Features from: www.thoroughbreddailynews

• Trainer Bruce Headley Dead at 86 January 15, 2021
  The California racing circuit lost one of its most charismatic, storied and successful training institutions and purveyors of good old-fashioned horsemanship when Bruce Headley passed away Friday at the age of 86, his family confirmed. Earlier this week, Headley, whose health has been failing for a number of years, suffered bleeding to the brain, complications […]
  Dan Ross
• OBS Continues Health and Safety Protocols January 15, 2021
  The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company will continue the health and safety protocols instituted at its 2020 sales this year when it opens its 2021 calendar with the Winter Mixed Sale Jan. 26 and 27. Face coverings are now mandatory in the sale pavilion, under the covered walking ring and in the back walking ring. Attendance […]
  The TDN
• Street Sense Colt Takes Centerstage on Debut for ‘Rising Star’ Honors January 15, 2021
  Concert Tour (c, 3, Street Sense–Purse Strings, by Tapit) rolled home to an ultra-impressive debut score for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert for ‘TDN Rising Star’ honors at Santa Anita Friday. The Gary and Mary West homebred’s worktab included a six-furlong bullet in 1:13 (1/11) in Arcadia Jan. 1 and was backed accordingly as the […]
  The TDN
• Shancelot Available for Inspection Jan. 22 January 15, 2021
  Graded stakes winner Shancelot (Shanghai Bobby–True Kiss, by Is It True) will be available for inspection at Buck Pond Farm Jan. 22. An open house is scheduled at the Versailles, Kentucky farm between noon and 3 p.m. Chili and desserts will be served and those in attendance will be able to register for a chance […]
  The TDN
• Body & Soul: What Goes Around Comes Around? January 15, 2021
  Don’t let that headline throw you off–we are not about to bury anyone in keeping with the Oxford English Dictionary‘s definition of the proverb, i.e., “the consequences of one’s actions will have to be dealt with eventually.” However, there may be a little karma being tossed around herein because of what the graphic which accompanies […]
  Robert D. Fierro
• CARMA: Holding Its Own in Tough Economic Climate January 15, 2021
  Last year when facing a massive budget shortfall, the umbrella organization overseeing the fate of California’s retired racehorses dodged a metaphorical projectile. “We were just so overwhelmed by the support we got for CARMAthon by the racing community,” Lucinda Lovitt, executive director of the California Retirement Management Account (CARMA), said of a fundraising event held […]
  Dan Ross
• This Side Up: Manners Maketh Mandaloun January 15, 2021
  How ironic, that a man with a nearly anguished instinct for self-effacement should have left so indelible an impression on our walk of life–one he strolled so quietly that he insisted on registering his silks, with The Jockey Club in Britain, simply in the name of Mr. K. Abdullah. How many others who covet the […]
  Chris McGrath
• Without Parole Bolsters Gunthers’ Stallion Record January 15, 2021
  John and Tanya Gunther’s Glennwood Farm produces stallions at a rate which must be the envy of some of the larger operations in the business. On its roll of honour the names of ten sires are inscribed, led of course by the Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy), now ensconced on Coolmore’s American roster. In […]
  Emma Berry
• Mandaloun Looks to Do Juddmonte Proud in Lecomte January 15, 2021
  The same week that Juddmonte Farms’ owner and founder Khalid Abdullah passed away, the legendary outfit has a chance to take a step toward its long-sought first GI Kentucky Derby win when undefeated ‘TDN Rising Star’ Mandaloun (Into Mischief) goes postward as a likely favorite in the GIII Lecomte S. Saturday at Fair Grounds. The […]
  Joe Bianca
• TERF Awards $20k to the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Veterinary Medicine January 15, 2021
  The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation (TERF) has awarded $20,000 to the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Veterinary Medicine to be used for equine research. In alignment with their mission to support and promote equine research, TERF annually provides grant funding to organizations that are engaged in the research of issues which impact equine health. […]
  The TDN
• Saturday’s Insights: Expensive Sophomores Kick Off Careers at Fair Grounds January 15, 2021
  Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 4th-FG, $50K, Msw, 3yo, 6f, post time: 2.29 p.m. ET A number of freshly minted sophomores who were pricey sales horses kick off their careers in this six-panel maiden, led by Tom Durant’s RUN CLASSIC (Runhappy), a $475,000 OBS purchase  (:20 3/5) and the highest-priced juvenile to sell by his […]
  The TDN
• Dalakhani Dies At 21 January 15, 2021
  The Aga Khan’s Dalakhani (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), the Champion Three-Year-Old and Horse of the Year in 2003, died on Friday in retirement at Haras d’Ouilly at the age of 21.  Expertly trained by Alain de Royer Dupre, the half-brother to Daylami (Ire) (Doyoun {GB}) sailed through his three starts at two, breaking his maiden at […]
  Emma Berry