Red Lane Thoroughbreds’ Bodecream made the best of a quick pace up front in the inaugural $200,000 Texas Turf Mile Stakes and rallied to a clear victory at 9-1 Jan. 26 at Sam Houston Race Park.

Serengeti Empress led from the gate of the $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic (G3) at Sam Houston Race Park, but in the end she couldn’t hold off the grinding effort of Phoenix Thoroughbreds and KatieRich Stables’ Lady Apple.

Ten Strike Racing’s Dot Matrix was the 3-1 third choice behind Mike Maker’s duo of Marzo and Bemma’s Boy, but held off his closing rivals to win his first graded stakes in the $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup (G3T) Jan. 26 at Sam Houston Race Park.

With three preps for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and three for the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) slated next weekend, 3-year-olds were out in full force Jan. 26 to prepare toward their upcoming starts.

L and N Racing’s Rowdy Yates added to the day’s list of wins Jan. 26 for trainer Steve Asmussen when he took the $104,200 Riley Allison Derby at Sunland Park in his season debut.

Mucho Gusto’s score in the Jan. 25 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Runhappy (G1) adds to the legacy of longtime Peruvian horseman Bernardo Alvarez-Calderon.

Midnight Bisou was among notable horses, along with Maximum Security and McKinzie, to skip the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Runhappy (G1). Instead, all three are pointing toward the first Saudi Cup Feb. 29.

A NZ$900,000 (US$538,652) colt with the potent Pierro-Redoute’s Choice cross has the honor of being the highest-priced lot ever sold by Westbury Stud and the most expensive horse on the opening day of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale.

The Gulfstream Park back side was crowded with vans during the early morning hours of Jan. 26  as horses shipped out of the South Florida base following the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Presented by Runhappy (G1) .

Being a stone-cold closer, Zulu Alpha has run into his share of bad trips.

One of the racing and bloodstock industries’ greatest supporters was accorded the highest honor at the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association national awards the evening of Jan. 25 as JP McManus was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Trainer Bob Baffert’s reaction after Mucho Gusto’s Pegasus World Cup (G1) victory at Gulfstream Park: “Damn, I wish I would have flown down there!'”

Trainer Bob Baffert’s reaction after Mucho Gusto’s Pegasus World Cup (G1) victory at Gulfstream Park: “Damn, I wish I would have flown down there!'”

After defeating males Jan. 25 in an allowance at Nakayama Racecourse, North Hills’ Serein is possible for the Feb. 20 UAE Oaks (G3).

The purses may have been down for the Pegasus World Cup races, but the bottom line was up.

Hours after Joe Hernandez Stakes (G2T) winner Texas Wedge prevailed in Saturday’s $150,000 World of Trouble Stakes at Gulfstream in Florida, the race’s fifth-place finisher, Captain Scotty, won the $200,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita.

Hong Kong’s top 4-year-olds will embark on the road to the BMW Hong Kong Derby before a mostly empty grandstand Jan. 27 at Sha Tin Racecourse, caused from precautions to limit the coronavirus that developed in mainland China early this month.

Lawrence Roman, Heads Up Racing, and Lucky Dog Stables’ Pioneer Spirit ran his win streak to three Jan. 25, holding off Bankit to prevail by a head in a division of the $100,000 Fifth Season Stakes at Oaklawn Park. 

Chester and Mary Broman’s Mr. Buff notched five stakes wins in 2019 and started his 6-year-old campaign in similar fashion, leading at every call to win the $102,925 Jazil Stakes for a second consecutive year Jan. 25 at Aqueduct Racetrack.