After several years of blocking efforts to legalize mobile sports betting, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he now supports such a means of wagering as a way to bring in state tax revenues that have been hammered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mucho Gusto, winner of the 2020 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Runhappy (G1), has been retired due to a soft-tissue injury, according to published reports.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters today announced the winners of the 2020 Media Eclipse Awards in six categories.

The 31st annual Thoroughbred Charities of America Stallion Season Auction is open for bidding. The auction is the largest annual fundraiser for the organization. 

Almond Eye has seen off her rivals in the race to be crowned Japan’s 2020 Horse of the Year, just as she frequently did on the track, with the dazzling mare attracting 236 of the 283 votes.

Six-year-old Got Stormy returned to the work tab Jan. 6 for the first time since her Nov. 7 bid in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Keeneland.

New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program announced today that the estate of Joyce and Paul Robsham made a $500,000 contribution to the program’s endowment fund.

As part of the partnership, the JRA will promote Japanese racing on the IFHA’s website and social media channels.

Multiple Japanese grade 1 winner Fierement has been retired due to a suspensory ligament injury and will stand at Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm.

Two days into a delayed meet that began Jan. 4, Turf Paradise has suspended use of its grass course for an estimated 2 1/2 weeks, effective Jan. 6, according to the track’s general manager, Vince Francia.

Goldikova became the first horse to win the same Breeders’ Cup race three times when she landed the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) in 2008, 2009, and 2010, performances which earned her election to the Hall of Fame in 2017.

Funeral services have been established for longtime jockey Kenny “Chopper” Bourque, who died Dec. 29 in Taylorsville, Ky., at age 67 from liver cancer.

The grade 3-winning son of Quality Road has an introductory fee of $2,500.

Arrigo, a group 2-winning son of Shirocco and a half brother to BMW Deutsches Derby (G1) winner and group 1 sire Adlerflug, has been confirmed as having joined the stallion ranks at Yorton Farm Stud in Wales.

Kameko is set for a strong debut book after Tweenhills announced that they and Qatar Racing would be sending 45 of their own mares to last year’s QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (G1) hero.

Goffs has revealed changes to its Doncaster January and Goffs February sales as a result of the lockdown measures imposed by the British and Irish governments due to COVID-19.

Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Jan. 5 it will move to a single brand strategy for its online wagering segment by rebranding the company’s sportsbook and iGaming platform as TwinSpires.

Dual top-level victress Normcore has been retired from racing and will take up broodmare duties at Northern Farm this year. 

Jockey Kazushi Kimura, the Eclipse Award-winning apprentice of 2019, has begun riding in Saudi Arabia for the winter and will stay through mid-March before returning next spring to Woodbine, agent Jordan Miller said.

While racing saw a quarter of its race days eliminated in 2020 because of restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, bettors supported the available product while owners saw a decline in purses that mirrored the loss of race days.