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Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 350 entries for the main catalogue of its Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, to be held Monday, February 9, in Lexington, Kentucky, the company announced Friday. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. “Strategically positioned before the start of breeding season, Kentucky Winter Mixed is an important marketplace within our industry,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “There is plenty of quality for buyers to choose from in 2026, including 200 yearlings with strong sire power.” Covering sires represented include Army Mule, Beau Liam, Bolt d'Oro, Charlatan, Cogburn, Constitution, Curlin, Cyberknife, Elite Power, Gun Pilot, Gunite, Jack Christopher, Kingsbarns, Knicks Go, Life Is Good, Maclean's Music, Mage, Maxfield, Munnings, Omaha Beach, Prince of Monaco, Seize the Grey, and Vekoma. Yearling sires catalogued include American Pharoah, Arcangelo, Army Mule, Beau Liam, Blame, Bolt d'Oro, City of Light, Corniche, Cyberknife, Drain the Clock, Early Voting, Elite Power, Epicenter, Essential Quality, Forte, Girvin, Golden Pal, Gun Runner, Gunite, Into Mischief, Jackie's Warrior, Knicks Go, Mage, Practical Joke, Street Sense, Taiba, Tiz the Law, Twirling Candy, Uncle Mo, Up To The Mark, Vekoma, and Yaupon. This year's catalogue cover features three recent graded stakes winning sale graduates in Ready for Candy (Twirling Candy), Running Bee (English Channel), and Whatchatalkinabout (Dialed In). Ready for Candy is an undefeated multiple graded stakes for owner Lindy Farms and trainer Phil Antonacci since her purchase by West Bloodstock at last year's Kentucky Winter Mixed sale. Entries remain open for the sale's supplemental catalogue. Fasig-Tipton will continue to accept supplemental entries over the next few weeks. “We have already begun taking entries for the supplement and look forward to announcing those in the coming weeks,” noted Browning. The main catalogue for Kentucky Winter Mixed may now be viewed online. Print catalogues will be available beginning January 15. The catalogue will also be available via the equineline sales catalogue app. Online bidding and phone bidding services will be available. The post Fasig-Tipton Catalogues 350 Entries For Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Eight-time Group 1-winning stayer Kyprios will stand for €5,000 under Coolmore's National Hunt banner at The Beeches Stud.  Aidan O'Brien's most prolific winner at the highest level, Kyprios completed a clean sweep in 2022, landing the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, followed by victory in the Goodwood Cup, Irish St Leger and Prix du Cadran.  After an injury-hit season in 2023, he returned to capture all four of those races again in 2024, confirming himself a rare phenomenon.  “Kyprios is an exceptionally good-looking horse with a truly outstanding race record,” said Robert McCarthy on Coolmore.com. “He won more Group 1 races than any horse ever trained by Aidan O'Brien, which speaks volumes about his quality. “He won his first Prix du Cadran by 20 lengths which must surely be a record-winning margin for a Group 1 race. In total, he won 17 races and was unbeaten in his final nine starts. We are thrilled to welcome one of the all-time great stayers to The Beeches.”  Meanwhile, O'Brien told Coolmore.com, “Kyprios is a very, very special horse and it was a privilege to have trained him. He has an unbelievable capacity for covering any amount of distance. He obviously has an incredible heart and lungs.”   The post Top Stayer Kyprios To Stand For 5k Under Coolmore’s National Hunt Banner appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) has received official approval by the Federal Trade Commission for a series of proposed changes to its Enforcement Rules (Rule Series 8000), the group announced Friday. These changes will take effect January 19, 2026. HISA's updated Enforcement Rules are available in full here and include the following changes: Clarification that it is a violation to enter a Covered Horse or cause a Covered Horse to compete in a Covered Horserace prior to registering the Covered Horse with HISA (note that it is a separate violation to fail to register a Covered Horse on the date of the horse's first timed and reported workout at a Racetrack that participates in Covered Horseraces or at a training facility); and Failure to pay a fine or repay a purse by the prescribed deadline will subject the Covered Person to an automatic suspension. The FTC published a request for public comment on the proposed changes on September 9, 2025 and issued an order approving the changes on December 19, 2025. HISA added that they will work with racing industry participants to help prepare them for the changes. All HISA rules are available here. The post HISA Receives FTC Approval For Modified Enforcement Rules appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Spendthrift Farm's MGISW Dornoch (Good Magic) sired his first reported foal Wednesday when a colt was born at Taylor Made Farm in Nicholasville, KY on Jan. 7. Bred by Albaugh Family Stable, the bay colt is out of the mare Four Grands and hails from the immediate family of top sires Not This Time and Liam's Map. Four Grands, by Honor Code, is out of the stakes-winning mare Taylor S, and her granddam is the late blue hen mare Miss Macy Sue. “We're absolutely thrilled with the colt. He weighs a little over 130 pounds and is just a big, strong colt with great substance, a beautiful head, tons of bone, and an athletic frame,” said Taylor Made's Steve Castagnola. “He is out running the paddock with his mom right now and just full of energy. We could not be happier.” “The Albaugh's and I were big fans of Dornoch, and we wanted to stick to the (Curlin) sire line with an exciting stallion that could give the mare some size and leg. We got a terrific result. If we had a barn full of individuals like this colt then we would be in great shape,” added Castagnola. On the track, Dornoch captured the GII Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct as a 2-year-old over future champion Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), before going on to a stellar 3-year-old campaign that made him a 2024 Eclipse Award finalist. Out of 2024 Broodmare of the Year Puca, Dornoch won the GII Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream, the 1 1/4-mile GI Belmont Stakes at Saratoga, and the GI Haskell Stakes at Monmouth. Last year, Dornoch was a top five first-season covering sire by average, with in-foal mares selling up to $585,000–the highest price for a broodmare in foal to a freshman sire in North America. He is set to stand his second season for a fee of $30,000 S&N. The post Dornoch Represented By First Foal appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Life is giving you too many lemons 🍋 T-man. You're behaving like a true lemon 😅 which is defined as an item of poor quality that always needs constant maintenance.  you can go all Sour grapes 🍇 all you like  , but Sam Collett  after another winning ride , and in true  'Good Will Hunting' type style will be saying "How do you like them Apples? 🍏" as said by Matt Damon after some more success. you already know an apple a day keeps the doctor away 🍏 Good Will Hunting one of the finest film masterpieces ever made full of great lessons of life. Thoroughly recommend a viewing for your education . Robin Williams is fantastic in this show too. Perhaps one of the finest quotes in the movie is for you to take on board , and a lesson for all who miss the enjoyment in things is to remember this.  "You'll have Bad Times. But it will always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention too " 

Many of the world's top stallions are set to be showcased during the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) Irish Stallion Trail, taking place next Friday and Saturday, January 16 and 17. Following another stellar year for Irish sires on the global stage in 2025, the trail offers breeders, racing professionals, and fans a unique chance to see these equine champions in person at over 35 leading stallion farms across 12 counties. The ITM Irish Stallion Trail is a free event, open to all. Visitors can simply register for the studs they wish to visit via www.itm.ie/stalliontrail and are free to explore within the advertised opening hours. Due to high demand, those wishing to visit Coolmore Stud must register for a specific date and time slot. ITM CEO Charles O'Neill, said, “Irish stallions again and again deliver on the global stage and have dominated all the European Classics and major international races. This year, Ireland's stallion roster looks to be stronger than ever, featuring proven producers, emerging stars, and exciting new additions to suit every breeder and budget. The ITM Irish Stallion Trail is always a highlight of the year for the industry and we're grateful to all participating farms for such unique access. We look forward to welcoming everyone on the trail and celebrating Ireland's world-class breeding tradition.” The popular Mark O'Hanlon Memorial Quiz will also be held to coincide with the ITM Irish Stallion Trail. The team-based, racing-themed quiz is free to enter and will take place at 9pm on Friday 16 January at The Lord Bagenal Inn in Leighlinbridge, Co Carlow. The winners will take home the Perpetual Mark O'Hanlon Cup. The quiz is held in memory of Mark O'Hanlon, a former member of the ITM team. The post Excitement Building Ahead Of ITM Irish Stallion Trail appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As long as you know the rule "Rule 638(3)(f)(i) provides that in a Flat Race a Rider must not use his or her whip: forward of the Rider’s horse’s shoulder or in the vicinity of its head; Using the available race films, Chief Stipendiary Steward John Oatham, demonstrated that approaching the 100m, Mr Mudhoo was riding his mount out using the whip in a compliant way behind the saddle. He pointed out that near the 100m, Mr Mudhoo put both hands on the reins with his whip pointing upwards, began pushing the horse and in doing so, his whip made contact on at least 2 occasions, with the horse’s head."  Collett is THE worst recidivist offender and given free rein to carry out these indiscriminate assaults on our beautiful horse's by the thoroughly hopeless RIB I'll send you those photos which will show contact with the eye (yet again) and 3 ears being  flattened in the last few days General 'peaches' involve 'special rides' dont they?..i.e. overcoming difficulties ..shirly not following the rail from the inside draw..hooking one out on the turn...cheating by bashing the horse not only 'forward of the Rider’s horse’s shoulder or in the vicinity of its head;  But actually on the head/neck from the "whip pointing skywards" That's a lemon if ever there was one and leaves a bitter taste in horse lover's mouths

Well-respected Kiwi horseman Todd Pollard will join the training ranks next month after securing boxes at Eagle Farm in Brisbane. He departs Archibald Racing, where he has worked for the past five years and has led the Queensland operation for more than three-and-a-half years, producing consistent results for the operation. During his time as assistant trainer, Pollard worked closely with Group One winners Mo’unga, Zaaki, Bois d’Argent and Sunshine In Paris, as well as a number of other stakes performers. “I am very excited to announce that I am setting up my own training business, Todd Pollard Racing,” Pollard said. “This has been a long-term ambition of mine, and I have worked hard to reach this point. I have been fortunate to gain experience with a number of top trainers, including the Archibald stable and Stephen Marsh. “Prior to this, I was lucky enough to be part of the Godolphin Flying Start program from 2016 to 2018, which provided me with invaluable international experience in the racing industry. This included placements with leading international trainers Roger Varian in the UK, Phil D’Amato in the US and Bjorn Baker in Sydney.” Born and raised in Matamata, Pollard’s interest in racing was sparked early through family involvement, with his aunt Liz Pollard breeding and racing several horses, including Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders Stakes (1400m) winner Rosetti Bay. “My early interest was from my dad’s auntie, raising horses, and having a couple of handy ones that piqued my interest, but I really enjoyed getting along to the races when I was young and just enjoyed the spectacle of it all,” Pollard said. “It’s great to be able to live my dream and become a trainer in my own right.” Pollard is currently in the process of building his stable ahead of February’s launch and will attend all major yearling and online sales, including a trip home to New Zealand for the Karaka Sales, looking to purchase horses to fill his new operation. View the full article

Kentucky-based trainer Brad Cox finished atop the North American earnings list for a third time in 2025.View the full article