Yulong Investments claimed the most sought-after offering on Day 2 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale Jan. 14 when Zhang Yuesheng’s outfit bid AU$2 million for a well-related son of sire sensation Extreme Choice.

Whispering Oaks Farm announces the birth of the first Louisiana-bred foal of 2026, born Jan. 6. She is also the inaugural offspring of multiple graded stakes winner Wit.

Juan Hernandez earns Jockey of the Week after winning three stakes at Santa Anita Park.

There is at least a shot that San Vicente (G2) winner So Happy can continue to show high-class form as the distances increase.

Orinoco River (Hip 863) tops the mare market on Day 2 of the Keeneland January Sale at $500,000. Eaton Sales sold the daughter of War Front to St. George Stables, which is owned by Mexican billionaire Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco.

At the end of Keeneland's January Horses of All Ages Sale, 700 horses were sold for $53,580,300, including private sales, up 52% from last year's gross of $35,225,900, from 724 horses sold. The sale recorded its highest gross since 2008.

Trainer John Sadler has been elected president of the board of directors of California Thoroughbred Trainers, succeeding Eoin Harty, who has served in that capacity since 2019 and remains a director.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and Rudy Rodriguez have reached an agreement to lift the New York-based trainer's provisional suspension Jan. 14. 

Making his first start since July, Just a Touch seeks his first graded win in the $175,000 Louisiana Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Jan. 17.

The Dec. 20 Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots proved closely matched. A month later on Jan. 17, the next leg of the stakes series for current 3-year-olds there, $250,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3), appears equally competitive.