Blood-Horse

Darley Stallion's Cody's Wish and Juddmonte Farms' Elite Power lead the 2025 first-crop sire class by book quality, as indicated by the Comparable Index and Class Performance Index.

As euphoric as Forever Young's victory in the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) may have been, there was one bittersweet moment for trainer Yoshito Yahagi Nov. 1.

Bishops Bay got back to his winning ways Nov. 2 in the $175,000 Forty Niner Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack, prevailing by 3/4 of a length over Nelson Avenue, securing him an automatic fees-waived berth into the $500,000 Cigar Mile (G2).

She's Quality (IRE), who fractured her pelvis Nov. 1 in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Del Mar, was humanely euthanized overnight after receiving care at San Luis Rey Equine Hospital.

At the wire, The Big Con fended off Silent Tactic by three-quarters of a length to earn his first stakes badge. Wembley Avenue, at 83-1, was third, and Buium finished fourth.

Chad Brown won his 36th individual training title on The New York Racing Association circuit when leading all trainers with 32 wins at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet.

Flavien Prat knows not to get too excited about that day's rides. But the racing gods shone down on him Nov. 2 as he set an Aqueduct record with seven wins, including a photo in the Red Smith (G2T).

Keeneland announced Nov. 2 that Super Simple, dam of Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner, Super Corredora, has been supplemented to the November Breeding Stock Sale. She is in foal to grade 1 winner and $2.4 million earner Gunite.

As Ethical Diamond dazzled at Del Mar to give Willie Mullins his first Breeders' Cup success in the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) Nov. 1, the man who has known the 5-year-old since he was a foal, Michael O'Meara, was sitting thunderstruck.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott admits he remains unsure how Parchment Party will handle Flemington Racecourse's turf surface when he becomes the first American-trained runner to contest the Melbourne Cup (G1) Nov. 4. 

Masquerade Ball and Museum Mile, the two 3-year-olds in the field, showed their elders how it's done in the Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) Nov. 2 at Tokyo Racecourse, finishing first and second.

Godolphin achieved a spectacular brace of wins Nov. 1 at Flemington Racecourse, each with homebred colts as Tentyris and Observer stamped their class when taking the Coolmore Stud Stakes (G1) and Victoria Derby (G1) respectively.

It is not uncommon for sharp-dressed trainer Todd Pletcher to be wearing a tie on a stakes afternoon. But on Nov. 1, the one he was sporting at Del Mar carried some personal significance. It belonged to his late mentor, D. Wayne Lukas.

All-sources handle for the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar was $180,036,799, the third-highest wagering in the history of the event and an increase over the 2024 figure $179,218,631.

Owner Peter Brant has campaigned champion horses and has captured many of the world's biggest horse races but in the closing Breeders' Cup race of 2025 he checked another box with Gezora.

Nysos finally paid off on all the hype and anticipation that has surrounded his career, winning his first grade 1 with a gutsy victory over champion stablemate Citizen Bull in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 1.

Notable Speech unleashed a devastating turn of foot in the stretch to win the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) at Del Mar for Godolphin and trainer Charlie Appleby. The Dubawi colt finished third in the event last year.

Irad Ortiz Jr., who rode three winners over the two-day 42nd Breeders' Cup World Championships, won the 23rd Bill Shoemaker Award as the outstanding jockey for the marquee event at Del Mar.

Within an hour, trainer Jose D'Angelo won two Breeders' Cup races, taking the Turf Sprint with Shisospicy and the Sprint with Bentornato.

Globe-trotting superstar Forever Young defeated an ultra-competitive field to capture the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.