Golden Sixty continued his progression toward the mile event on the Dec. 13 card with a victory in the Jockey Club Mile (G2).

The canceled race cards at Woodbine represented a significant opportunity for horse people to earn purse money that is critical for their livelihoods and the welfare of their horses as they enter the off-season for Thoroughbred racing in Ontario.

Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard is set to break new ground by sending six of his jumping string to Ireland this winter.

Gran Alegria battled out of traffic in the stretch run of the Mile Championship (G1) Nov. 22 at Hanshin Racecourse, circled the leaders, and rolled home first by three-quarters of a length, landing her third straight grade 1 title.

In a page out of the odd facts about Thoroughbreds book, it seems Ride a Comet, a 5-year-old son of Candy Ride, is quite a baseball fan.

Highland Ice could light up the track with his racing brilliance; this shooting star of a racehorse faded away Wednesday night, passing from this world at the age of 27.

On the heels of her three-length Wonder Where Stakes win, Merveilleux turned in another dazzling performance in the Nov. 21 Ontario Damsel Stakes for Ontario-bred 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine. 

Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s homebred Artie’s Princess collected her second consecutive stakes score Nov. 21 at Woodbine, holding off late-running Boardroom to take the CA$197,750 (US$151,038) Bessarabian Stakes (G2).

It looked as though Field Pass would be standing on the sideline rather than the winner’s circle, but a late burst of speed netted the son of Lemon Drop Kid the score in a thrilling edition of the Nov. 21 Ontario Derby (G3) at Woodbine.

City of Berkeley Public Health continues to work closely with Golden Gate Fields on a significant outbreak where more than 200 people living or working on-site at the racetrack have tested positive for COVID-19.

After beginning the season full of promise, Finite came full circle with a 2 1/2-length score in the $100,000 Chilukki Stakes (G3) Nov. 21 at Churchill Downs.

There are times when even a Hall of Fame trainer like Shug McGaughey can be fooled.

Trainer Flint Stites reached his 2,000th milestone Nov. 20 as North and South Stable’s Justkissmygrits drew off to win the first race at Penn National Race Course by seven lengths. 

Juddmonte Farms’ Bonny South tops a competitive field of nine fillies and mares in the $200,000 Falls City Handicap (G2) Nov. 26 at Churchill Downs.

Group 1 winners will stand for €6,500 in 2021.

After chasing Midcourt in second throughout in the Native Diver Stakes (G3) a year ago, Extra Hope got the jump out of the gate Nov. 21 and led from there to the finish line to win the $98,000 nine-furlong event at Del Mar.

Leading Western Australian owner-breeder Bob Peters, husband-wife training duo Grant and Alana Williams and popular rider William Pike combined Nov. 21 to take Perth’s oldest group 1 race, the Railway Stakes (G1), for the third straight year.

After a 3-year-old season interrupted by a leg infection and colitis, the grade 1-placed Gouverneur Morris is walking soundly in preparation for a 4-year-old campaign in 2021 that will likely begin in the spring.

Trainer Mark Glatt registered a major milestone when he rung up the 1,000th victory of his career Nov. 20 at Del Mar with the speedy gelding Zestful in a nine-furlong allowance affair.

Multiple stakes winner Funny Guy will receive a cutback in distance while seeking a third stakes triumph of the year in the Nov. 22 Thunder Rumble division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series for 3 year olds and up at Aqueduct Racetrack.