Blood-Horse

The ninth installment in the 2025 OwnerView webinar series was held Nov. 12 and featured a veterinarian from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital discussing foal conformation and possible corrections.

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that 1997 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, Touch Gold, has been euthanized at the age of 31 due to the infirmities of old age.

The second and final session of NZB’s Ready To Run Sale propelled the auction to another record-breaking conclusion, with the aggregate soaring past NZ$41 million and both the average (NZ$156,255) and median (NZ$100,000) reaching all-time highs.

Jockey Paco Lopez, suspended six months by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority in September for what it said were riding violations of a conditional reinstatement, is named to ride in six races at Fair Grounds Nov. 20.

Nobals, winner of the 2023 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T), returns to the all-weather surface at Woodbine seeking to repeat as winner of the Kennedy Road Stakes (G2) on Nov. 15.

Calandagan, the highest rated horse in the world according to Longines' World's Best Racehorse Rankings, will be the sole international challenger for the Japan Cup (G1) at the end of the month and is preparing for his trip to Tokyo.

Both looking to make a mark on the competitive Kentucky circuit, trainer Joe Roberts and apprentice jockey Amanda Poston team up in the Claiming Crown with Empire's Best and Shotshell.

Weeks after Jamaica sustained significant loss of life and damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, Caymanas Park outside of Kingston is set to resume racing Nov. 15. The weekend's cards will feature 19 races, each with fields of 10 or more horses.

Group 2 winner Coeur Volante is set for a date with Zoustar after she realized AU$500,000 at the Inglis Digital Spring Boutique Online Sale Nov. 12. She was bought by Widden Stud in association with Bangaloe Stud.

Haran Thoroughbreds soared to the top of the Thoroughbred owner standings to earn their second straight leading owner title for the 23rd season of racing at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

The constitutionality of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is back on the front burner in the federal court system after the U. S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments about the law for the second time.

The $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) will for the first time be included in the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In, Breeders' Cup and 1/ST Racing announced Nov. 13.

Chris Bernhard of Hidden Lake Farm announces the acquisition of two new stallions, Disarm and Confidence Game, to stand at the farm in Stillwater, N.Y., for 2026. Disarm's stud fee is set at $7,500, and Confidence Game's is $5,000.

In anticipation of rainy weather in Southern California, Del Mar has moved up the post time by half an hour for its Nov. 14, card to noon PT and canceled racing Nov. 15, the track announced on social media.

There is a new horse atop the latest Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, though it is not Forever Young, winner of the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar. It's Calandagan, who took the Oct. 18 Champion Stakes (G1) at Ascot.

Facing a two-year suspension from racing under an arbitrator's ruling earlier this year, trainer Phil Serpe was denied a preliminary injunction for the second time by a federal court in Florida.

This week's racing on radio, television, and streaming schedule, compiled by America's Best Racing.