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.
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.
Australian jockey Izzy Neale has died at age 22 following a race fall Nov. 8 at Warren. The apprentice rider had been in a critical condition at Dubbo Hospital in New South Wales, after suffering a fall aboard Marnoo in the Warren Shire Cotton Cup.
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.
In a pair of resolved cases involving controlled medications, the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has issued seven-day suspensions to trainers Todd Pletcher and Matt Kintz.
Godolphin's Ombudsman, one of the world's top racehorses, is poised for one final start before his retirement to stud. The five-time group 1 winner is pointed to the Nov. 29 Japan Cup (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse, Racing Post reported.
Unbeaten classic hero Bow Echo will stand in 2027 at Dalham Hall in Newmarket, while his sire Night of Thunder's fee will make him the most expensive stallion in European history.
The board of the Gerry Dilger Scholarship Foundation announced Nov. 10, the two newest recipients of scholarships awarded to young American horse people to the Irish National Stud in Kildare—Emmy Schmidt and Marcum McLean.