Horse Racing News on January 27, 2018

Texting became a graded stakes winner and avenged a loss to Daring Duchess from earlier in the meet when rallying to a three-quarter-length victory in Saturday's Grade 3 La Prevoyante Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Taralena rallied mildly for finish third.

Arguably the two best races Tommy Macho had ever run in an 18-race career both had come at a one-turn mile on the main track at Gulfstream Park.

An 11-week vacation proved just what the doctor ordered for Oscar Nominated, who bounced back from a disappointing performance in his 2017 finale with a game half-length triumph over Nessy in Saturday's $200,000 W. L. McKnight Handicap at Gulfstream Park.

Gun Runner went into retirement as not only the reigning Horse of the Year, an award he picked up two nights before his racing finale, but now a winner of the biggest paycheck in the game.