Juddmonte Farms became the latest breeding colossus Nov. 10 to release their stud fees for 2021, with powerhouses Frankel and Kingman remaining at £175,000 and £150,000, respectively.

Juddmonte Farms became the latest breeding colossus Nov. 10 to release their stud fees for 2021, with powerhouses Frankel and Kingman remaining at £175,000 and £150,000, respectively.

A leading Australian racing organization has called for European runners at the Melbourne spring carnival to be given more time to acclimatize to local track conditions before racing to avoid further high-profile breakdowns such as Anthony Van Dyck.

The multiple grade 1-winning son of New Year’s Day and champion 3-year-old colt will stand for $20,000.

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 204 entries for the main catalogue of the Midlantic December Mixed Sale, to be held on Tuesday, December 8 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Maryland. The sale will begin at 11 am.

The host nation dominated the final group 1 of the European flat season as Sunny Queen got up in the dying strides to deny Torquator Tasso in the Allianz-Grosser Preis von Bayern. 

Frank Amonte Sr., who rode and trained horses on the old New England circuit for more than 60 years, passed away peacefully at his Winthrop, Mass., home on Tuesday, November 3. He was 85.

Bookmakers have agreed to increase the amount they pay racing on their streaming and data deals until Dec. 2 to help mitigate the impact from betting shop closures during the second lockdown in England.

It was a solid start to the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 9, with eight seven-figure transactions that set the stage for the remainder of the auction that is the bellwether for the breeding and foal market.

Canadian classic winner Breaking Lucky will stand the 2021 breeding season at Pleasant Acres Stallions near Ocala, Fla., with a fee of $5,000. He began his stallion career at Blue Star Racing in Louisiana for the 2020 breeding season.

Dual surface star War of Will will stand for $25,000 (live foal, stands and nurses) in 2021 at Claiborne Farm, the Paris, Ky., farm announced Nov. 9. He will be available for inspection Nov. 11.

Authentic was retired and arrived at Spendthrift Farm the morning of Nov. 9 and was walked off the van by Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who lauded the colt for his exceptional soundness and extraordinary speed.

After winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), Authentic leads the final editions of both the 2020 National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top 3-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. 

Several notable maiden winner’s shined Nov. 8 as Known Agenda, Sun Path, and Arzak won their second starts, while Kitten’s Firstlove earned a debut score.

Authentic, the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner, has been retired to B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, where he will stand in 2021 for a fee of $75,000 S&N.

Fueled by nearly insatiable demand for top racing and broodmare prospects and a deep buying bench headed by B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm, Fasig-Tipton’s The November Sale lived up to its “Night of the Stars” moniker Nov. 8.

Camelot recorded his seventh elite winner Nov. 8 when the 3-year-old filly Sunny Queen claimed the Allianz-Grosser Preis von Bayern (G1), the final group 1 of the European campaign.

Australian-based racing technology group BetMakers created the ‘BetMakers Bonanza’ for any horse that could win the 2020 renewals of the Haskell Invitational (G1), Kentucky Derby (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).

Kelly Breen-trained Pickin’ Time overtook the favorite and pacesetter Ten for Ten in the final furlong and drew away to a 2 1/4-length winner in the Nov. 8 Nashua Stakes (G3) for juveniles at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Grade 1 winners Improbable, Tom’s d’Etat, and Global Campaign arrive Nov. 8. Global Campaign may return to training to contest the Jan. 23 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) before fully retiring to stud.