An impressive winner of her U.S. debut going six furlongs on turf Jan. 2, the Phil D’Amato-trained Majestic Steps and four other European imports bring a foreign flavor to the $100,000 Sweet Life Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park Feb. 14.

The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce that Sam-Son Farm will be presented with the Special Sovereign Award during the 46th Annual Sovereign Awards Virtual Ceremony.

Having missed the winner’s circle during her 2021 debut in the Jan. 9 La Canada Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park, Hard Not to Love will return to the Southern California oval Feb. 13 and headline the field in the $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2).

The fourth evening of the Dubai World Cup Carnival Feb. 11 was another tour de force for the Godolphin home team but it was Salute The Soldier who emerged as a candidate for the March 27 Dubai World Cup (G1).

Klaravich Stables’ Risk Taking made his stakes debut a winning one in the Feb. 6 Withers Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack.  Following the Withers, trainer Chad Brown praised Barry Eisaman, who broke the bay colt.

Trainer Todd Fincher will make the trip from his Remington Park base to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Feb. 13 to see if Senor Buscador has what it takes in the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford (G2).

Tissier admitted to placing 15 bets on horse racing in a Newmarket betting shop in November 2019.

A winter storm that brought freezing precipitation to Kentucky has forced the cancellation of racing at Turfway Park Feb. 11-12, while racing at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots was scrapped Thursday following heavy rain. 

Keeneland announced Feb. 11 that prominent Central Kentucky horseman and noted bloodstock adviser Gatewood Bell will join the historic track as vice president of racing later this month. 

Speech, winner of the Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1) at Keeneland last summer, recorded her first breeze of 2021 with three furlongs in :37 Feb. 11 at Santa Anita Park.

Fifth last out in the Nov. 6 TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1), John and Diane Fradkin’s grade 1-placed Rombauer heads a field of nine for the $100,000 El Camino Real Derby Feb. 13 at Golden Gate Fields.

Jeff Drown and Don Rachel’s Structor, unraced since winning the 2019 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Turf Presented by Coolmore America (G1T), returns in a $53,000 third-level allowance optional claiming race at Gulfstream Park Feb. 13.

A study of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder who participated in equine-assisted therapy found evidence at the neurobiological level that such programs are effective in treating the ailment.

A rundown of television, live streaming and radio coverage for the upcoming weekend compiled by America’s Best Racing.

1/ST RACING today announced the appointment of Aaron Gryder as the company’s first Vice President, Industry Relations.

Speed is the focus in South Florida Feb. 13 with the running of the Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes (G3) and Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes (G3T). Mischevious Alex tops the former and Leinster heads the latter.

Longtime Live Oak Stud General Manager Bruce Hill retired from his post on Feb. 10, the farm announced today.

An unprecedented outpouring of public support and a grassroots fundraising effort have led to a reversal of the announced cancellation of the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI Five Star presented by MARS EquestrianTM (LRK3DE).

Unearthing another stallion to join those select breed-shapers is the Thoroughbred equivalent of the Poincaré conjecture, but listening to David Redvers present his case for Zoustar, it is hard not to be compelled by what lies ahead.

Flavien Prat, the winningest rider in Southern California over the past five years, has replaced agent Derek Lawson with Brad Pegram.