Although the California Cup/Sunshine Millions at Santa Anita Park is run in January, it can often end up having Breeders’ Cup implications at the end of the year. The five-race series for state-breds will take place January 18, with names like The Hunted, Baja Sur, and Been Studying Her scheduled to compete.

The first major racecard at the Fair Grounds in Louisiana for 2020 takes place this Saturday, January 18. The 13-race program is highlighted by six stakes, including the $200,000 LeComte Stakes worth 10 Kentucky Derby points to the winner. The race will be live on TVG.

Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Bramlage has released an evaluation report on Mongolian Groom’s fatal injury in the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Immediately following the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic, the Breeders’ Cup Board of Directors retained Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital’s Dr. Larry Bramlage to conduct an evaluation of Mongolian Groom’s pre-race condition and injury, as well as all pre-race safety and evaluation protocols in place for the 2019 Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

Kantor, Blank, Sarkis & Yutar’s 4-year-old gelding Vardy (SAF) made a sustained bid in the final 300 yards under jockey Craig Zackey to capture Saturday’s 1-mile R1.5 million L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate (G1) by 1 ¼ lengths over One World (SAF) at Kenilworth Racecourse, and earned an automatic berth into the $2 million TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) through the international Breeders’ Cup Challenge. 

On resume alone, Spiced Perfection towers over the field for the $200,000 La Canada Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita on Saturday, January 11.

After scratching out of the Tropical Park Derby two weeks ago, four-year-old A Thread of Blue makes his 2020 debut in the $100,000 Tropical Turf (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The race can be watched and wagered on with TVG.