6 1/4-length with to earn his first career victory Feb. 14 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Byron King’s Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.

The program, established in 2024, aims to provide 25 externships to vet students with a focus on networking opportunities in equine veterinary medicine and establishing a mechanism to identify, recruit, and retain young veterinarians.

A University of Kentucky study suggests the use of ertugliflozin keeps a horse’s blood sugar and insulin levels down after a corticosteroid joint injection. With insulin tied to laminitis, this discovery could provide safer care for at-risk horses.

Caitlin Courtney has been named the new director of sales at Denali Stud after 11 years working with St George Sales and Brookstone Farm.