Ted Noffey and Sovereignty, honored as 2025 champions at the Eclipse Awards ceremony last week in Florida, remain popular choices in early-season media voting this year.

New benchmarks were set Jan. 27, where a condensed session saw 188 yearlings sell for total receipts of NZ$12,247,000, a 25% rise on last year’s results. The average jumped 80% to NZ$65,145, while the median finished at NZ$60,000, up 124%.

To better accommodate buyers and sellers in the wake of a nationwide winter storm and persistent freezing temperatures, Inglis Digital USA has pushed back the key dates for its February Sale.

The board of the Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship Foundation announced the two recipients of its 2026 Irish National Stud scholarships for Irish citizens—Bobby Ring and Niamh Carr.

Oaklawn Park announced Jan. 27 the cancellation of its Jan. 30 – Feb. 1 racing programs. The Southwest Stakes (G3)  and its full supporting card, as originally drawn, will now be contested on Friday, Feb. 6.

Less than 24 hours after trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. ran 1-2 in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), he was represented by the topic of this week’s Maiden Watch, Code Review. 

New York Racing Association cancels live racing Jan. 28-30 at Aqueduct Racetrack due to arctic temperatures and extremely low wind chill values forecast to impact the New York metropolitan area. Turfway Park cancels racing Jan. 28-29.

Ted Noffey and Sovereignty, honored as 2025 champions at the Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards ceremony last week in Florida, remain popular choices in early-season media voting this year.

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

Keeneland will debut interior hospitality spaces within its newly constructed paddock building during the upcoming spring meet.