Florida-based horseman Jaime Mejia, who owned and trained last year’s Hutcheson Stakes (G3) winner Gladiator King, died Nov. 9 in his native country of Colombia. He was 70.

The Indiana Thoroughbred Alliance (ITA), a newly founded group dedicated to helping educate, inspire and support those interested in the Indiana horse racing industry, is proud to announce their first educational event.

Leading Louisiana sire Gemologist will stand for $4,000.

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will award $3.5 million in grants to 81 Thoroughbred aftercare organizations that currently hold TAA accreditation.

Churchill Downs announced Nov. 19 that its suspension of turf racing would continue through the end of its fall meet that concludes Nov. 29, necessitating the cancellation of the next week’s Cardinal Stakes (G3T) and River City Stakes (G3T).

The California Horse Racing Board tabled a vote to approve the license of Los Alamitos until next month, pending the receipt of the track’s written plan to reduce the number of racehorses receiving corticosteroid intra-articular joint injections.

Following Woodbine Entertainment’s COVID-19 Prevention Protocols, the jockey will not be permitted to access Woodbine for a minimum of 14 days while self-quarantining.

A well-traveled gelding from humble beginnings is back in the States for the first time since his 2-year-old season, and could appear among the entries for the Nov. 29 Fall Highweight Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Mark Casse became the 34th trainer in Thoroughbred racing history to win 3,000 races when Live Oak Plantation’s Souper Watson scored a 1 3/4-length victory in the third race Nov. 19 at Gulfstream Park West.

Queen’s Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes winner Mighty Heart will meet up with stablemate and Breeders’ Stakes victor Belichick in the Ontario Derby (G3), set for 1 1/8 miles on the Woodbine Tapeta.

Queen’s Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes winner Mighty Heart will meet up with stablemate and Breeders’ Stakes victor Belichick in the Ontario Derby (G3), set for 1 1/8 miles on the Woodbine Tapeta.

Four-time group winner introduced at a fee of €6,500 for the 2021 covering season.

Laurel Park will close to the general public effective 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20, but will continue to accommodate owners and other licensed horsemen who wish to attend the races. 

The British government has announced that racing will receive £40 million in direct aid, mainly as loans, as part of wider financial support for major spectator sports in England, focusing on those affected by the loss of crowds due to the pandemic. 

The Nov. 21 $100,000 Red Smith Stakes (G3T) at a 1 3/8-mile distance on turf will return the top two finishers from last year’s race at the Big A in Sadler’s Joy and Red Knight.

A four-time stakes winner at ages 2 and 3, Finite seemed a filly destined for a stakes at Churchill Downs. It’s just coming against in the $100,000 Chilukki Stakes (G3) Nov. 21 rather than in the Sept. 4 Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1).

With four wins and a close second from five starts on the all-weather surface at Woodbine, Artie’s Princess will make her graded stakes debut on that familiar ground Nov. 21 in the CA$175,000 Bessarabian Stakes (G2).

Running a perfect 4-for-4 in 2020, which brings his total win tally to 26 from 35 career starts, Entourage Stable’s 8-year-old Pink Lloyd has little left to prove.

Golden Gate Fields announced Nov. 18 that racing would remain suspended at the Northern California track through November. The news comes after the track initially suspended racing for one week to address a COVID-19 outbreak.

The second running of the Bahrain International Trophy, set for Nov. 20, attracted an accomplished international field, furthering the global reach of big-money wintertime racing in the Middle East.