Due to the generosity of their donors, the TAA raised more than $56,000 from the 17 offered VIP experience packages and no guarantee season to Lexitonian. Source
O’Neill Detours Around Baffert Traffic on Derby Road
California-based trainer Doug O’Neill detours Tall Boy to the U.A.E. Two Thousand Guineas (G3) Feb. 10, looking for a way around the logjam of Bob Baffert trainees back home and a clear shot to the Kentucky Derby (G1). Source
Netflix Documentary to Focus on Road to Kentucky Derby
Horse racing is set to join Netflix’s stable of sports documentaries as the Racing Post understands the streaming service has commissioned a series based on this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1). Source
Barajas Returns to Canterbury as Track Superintendent
Barajas will oversee a track crew that often maintains and reconditions the dirt track 18 hours each day using tractors and harrows to fine-tune the track for the racing programs as well as daily training of the horses. Source
KEEP Announces 3 New Board Members
KEEP announces three new board members. Source
Stakes Winner Key of Life Takes on Dixie Bell
Key of Life is well into working off her $350,000 price tag with three wins from five starts—all on the board finishes—for Flurry Racing Stables and Hoffman Family Racing. She will look to add another in the Feb. 11 Dixie Bell Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Source
Gordon Elliott: Trainer fined and Zanahiyr disqualified over positive test
Trainer Gordon Elliott is fined £1,000 and Zanahiyr disqualified from third place in last year’s Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham after testing positive for a banned raceday substance. Source
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Fasig-Tipton February Sale Sees Realistic Marketplace
The last chance to pick up breeding stock and short yearlings at live auction concluded Feb. 7 with steady results at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale. Lemieux claimed top honors Tuesday after realizing $400,000 from Nice Guys Stables. Source
Triple Crown Nominees in 2023 Rise 18% to 369
Led by 2-year-old champion and three-time grade I winner Forte, 369 3-year-old Thoroughbreds were made eligible to compete in this year’s Triple Crown series during the early nomination phase, which closed Jan. 28. Source