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Delta Downs will host the richest program of the year, Louisiana Premier Night, Feb. 3, featuring the best Louisiana breds competing in 10 stakes worth $895,000. In addition, the LTBA will award two scholarships, to college students.
A graded stakes winner last year on synthetic, Witwatersrand tests another surface Feb. 3 when she races seven furlongs on dirt in the $125,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
The grade 1-winning son of Macho Uno has sired two grade 1 winners. He will stand for CA$4,500 at Adena Springs North.
Litigation over a $5 million insurance claim following the sudden death of Kentucky stallion Laoban is coming to a head in a Kentucky federal court.
Trainer Tetsuya Kimura talks about the season of Equinox as his runner is honored with the 2023 Longines World's Best Racehorse award Jan. 23 in London.
Japan Racing Association president and CEO Masayoshi Yoshida notes that his country being honored for the Longines World's Best Race of 2023—the Japan Cup (G1)—has been decades in the making as he accepts the award Jan. 23 in London.
A Snitzel colt topped Day 2 of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale Jan. 29, but it was the continuing demand for well-bred fillies that brought the second session to a crescendo.
Bidding is now open on Fasig-Tipton Digital for the Lothenbach Dispersal of Horses of Racing Age. Bidding for the online-only sale will close Feb. 2, beginning at 2 p.m. ET.