Breaking Lucky, a 5-year-old colt who was most recently second in the Grade 1 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs, will be pointed to the $12 million Pegasus World Cup as the result of a deal reached between Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and the colt’s owner, Gunpowder Farms, according to an announcement by the groups.

Delta Downs in Vinton, La., was scheduled to run the $100,000 Azalea on Friday night and $100,000 Pelican on Saturday night, but will recard the Azalea for Jan. 20 and the Pelican for Jan. 21, said Chris Warren, the track's director of racing.

Both races are two turn stakes for 3-year-olds bred in Louisiana. 

The Indiana Racing Commission has approved Indiana Grand’s request to run a 2017 race meet from April 18 through Oct. 28.

The 120-day schedule is nearly identical to the one Indiana Grand raced in 2016, when its meet ran from April 19 through Oct. 29.

Indiana Grand races Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday every week during its season, and adds Thursday racing between July 6 and Aug. 24.

Weekday cards begin in the afternoon, while Saturday racing is in the evening.

Delta Downs in Vinton, La., has rescheduled a pair of 3-year-old stakes for Friday and Saturday night after canceling the races last weekend due to the cases of the equine herpesvirus at neighboring Fair Grounds in New Orleans.

The $100,000 Azalea will go Friday night, and the $100,000 Pelican is set for Saturday night. Both races are to be run over seven furlongs and are restricted to 3-year-olds bred in Louisiana.

Sunland Park in New Mexico announced that it will not receive horses who have been in Louisiana in the last 30 days due to the recent cases of the equine herpesvirus at Fair Grounds in New Orleans. The ban on Louisiana horses is until further notice, according to a press release from Sunland.

Last year, about 70 horses tested positive for the equine herpesvirus at Sunland in an outbreak that cost the track race dates and the running of its premier race, the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby.

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., drew entries for its Friday opener on Monday, and Smack Smack and Code West will lead a field of 10 for the featured $125,000 Fifth Season. The race will go as the eighth on a nine-race card that starts at 12:35 p.m. Central.

Oaklawn drew large fields despite the fact that freezing temperatures forced the cancellation of training on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. The track averaged more than 10 horses a race for Friday.

Lone Star Park near Dallas has moved its two richest races at its Thoroughbred meet to Sundays. Lone Star will race 50 days from April 20 through July 30.

The Grade 3, $200,000 Texas Mile last year was run on a Friday night card and will now be held on Sunday, May 7. The Grade 3, $200,000 Lone Star Park Handicap last year was run on the traditional Memorial Day card and will instead go on Sunday, May 28.

Post time for Sunday cards during the meet will be 2:35 p.m. Central.

I’m a Chatterbox is in the same boat as Gun Runner: a Fair Grounds-based star with an out-of-town target that might be out of range because of the EHV-1 quarantine.

I’m a Chatterbox’s only winter goal has been the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic on Jan. 28 at Sam Houston, but that track is not presently accepting any horses from Louisiana, and the mare’s participation will hinge on how quickly the Fair Grounds quarantine ends, and how soon thereafter other states lift bans on horses coming from Louisiana.

Gun Runner, third in the Kentucky Derby last year and the winner of the Grade 1 Clark Handicap in his final start of 2016, worked six furlongs in 1:13.20 on Saturday at Fair Grounds. The colt is ready to run in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup on Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park, but it is looking increasingly like he won’t get the chance.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The cancellation of the weekend cards at Aqueduct due to severe winter weather forced two stakes races to be rescheduled.

The Ladies Handicap, part of last Saturday’s card, was redrawn Sunday and will go as race 3 on Friday’s nine-race card. Last Sunday’s Ruthless Stakes for 3-year-old fillies was to be redrawn Wednesday and will be run Saturday along with the Jazil Stakes.