Multiple graded stakes winner Oscar Nominated has been officially retired and will stand the 2021 breeding season at BG Thoroughbred Farm in Hemet, Calif., for a fee of $2,500.

The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.), which encourages the retraining of Thoroughbreds into other disciplines upon completion of careers in racing or breeding, announced the winners from its 2020 performance awards program.

Someone has to be on the lead in the early stages of the New Orleans Classic (G2). Settling on who will play the role of the speedster is the tricky part.

While a significant number of withdrawn horses may have shortened the overall time frame of the March 17 closing session of the OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, there was certainly no shortage of buyers willing to go to the mat.

First-season sires Caravaggio and Aclaim could kick-start their stallion careers in earnest March 21 with the pair holding entries in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden over five furlongs at the Curragh.

After opening his season with a narrow victory in the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes (G1T), Colonel Liam will venture to Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots for a start in the $300,000 Muniz Memorial Stakes (G2T) March 20.

Emerald Downs announced a stakes schedule of 15 Thoroughbred stakes worth $820,000 for its racing season that begins May 19, topped by the $100,000 Longacres Mile Handicap (G3).

Concert Tour jumps to the No. 3 spot off his March 13 Rebel Stakes (G2) performance at Oaklawn Park as the Derby Dozen continues on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Four individuals at Turfway Park have been fined by track stewards for their role in an apparent protective claim of Unite the Masses when the gelding was victorious in a race for $5,000 claimers at the Northern Kentucky track Feb. 6.

Wanamaker’s has released the catalogue for their March online auction, to be conducted on March 25th. The catalogue, containing pictures, videos, pedigrees, and more, can be found at wanamakers.com.