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In a move that will allow more breeders to access the horse at a price more than competitive in the marketplace, the previously announced 2024 stud fee for Violence has been lowered from $60,000 to $40,000.

Surge Capacity stayed so close to the rail she scraped it at least twice before continuing up the inside to win the Matriarch (G1T) by a neck, topping a Chad Brown-trained superfecta that also included Fluffy Socks, Beaute Cachee, and Whitebeam. 

Stay Hot rebounded from a 10th-place finish in last month's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) to land the Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T) in late-running fashion Dec. 3 at Del Mar.

Conglomerate, the most overlooked of trainer Mark Casse's three entries in the CA$150,000 Valedictory Stakes (G3) finished on top in Woodbine's final graded stakes of the season Dec. 3.

Jockey James Graham landed the 3,000th win of his career Dec. 3.

Jockey James Graham reached the 3,000 career-win milestone Dec. 3, piloting Big Chief Racing and Rocker O Ranch's Vortex to victory for trainer Keith Desormeaux in the second race at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

The New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced Dec. 3 that America's Day at the Races, the acclaimed national telecast produced by NYRA in partnership with FOX Sports, will expand its coverage of the 2023-24 meet at Oaklawn Park.

Through their Central Florida-based Eico Ventures, Barry and Shari Eisaman are the breeders of Dr B, who drew away in the Go for Wand Stakes (G3) Dec. 2 as the 5-year-old Liam's Map mare defended her '22 victory in the one-mile dirt race at Aqueduct.

Joe R. Peacock Jr.'s multiple graded stakes winner Senor Buscador will be pointed to the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park following his runner-up finish in the Dec. 2 Cigar Mile Handicap (G2).

At the conclusion of his racing career stakes-winning sprinter and Coolmore Stud Stakes (G1)-placed stallion prospect I Am Unstoppable (AUS) will stand at Widden Stud, which recently reached a deal to purchase the talented 3-year-old.

Top-class breeding stock sales are coming thick and fast, with the next stop on the circuit the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, which gets underway the morning of Dec. 4. Here are six lots to watch during the first two sessions of the sale.

Winner of over $2 million, the son of 1999 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, Charismatic, was donated to the farm in 2017 thanks to his owner, Tracy Farmer.

Lemon Pop popped right out of the gate, led the way, and easily won the Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo Racecourse.

Trainer Joe Sharp scored a natural double winning the two richest races on the Claiming Crown card—the $150,000 Emerald with Runway Magic and the $200,000 Jewel with Money Supply.

Trainer Joe Sharp scored a natural double winning the two richest races on the Claiming Crown card—the $150,000 Emerald with Runway Magic and the $200,000 Jewel with Money Supply.

Program Trading hit the lead in upper stretch and held off a late run from his familiar rival Webslinger to win the Dec. 2 Hollywood Derby (G1T) at Del Mar by a neck.

With others jockeys taking hold of their horses early in the $102,500 Jimmy Durante (G3T), Juan Hernandez allowed Zonda Verde to take command early. It was an advantage the gray filly, who had not been on the six prior starts, would relish.

The well-traveled Hoist the Gold made his first trip to Aqueduct a successful one with an electrifying performance in the Dec. 2, $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (G2).

Kentucky Derby winner Mage is retired from racing, but his 2-year-old full brother, Dornoch, is still producing racing headlines. He turned away Sierra Leone to win the Dec. 2 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct.

A proven threat on off tracks, Dr B won the Dec. 2 Go for Wand Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack much the same way she did last year, hustling for the early lead and then drawing away on a muddy track that agreed with the winner.