In this week's edition of On Racing, a year after the Eaton Fire destroyed their home, jockey Mario Gutierrez reflects on the cross-country move and fresh start his family has undertaken.
Newly turned 3-year-old colt Express Kid, offered in a one-horse flash sale on Fasig-Tipton Digital, sold for $800,000 to Brad Kleven. A son of Bodexpress, Express Kid was offered as a horse of racing age by Paramount Sales, agent.
Making his 13th start of the year and 100th of his career, the 11-year-old gelding Surprsinglyperfect has been named the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association's 2025 National Claiming Horse of the Year.
The catalog for the Goffs February Sale is now online and features a diverse blend of 2-year-olds, horses in training, and stores as well as short yearlings and breeding stock.
The board of directors of the Thoroughbred Owners of California unanimously voted to appoint owner John G. Sikura to fill the vacant seat of Nick Alexander, subject to full board ratification at the upcoming Jan. 30 meeting.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 350 entries for the main catalog of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, to be held Feb. 9 in Lexington. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. ET.
Pleasant Acres Stallions announced Jan. 9 the arrival of Mr Fisk's first reported foal, a healthy filly out of New York-bred Brass Cat, a daughter of Bluegrass Cat. The filly arrived at 3:25 a.m. ET Friday morning for breeder Martine Britell.