Group 2 winner Elarqam has been retired and will stand at Haras de Saint Arnoult in partnership with racing owner Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum. 

Roy Wayne Cobb, named Texas Breeder of the Year by 2019, died peacefully Nov. 13. The lifelong resident of Palo Pinto County, Texas, was 76.

Echo Town, winner of this year’s H. Allen Jerkens Stakes presented by Runhappy (G1), has been retired from racing and will stand at Ashford Stud. The 3-year-old of Speightstown will stand for $10,000.

Proceedings in the federal case alleging race doping by former trainers Jorge Navarro and Jason Servis will resume Nov. 17 with a status conference and arraignment via telephone before judge Mary Kay Vyskocil.

Prominent owner and breeder Frank Generazio Jr., who with his wife, Patricia, campaigned multiple graded stakes winners and track record setters, died Oct. 14. He was 91.

Byerpatch is offering a chance for breeders to earn a lifetime breeding right to the grade 2-placed winning son of Pioneer of the Nile.

Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced today that it has partnered with Little Red Feather Racing and Equibase Company for the Gamble for Grayson Handicapping Challenge.

FanDuel Group has announced plans to make a multi-million-dollar investment in Fairmount Park, which will be rebranded as FanDuel Sportsbook and Horse Racing.

Only two maidens of note took their respective races this week; Gagetown, a half to grade 1 winner Include Betty was the first, and Wolfie’s Dynaghost, a half to grade 1 turf star Sadler’s Joy, won the following day.

Jerry Johnson introduced Lasix use in racehorses, endoscopic exams at auctions.

Jerome and Tina Moss’ Red Flag rolled home 7 1/4 lengths in front to score his first stakes victory in the $100,500 Bob Hope Stakes (G3) Nov. 15 at Del Mar.

I’ll Need A Little Luck acquired the highest-priced horse of Sunday’s seventh session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale when it paid $135,000 for the broodmare prospect Able to Smile, a 4-year-old winning daughter of Into Mischief.

Editorial, a half brother to current top-three stallion Uncle Mo, will stand the 2021 season at Freedom Hills Farm near Taneytown, Md., Climax Stallions announced Nov. 15. His fee will be $2,500 live foal, stands and nurses.

Mr Amore Stable’s multiple graded stakes winner Firenze Fire will make his next start in the Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) Dec. 5 at Aqueduct Racetrack, trainer Kelly Breen said.

Lucky Lilac successfully, albeit narrowly, defended her title in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) Nov. 15 at Hanshin Racecourse thanks to a perfectly judged ride by Japan’s leading rider, Christophe Lemaire.

The Roger Varian-trained Cheshire Plain, a full sister to this year’s Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes (G1T) scorer Digital Age, will make her late-season debut at Newcastle Nov. 17.

Telecaster has been retired to stand at the Devin family’s historic Haras du Mesnil in Normandy, where he will join Doctor Dino on the roster for the 2021 season as a dual-purpose stallion. 

Frost King Stakes will be rescheduled.

LNJ Foxwoods’ Astute, a chestnut 2-year-old filly by sprint champion Speightstown, ran away and hid from five rivals in the $100,500 Desi Arnaz Stakes at Del Mar Nov. 14.

A weanling colt from the first crop of Mo Town sold for $185,000 to Davant Latham, agent, reaching the highest price of the Nov. 14 session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.