At the end of a historically tough year for Hong Kong racing, Magical arrives to end things on the upbeat in the Longines Hong Kong Cup (G1) Dec. 13 at Sha Tin Racecourse.

Sonata Stable’s Moonlite Strike is likely to pursue Gulfstream Park’s stakes series next year for 3-year-olds following a head victory over stablemate Kiger in a Dec. 10 allowance optional claimer there.

LeJeune had a 40-plus-year career as a jockey, trainer, and bloodstock agent. He operated Kenneth LeJeune Training Stables near Ocala, Fla.

The Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie have announced that the 2021 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will be held Wednesday, April 7, at the Dallas-area track. The breeze show will be held Monday, April 5.

Juddmonte is pleased to announce the release of a film celebrating the unparalleled racing career of Enable, produced in collaboration with Equine Productions. 

The schedule will offer 120 days of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing beginning Tuesday, April 13, and running through Thursday, Nov. 4.

Trying to predict who will be in front during the early stages of the $200,000 Ft. Lauderdale Stakes (G2T) could prove to be even more difficult than tabbing the winner of the Dec. 12 race.

During a meeting of the Arizona Racing Commission Dec. 10, representatives from Arizona Downs, Turf Paradise, and Monarch Content Management argued over simulcasting contracts in the state, and no resolution to their ongoing dispute was reached.

The funding is part of £55 million emergency package from the Scottish government intended to support sporting venues that have suffered financially from the absence of spectators, who have been barred from live sporting events since March.

Two Breeders’ Cup runners from Ireland, including upset winner Order of Australia, take on a piece of Hong Kong’s racing history and a bright hope for its future Dec. 13 in the Longines Hong Kong Mile (G1).

Kamsin, a champion in his native Germany and also a grade 1 winner-producing sire, is to stand at Michael Shefflin’s Annshoon Stud in County Kilkenny, Ireland for the 2021 breeding season

Apprentice jockey Victor Flores experienced head trauma in a spill during training Dec. 9 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, said Liz Morris, a friend of the rider.

Kentucky Downs—whose unique all-grass meet in September offers some of the highest purses in the country—recently completed the first major renovation of its turf course since the track was laid out in a field as a steeplechase course in 1990. 

Apprentice jockey Victor Flores is hospitalized in New Orleans with head trauma after a spill during training Dec. 9 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, said Liz Morris, a friend of the rider.

Christophe Soumillon will miss his rides in the Dec. 13 Hong Kong International Races after it emerged the star rider needs to undergo further COVID-19 testing before being cleared to leave quarantine.

CJ Thoroughbreds, Left Turn Racing, and Casner Racing’s Sally’s Curlin will try to bring home the third grade 3 score of her career Dec. 12 when she takes on a field of five in the $100,000 Rampart Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. 

Trying to predict who will be in front during the early stages of the $200,000 Fort Lauderdale Stakes (G2T) could prove to be even more difficult than tabbing the winner of the Dec. 12 race.

The board of stewards at Santa Anita Park will take no action regarding Justify’s 2018 Santa Anita Derby (G1) win, as it has dismissed a California Horse Racing Board complaint.