Equibase aims to cast a wide net as it begins to work on a ratings system that will serve as an option for racing secretaries in setting future racing conditions while perhaps providing an alternative to claiming races.

An expanded racing radio and TV schedule from America’s Best Racing now includes individual stakes coverage.

In a question-and-answer session with ABR’s Tom Pedulla, owner Richard Rigney discusses why he struck out on his own with Rigney Racing, his working relationship and friendship with private trainer Phil Bauer, and surviving a plane crash.

Porter on Pedigrees

Maiden Watch: Week of Feb. 3-9

Out of the shadows of his stablemates, Getaway Car is the favorite for trainer Bob Baffert in the $400,000 Sunland Park Derby.

Blood Horse news editor Byron King recaps the Feb. 8 Sam F. Davis Stakes from Tampa Bay Downs and spotlights several runners in the Derby Dozen.

The sale average was AU$94,257, up from AU$93,658 last year, with the median the same at AU$70,000. A total of 574 horses sold for AU$54,103,500. This came from 574 lots sold compared with 591, with the clearance rate dropping from 84 to 79%.

Citizen Bull has been tabbed as the 6-1 individual favorite in Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager while the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” is the overall 9-2 favorite for the three-day pool, which runs Feb. 14-16.

Grand Job, since coming over from the United Kingdom last year, has two gate-to-wire wins that exhibited her speed. She will try to stay perfect in the United States in the Royal Delta Stakes (G3).