Rachel Doran and Ciara Russell have been awarded a placement at Springhouse Farm near Lexington.

Knicks Go, winner of the 2020 Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) in track record time at Keeneland, earned the honor as the Top Midlantic-bred in polling conducted by Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred and The Racing Biz.

After flashing speed and fading in longer races during the fall and early winter, Jay Em Ess Stable’s Take the One O One moves in another direction Jan. 23 when he sprints six furlongs in the $200,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park.

The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council has recommended removing withdrawal guidelines for Fluphenazine and plans to notify veterinarians of the unclear timeframe for how long the drug takes to clear a horse’s system.

The BHA disciplinary panel fined trainer Aidan O’Brien for failing to ensure his employees were sufficiently informed and able to identify each horse, which meant the horses in question were incorrectly saddled and ridden by the wrong jockeys.

His name might be just as surprising as the path he followed to grade 1 laurels as an older horse and elevated status as the favorite in a $3 million race. Such is life for a 5-year-old Thoroughbred named Knicks Go.

Seven of the eight graded stakes Saturday, Jan. 23 take place at Gulfstream Park, anchored by the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) and the Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1T), which will be televised on NBC from 4:30-6 pm ET. 

When Sally J. Andersen received the 2019 Needles Award for her accomplishments as a Florida breeder, it affirmed more than just her impressive results for that year.

Fighting Mad, one of the West Coast’s top older distaffers of 2020, has been retired from racing following a fifth-place finish in the La Canada Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Jan. 9. She will be bred this year to Curlin, according to co-owner Gary West.

Clearview Stable’s Diamond Ore, a $750,000 purchase at the 2018 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, makes her stakes debut for trainer Barbara Minshall.