January/February 2021
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Gunnatrashya Finishes Big Year With New NRHA Sire Status
With 35 foals in the 2020 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity Open, it was nearly impossible for Gunnatrashya to miss the $4 million dollar mark.
When the dust settled, the 2006 sta...
Sam-Son Dispersal Parade Marks End of an Era
Bedecked in hats and scarves and winter coats, patrons of the Keeneland January Sale braced themselves against plummeting temperatures the morning of Jan. 9 to attend a special kind of show known only...
Dubai Warrior Targets Start in Al Maktoum Challenge
The John Gosden-trained Dubai Warrior, a classy all-weather performer, is to fly out to Dubai in the coming days for an ambitious tilt at the Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 (G2) at Meydan Jan. 21. ...
New Year Brings New Challenges for Brown
Bluegrass basketball fans might recall the 2009-10 University of Kentucky men's basketball season when coach John Calipari had five players on that squad who were taken in the first round of the NBA D...
Half Brother to Sea of Class Scores at Deauville
Carlo Ancelotti's Everton may have required extra time to dispose of Rotherham United in the FA Cup third round Jan. 9, but the Goodison Park manager suffered no such anxiety as his colors were carrie...
Maurice Sires First Black-Type Winner at Chukyo
Japan's 2015 Horse of the Year Maurice clinched his first black-type winner as a stallion in style as his son Pixie Knight led home a one-two in the Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen (G3) at Chukyo Race...
Shedaresthedevil Back at Oaklawn to Begin 2021 Season
Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Shedaresthedevil returned to Oaklawn Park around 4 a.m. CT Jan. 9, according to co-owner Staton Flurry of Hot Springs, Ark....
Charlatan Likely to Make Next Start in Saudi Cup
Runhappy Malibu Stakes (G1) winner Charlatan will likely make his next start in the $20 million Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh Feb. 20, trainer Bob Baffert told Santa Anita Park med...
Officials Extend Additional Pegasus Invitations
Gulfstream Park officials announced Jan. 10 that additional invitations to the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) and Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1T), to be held Saturday, Jan. 23....