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Lady T, who rallied to win the Las Flores Stakes (G3) last winter at Santa Anita Park, seeks a repeat victory in the $100,000 six-furlong race contested on New Year's Day.

Grade 1-placed Indiana Derby (G3) winner Verifying, a half brother to champion Midnight Bisou, has been retired from racing and will enter stud in Florida at Pleasant Acres Stallions.

Continuing her excellence over the Gulfstream Park main track, Maryquitecontrary rallied past runner-up Imonra and third-place Unifying to capture the $150,000 Rampart Stakes Dec. 30.

English classic-winning owner/breeder and long-serving racing administrator Julian Richmond-Watson was "surprised but delighted" to be awarded an OBE in the new year honors list.

Jan. 1 marks not only a new year but a new era for British racing as Cheltenham will host the first Premier raceday, a cross-industry initiative aimed at growing the sport by showcasing its best races in a clearer and easier-to-follow way.

Part four of BloodHorse's 2023 year-end survey.

Owner Mike Repole may be considered a coupled entry with Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, but there's another Hall of Famer waiting in the wings for 2024.

The Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen Association, Maryland Horse Breeders Association, and 1/ST Racing announced a one-year deal to continue live horse racing in Maryland until Dec. 31, 2024.

Oaklawn Park's top sprinter from its prior meet is ready to return. Red Lane Thoroughbreds' multiple stakes winner Skelly is entered in the eighth race Dec. 30 at the Arkansas track, a six-furlong $143,000 allowance.

The first stakes race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby for newly-turned 3-year-olds takes place Jan. 1 when Oaklawn Park stages the $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes.

A bonus of $1,500 will be available for an Ontario-bred foal or a bonus of $2,500 for an Ontario-bred foal by a registered Ontario stallion. The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society Ontario is committing $1 million to this incentive program.

Two-time Hong Kong Horse of the Year Golden Sixty will receive some time off after his spectacular victory in the Hong Kong Mile (G1) Dec. 10 at Sha Tin—the 10th group 1 victory of his career.

Trainer Linda Rice is setting personal records and approaching record numbers in New York this year.

Ushba Tesoro, the reigning Dubai World Cup (G1) champion, rebounded from a fifth-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) to win the Dec. 29 Tokyo Daishoten (G1) and set up a return to the Middle East.

Part three of BloodHorse's 2023 year-end survey.