Putting their skills on the line for their chosen charities, five teams will participate in the first ABR Charity Betting Challenge on the 2020 Breeders’ Cup World Championships races, which will be held at Keeneland in Lexington Nov. 6-7.

One Master will not run in the Nov. 7 FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile Presented by PDJF (G1T) at Keeneland, according to trainer William Haggas. He hailed the 6-year-old daughter of Fastnet Rock as “an absolutely brilliant mare.”

Keeneland will begin its 77th November Breeding Stock Sale at noon ET on Monday, Nov. 9, two days after hosting the Breeders’ Cup World Championships for the second time.

Following a pair of positive COVID-19 tests emanating from its jockeys’ room, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town has canceled its live racing cards through Saturday, Nov. 14, the track said in a release.

The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards, now in their fifth year in the U.S., concluded Nov. 5 with winners being announced via a virtual awards ceremony hosted by Studio 46 Media in Lexington.

Without Monomoy Girl, the journeys of trainer Brad Cox and bloodstock agent Liz Crow to the forefront of their professions may still be works in progress rather than reality.

Dave Litfin analyzes the Nov. 6-7 action from Keeneland.

When Global Campaign starts in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 7 at Keeneland, it will mark the end of the current venture by Kevin Plank’s Sagamore Farm in Thoroughbred racing.

The Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) stands as one of a handful of races that can dramatically enhance a Thoroughbred’s final selling price as a stallion prospect through a series of incentives commonly known as “kickers.”

While the $150,000 Bryan Station Stakes might not come with the same purses or prestige as the Breeders’ Cup races set to take place Nov. 6 at Keeneland, securing a win for those runners entered will be a no less daunting task. 

The son of Paynter won a grade 1 at 2 in 2018 but has not won a graded stakes since then. He comes into the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) off a 10 1/4-length win in record-setting time in an allowance race at Keeneland Oct. 4.

Three years ago trainer Chad Brown won the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) with Good Magic, an accomplishment he will try to replicate this year with similarly prepared Reinvestment Risk.

Thoroughbred racing last month experienced an increase in handle and the number of races compared to October 2019, according to economic indicators released by Equibase Nov. 4.

Fans will be presented with a unique opportunity to virtually experience the World Championships, set to take place at picturesque Keeneland in Lexington Nov. 6-7.

Headlining the field of 3-year-olds entered in the $125,000 Perryville Stakes at Keeneland is 4-5 morning-line favorite Nashville. The race for sophomores is the first of the day on the Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup World Championships card. 

For the third time in four years, the sire of the Lexus Melbourne Cup (G1) winner will be hoping to add the winner of one of the Flemington classics when Tyche Goddess, contests the Nov. 5 Kennedy Oaks (registered as the VRC Oaks, G1).

The board of the Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship Foundation announced Nov. 4 that Normarie Santiago Cruz is the first recipient of three annual scholarships.

While the $150,000 Bryan Station Stakes might not come with the same purses or prestige as the Breeders’ Cup races set to take place Nov. 6 at Keeneland, securing a win for those runners entered will be a no less daunting task. 

Singing Saint leads the Beau Valley Stable roster at CA$3,000.

Nebraska voters on Nov. 4 passed by nearly a 2-to-1 margin a series of constitutional amendments that will allow casino gambling at horse racing tracks in the state. The move is expected to provide an economic boon to the state’s racing industry.