Now a perfect 2-for-2 for trainer Mark Glatt, So Happy defeated odds-on favorite Buetane, trained by Bob Baffert, as Acknowledgemeplz ran third in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park Jan. 10.

Fresh off a successful 2025 season, The Maryland Jockey Club rings in the New Year Jan. 9, the opening day of the Laurel Park winter meet. In 2025, there were 1,109 races over 119 live racing days at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course.

Veteran riders Alex Birzer and Orlando Mojica each earned career milestones, leading to the panel of racing experts voting the pair Jockeys of the Week for Dec. 29-Jan. 4.

Coinciding with the United States' national celebration of the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will mark the occasion with a special exhibition, Racing at the Dawn of the United States.

Explora, runner-up as the favorite in the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar, kicks off her 3-year-old campaign Jan. 10 in the $100,000 Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

Frankie Dettori once again treated a bumper crowd to a flying dismount after the legendary rider chalked up another winner on his farewell tour in South America.

Buetane, in only his second start, ran second to subsequent Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Ted Noffey in last year's Hopeful Stakes (G1) and makes his 3-year-old debut in the San Vicente Stakes (G2) Jan. 10 for trainer Bob Baffert.

Opportune black type awaits some of the seven fillies and mares contesting the $100,000 Las Flores Stakes (G3) Jan. 11 at Santa Anita Park.

The Racehorse Owners Association has launched a new membership designed for people involved in syndicates and racing clubs as part of the aim to improve engagement and representation across all ownership types.

After a runaway stakes victory at Gulfstream Park in November, Tessellate aims to add to her accomplishments in the $125,000 Gasparilla Stakes Jan. 10 at Tampa Bay Downs.