On December 28, 2025, on the opening day of Santa Anita Park’s winter meet, the atmosphere in Arcadia, California, was different. For the first time since the 1950s, the California racetrack did not open its season on December 26, as heavy rainfall forced the postponement of the opening to Sunday the 28th. The new date generated controversy on social media because it coincided with NFL games. However, the public responded, and the track welcomed a strong crowd despite competi

The 2025 Remsen Stakes (G2) not only crowned a new classic winner, it revealed the emergence of a colt who may define next year’s three-year-old crop. Paladin (Gun Runner), a striking chestnut with commanding presence, bred by Summer Wind Equine and acquired by a partnership led by Coolmore, White Birch Farm, and Brook Smith, showed in his first two-turn attempt that he possesses the precise combination of maturity and engine to legitimately aim for the 2026 Kentucky Derby. H

The Tattersalls December Mare Sales 2025, held from December 1st to 3rd in Newmarket, once again solidified themselves as the global epicenter where a large part of the future of thoroughbred breeding is decided. With a turnover of 81,583,515 guineas and an average of 140,661 guineas per head, the sale displayed a sustained, deep, and extremely selective market, where the major operations of the world did not come to buy names, but structural pedigrees, complementary biotypes