A total of 447 yearlings are scheduled to go through the ring as this year's renewal arrives with a refreshed format, with non-Queensland Thoroughbred Incentive Scheme yearlings included for the first time.
When Ilkay Kantarmaci's younger brother, Mertkan, announced a hiatus from training in 2024, Ilkay took the reins of a 27-horse stable at Belmont Park, placing him in the leading role of a training career.
Ciaran and Amy Dunne's Wavertree Stables reset the top of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sales standings March 11 with a $2 million filly by Nyquist (Hip 372), who breezed a furlong in :09 3/5. Boyd Racing bought her.
Consignor Jesse Hoppel sells his first seven-figure 2-year-old in training March 11 at the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale when agent Donato Lanni went to $1.05 million for Hip 299, a colt by Mo Town.
The New York Race Track Chaplaincy will honor Marc and Sheree Holliday with the John Hendrickson and Marylou Whitney Award for their generous support of the New York backstretch community at its 19th Annual Fundraising Brunch to be held Aug. 12.
Dual grade 1 winner La Cara and multiple graded stakes winner Quietside have been retired from racing and will begin their next chapters as broodmares.
Veteran sprinter Tejano Twist has an opportunity to take another step toward the $2 million mark in career earnings when he faces an expected six other older runners in the $250,000 Whitmore Stakes (G3) March 14 at Oaklawn Park.