Multiple group 1-winning jockeys William Buick and Shane Foley have been added to the star-studded list of riders for the Saudi Cup’s International Jockeys Challenge in Riyadh this month.

Hello Hot Rod, winner of the Jan. 31 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, tops the two latest additions to the Feb. 8-9 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale. The 3-year-old Mosler colt is cataloged as Hip 672.

Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Shedaresthedevil breezed three furlongs in :36 3/5 Feb. 1 at Oaklawn Park as she readies for a return at age 4, potentially in the Azeri Stakes (G2) March 13.

There will be no prospective purchasers huddled around the Park Paddocks parade ring clad in woolly hats and gloves, as is so often the case at this fixture, with the mixed auction being staged online from 10 a.m. local time Feb. 4.

Keeneland will hold its April Horses of Racing Age Sale April 26. The sale will be conducted as an integrated event, with live auctioneers at Keeneland, and horses presented for sale both physically at Keeneland as well as at off-site locations.

Tiger Roll headlines 106 entries for the 2021 Randox Grand National as he bids for an historic third triumph in the Aintree marathon.

Grade 1 stakes-winning sprinter Bell’s the One recorded her first breeze of the year with a bullet three furlongs in :35 Feb. 3 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

According to the Kentucky Equine Education Project, Kentucky’s equine economic advocate, a pair of Republican state senators introduced a bill to protect historical horse racing in the commonwealth.

Three Diamonds Farm’s Fire At Will, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Presented by Coolmore America (G1T) in his final start of 2020, is a candidate for the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park Feb. 27.

The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2021 March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com.

Brown spent a few minutes in January talking about his company, playing the horses, his work consulting for Thoroughbred owners, and his love of Saratoga Race Course.

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued an additional two supplemental entries to its 2021 Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale.

Five individuals employed in the racing industry met with reporters Feb. 2 at Skylight Training Center in Goshen, Ky., to express their backing of legislation that will allow for continued historical horse racing gaming in the state.

Punxsutawney Phil was backed from around 13-2 into 9-2 before making a perfectly timed debut in the opening bumper at Newcastle.

Keeneland will present 18 stakes, featuring the 97th running of the $800,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G2) and the 84th running of the $400,000 Central Bank Ashland (G1), worth a total of $4.1 million during its 2021 Spring Meet April 2-23.

A complete dispersal of Broughton Bloodstock, the breeding operation of the late Michael Broughton, continues with half a dozen broodmares offered in the first session of the Tattersalls February Sale Feb. 4.

Holy Bull Stakes (G3) winner Greatest Honour makes the list for the season’s second installment of Derby Dozen.

Thoroughbred racing’s top stars have been nominated for the highly anticipated 25th running of the Dubai World Cup, which is scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2021 at Meydan Racecourse.

Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Feb. 1 that the company has agreed to repurchase 1 million shares of its common stock for $193.94 per share from an affiliate of The Duchossois Group in a privately negotiated transaction.

The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS Equestrian will not hold its Five Star Event this year, previously scheduled for April 22-25.