In this week’s On Racing: The great jockeys who get to choose how they end their careers consider themselves lucky, and the grandest of all finales occurred 60 years ago this March.

After running a quiet second in the Jan. 3 Smarty Jones Stakes, Silent Tactic announced his Kentucky Derby (G1) credentials with a devastating rally and widening victory in the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 6 at Oaklawn Park.

The Inglis Digital USA February Sale closed Feb. 6, further displaying the auction company’s status as a reliable venue for trade ahead of the broodmare season, led by broodmare prospect More Than a Diva at $50,000.

Delaware Park Casino announces another successful year of raising awareness and funds for various nonprofit organizations in Delaware, donating more than $166,000 for more than 15 different charities. 

A protracted three-way tussle helped the progressive Space Invasion top this year’s Tattersalls February Sale at 230,000 guineas Feb. 6. 

Roll On Big Joe makes his 2026 debut in the Feb. 8 King Cotton Stakes for older horses at 6 furlongs after completing a stellar 2025 campaign, capped by his win in the Dec. 13 Ring The Bell Stakes.

Barry and Joni Butzow, who raced Zozos, bred the stallion’s first reported foal, who was born Feb. 6 at Equistar Training and Breeding in Pennsylvania.

“We’re just hoping Wayne is looking after us from heaven,” owner Dr. Aaron Sones said of Lemon Muffin in the Feb. 7 D. Wayne Lukas Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park. “If anybody can pull it off, it’s him.”

Delaware Park is expected to have 75 days of live racing during it’s 89th season.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay Downs.