Trainer Mike Maker saddled two horses for the $150,000 W. L. McKnight Stakes (G3T) Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park, and those same two crossed the wire first in second in the 1 1/2-mile grass event for older horses. 

The Korea Racing Authority’s Knicks Go took the lead at the start and never looked back in rolling to victory in the fifth edition of the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1).

Finding room exiting the second turn, Robert and Lawana Low’s Colonel Liam rallied powerfully under Irad Ortiz Jr. to edge stablemate Largent in a photo finish in the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1T) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 23.

The 6-year-old Flat Out mare found a new gear and blew past 2-1 choice Cinnabunny on the way to her first graded stakes victory in the $200,000 Inside Information Stakes (G2).

Horse Racing Ireland could be called upon by the Public Accounts Committee to explain the loss of €389,000 that arose after the company that used to undertake its cash-in-transit services went into liquidation in 2019.

Heider Family Stables’ Zofelle returned from a seven-month layoff Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park, where she kicked it into gear down the home stretch to notch her first graded victory in the $125,000 Marshua’s River Stakes (G3T).

Always Shopping showed her versatility in the $125,000 La Prevoyante Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 23, scoring an emphatic three-length win over Delta’s Kingdom.

The debut of Stage Raider, a half-brother to 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify, generated the early attention before the sixth race, a maiden race for 3-year-olds, at Gulfstream Park Jan. 23, but it was Prevalence that generated the talk after it.

Performer came to life in the stretch for jockey Joel Rosario and then wore down a determined Eye of a Jedi to prevail by a hard-fought neck in the $125,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes (G3) Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park.

The California Horse Racing Board voted Jan. 21 during a closed, executive session to let the last year’s stewards’ decision stand and leave Justify the winner of the 2018 Santa Anita Derby (G1), according to a release from the CHRB.

Trainer Brad Cox showcased his latest Derby contender Jan. 22 on opening day of the Oaklawn Park meet when Shortleaf Stable’s Caddo River took charge early in the Smarty Jones Stakes and widened for a 10 1/4-length victory under Florent Geroux.

The grade 2-placed son of Pioneerof the Nile will stand for $2,000.

Royal Ascot winner Hunting Horn, a son of Camelot, is becoming a stallion for a new venture between investors Capital Bloodstock and Castlefield Stud, the County Kilkenny farm belonging to Irish international showjumper Ger O’Neill.

There’s a great amount of irony that the Pegasus World Cup Series finally found some stability in the midst of a volatile and deadly pandemic.

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved an 84-day 2021 race meet.

Slickly stood his first season at Darley’s Haras du Logis in 2003 and sired the winners of more than 900 flat races, notably Meandre, the winner of four group 1 races.

Woodslane Farm’s homebred Sadler’s Joy made his career graded stakes debut in the 2017 W. L. McKnight Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park, and 27 graded stakes starts later, the Tom Albertrani turf warrior is still going strong.

The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council has recommended removing withdrawal guidelines for Fluphenazine and plans to notify veterinarians of the unclear timeframe for how long the drug takes to clear a horse’s system.

Joe Talamo is off his mounts for the Jan. 22 opening day card at Oaklawn Park after testing positive Friday at the Arkansas track for COVID-19. The jockey is asymptomatic.

The New York Racing Association announced Jan. 22 its racing calendar for the year, which calls for 202 live race days at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course.