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A private tour to visit Hall of Fame member Zenyatta at Lane's End Farm, along with halters worn by Breeders' Cup champions American Pharoah, Cody's Wish, Flightline, and Stormy Liberal, are among several items listed in the Breeders' Cup Charities (BCC) online auction now open for bidding, the group announced via press release. Set to run Monday, Jan. 12 through Sunday, Jan. 18, bidding will close at 11:59p.m. ET on that final day with proceeds going to support BCC. Revitalized in 2025, the program is dedicated to generating meaningful, lasting support for key industry charities and the broader Thoroughbred racing community. Led by an annual donation of all royalties received on Breeders' Cup merchandise sales, a number of new initiatives were introduced to increase overall fundraising efforts and ensure the continued success and growth of BCC. Fundraising for 2025 is expected to total $675,000, all of which will be distributed to Breeders' Cup Charities' primary beneficiaries and other charitable causes. Five core pillars–Thoroughbred aftercare, jockey health and wellness, backstretch and industry workers, equine research, and other impactful community initiatives–benefitted from funds raised by BCC in 2025. The initiative proudly supports multiple established charities, including but not limited to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, and the Race Track Chaplaincy of America. In addition to the Zenyatta tour and halters, other items included in the online auction are tickets to premier race meets across the country; jockey boots signed and worn by Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day; official Breeders' Cup horsemen's baseball caps signed by the trainers of several 2025 GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic starters–including winner Forever Young (Jpn); and a Squier electric guitar signed by Robin Zander of Cheap Trick, Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jason Scheff of Chicago, and CeeLo Green. A print of 2024 GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Thorpedo Anna, signed by trainer Kenny McPeek, jockey Brian Hernandez, and artist Robert Clark, will also be on auction as well as a print by artist Helen Hayse of the legendary Secretariat, signed by former Claiborne Farm president Seth Hancock. A full list of the offerings, and the ability to bid on them, may be found here. The post Private Tour with Zenyatta Headlines Breeders’ Cup Charities Online Auction appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Goffs UK Doncaster January Sale, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 29, has been cancelled. The event will instead be merged with the British NH Breeders Showcase, with an enlarged sale to be held on a new date of Thursday, December 3. Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, “The January Sale was the UK's only dedicated NH foal sale up to 2022 when, following feedback from UK breeders, we introduced a second sale in 2023, the British NH Breeders Showcase, to allow clients an earlier outlet to sell their NH foals before Christmas. The British NH Breeders Showcase was a huge success in its first year and has quickly become our headline sale for NH foals. “The success of the Showcase means it has captured a significant number of foals which would have been offered at the January Sale in the past and, together with the reduction in the UK NH foal crop, the number of UK foals remaining that require a dedicated outlet is too small to conduct a successful second sale in January. Therefore, we have decided to end the January Sale and move the British NH Breeders Showcase to an early December date.” He added, “All breeders who had foal entries in the now-cancelled January Sale have been offered a place in the Goffs February Sale on February 11-12 and everyone with horses-in-training and breeding stock entries have been offered a place in the GoffsGo Online January Sale on January 30, so we have continued to provide an outlet for everyone who was targeting the January Sale with their stock.” The post Goffs Announces Cancellation of Doncaster January Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The first reported foal by the dual Group 1-winning juvenile Vandeek was born at Mickley Stud last week. The colt is the first foal out of the unraced Alfa Brow (Sergei Prokofiev), a half-sister to the six-time winner and Listed Boadicea Stakes third Alfa Kellenic (Havana Grey). Richard Kent of Mickley Stud described the new arrival as “a beautiful first foal with a good front leg on him”. Vandeek, who won both the Prix Morny and Middle Park Stakes as a two-year-old, covered 161 mares in his first season at Cheveley Park Stud in 2025. He will stand the upcoming season at an unchanged fee of £15,000. The post Mickley Stud Welcomes First Foal by Unbeaten Juvenile Vandeek appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Jerome Reynier began the 2026 Cagnes-sur-Mer festival with intent with a one-two in the opener led home by Al Rateel (Violence). Sent off the 7-5 favourite for the 7 1/2-furlong debutantes contest staged on the turf, Mustafa Bousaif's 100,000gns Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up purchase was soon in front under Antonio Orani. Finding plenty for pressure in the straight, the bay hit the line with 1 1/2 lengths to spare over stablemate Aspire (Zarak).     The post Violence’s Al Rateel Kickstarts Cagnes Meeting appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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Might make  sense having a 1700 raceday at Ashburton tomorrow if Nelson didnt have a miles day 2 days earlier, Nelson need to revert to 2400 races on day 2, I suspect it would help numbers.

Newmarket, it is absolutely stupidity coming from the Clubs programming these short distance races! If they believe it is going to encourage punters to wager they are delusional! If they think that these short races is going to entice  people to go on course for a day of short 2 minute races, then once again totally delusional! All horses can run a mile and it is just not appealing to the majority of harness followers, but then again harness officialdom are doing very little to keep the industry going! Whoever is deciding to program these miles are clearly not working in the best interests of trying to appeal to the public! There are a couple of horses that I wouldve wagered on, but not over 1700m!  

Chris So Wai-yin hopes his stable star Hong Lok Golf will be equal to the task as he steps out in distance at Happy Valley on Wednesday night for the Group Three January Cup (1,800m). The son of Grunt was a revelation in his first season in Hong Kong, winning six of his seven starts, including a pair of Class Two races. He ended the campaign with a victory on his first start at the city circuit over the 1,650m distance, before finding things a bit tough over an inadequate 1,400m on his return...View the full article

Whats with all these short distance races lately, apart from 2 x 2400m races the rest are 1700m?  I try to avoid betting on low class sprint races…