Following a strong racing season from start to finish, apprentice jockey Micah Meeks was honored with the 13th annual Juan Saez Leading Apprentice Jockey Award during closing week of the 2026 racing season at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
Carlos Santamaria, who is having a career year after starting his own stable from scratch in late 2022, has his first Claiming Crown in Workman Ranch's Global Sensation in the $125,000 Rapid Transit at 7 furlongs.
Trainer Matt Shirer discusses his three entrants for the Nov. 14 Claiming Crown at Churchill Downs: Talkin in Cursive ($100,000 Empress), Five o' Somewhere ($125,000 Rapid Transit), and Light the Way ($175,000 Emerald).
British racing launched its next five-year Horse Welfare Strategy Nov. 10, setting out 20 priorities to drive further improvements in the welfare and safety of Thoroughbreds throughout their lives.
The backbone of the racing industry, claiming horses, compete in their own championship event Nov. 14 when $1.2 million in purses is on the line at Churchill Downs during the Claiming Crown.
A decade after beginning his career with a zero-horse stable, Matt Shirer's growing success has led to three starters in the Nov. 14 Claiming Crown at Churchill Downs.
Yerwan, a 2-year-old daughter of Caracaro coming off a Nov. 7 victory at Woodbine, has been added to Keeneland's November Horses of Racing Age Sale Nov. 12. A total of 136 horses are cataloged to the auction, which begins at noon ET.
Two Chad Brown-trained sons of Three Chimneys Farm stallion Gun Runner, Barrel Roll and Bletchley, are BloodHorse Maiden Watch Hot Prospects after quick wet-track victories last week.
Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.'s graded stakes-winning trio of Haulin Ice, Indy Bay and Mystic Lake leads a compact field of six filly and mare sprinters entered in the $300,000 Dream Supreme Stakes Nov. 14 Churchill Downs.