Jet Dark and Queen Supreme earned respective automatic berths into the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) and Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) after victories Jan. 9 at Kenilworth Racecourse.

Two winners of Breeders’ Cup races for 2-year-olds at Keeneland, Vequist and Fire At Will, resumed breezing Jan. 9 in South Florida, their first steps toward running as 3-year-olds.

Overnight purses have been reduced in advance of the start of the Oaklawn Park meet, a 57-day run which will begin Jan. 22.

Trainer and restaurateur Carlo Vaccarezza, who has run mostly in Kentucky and Florida in recent years, has sent a string to the West Coast. He currently has six horses at Santa Anita Park and plans to add another six more next week.

Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano, out since mid-November following leg surgery, said he expects to resume riding the second week of February at Gulfstream Park.

The auction house remains confident the strength and depth of the 1,273-lot catalog can help compensate for the void.

Golden Gate Fields, closed since mid-November after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases there, largely among its backstretch workers, will resume live racing Jan. 15, the track announced Jan. 8.

When Senor Buscador won the Remington Springboard Mile Stakes Dec. 18, the now 3-year-old put himself on the path to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1). But he didn’t get any Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points for the victory.

Golden Gate Fields, closed since mid-November after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases there, largely among its backstretch workers, will resume live racing Jan. 15, the track announced Jan. 8.

Zoffany, the sire of last season’s Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes (G1) hero Thunder Moon, has been euthanized at age 13 owing to liver failure.

Lemon Drop Kid has been pensioned from stallion duties at age 25. He will remain at Lane’s End Farm to enjoy the rest of his retirement, the Kentucky operation announced Jan. 8.

In the same week CDI announced that it would be rebranding its sportsbook operations from BetAmerica to the TwinSpires, the company was approved by the Sports Wagering Committee of the Tennessee Education Lottery to operate in the Volunteer State.

Golden Gate Fields, closed since mid-November after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases there, largely among its backstretch workers, will resume live racing Jan. 15, the track announced Jan. 8.

The Jan. 9 edition of the one-mile Tropical Turf Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park could play a big role in catapulting some of the eight starters back into high-level graded stakes competition.

Dave Litfin analyzes the graded stakes action Jan. 9 from Gulfstream and Santa Anita.

Provided link to the Latin American Pattern race calendar for 2021

The winners of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate (G1) and Cartier Paddock Stakes (G1) will earn an automatic berth into the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by PDJF (G1) and Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1).

Brandywine Farm, near Paris, Ky., bred the filly out of the Malibu Moon daughter Shine Time.

The winners of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate (G1) and Cartier Paddock Stakes (G1) will earn an automatic berth into the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by PDJF (G1) and Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1).

In his State of the Commonwealth and Budget address Jan. 7, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear called on lawmakers to back legislation that would protect historical horse racing.