Del Mar announced Oct. 30 that the GMAX timing system will be in use for turf races during the fall meet that begins Oct. 31 after a survey of its turf course. Turf races were hand-timed there this summer following initial timing inconsistencies.

Almond Eye, a 5-year-old daughter of Lord Kanaloa (JPN), has made only two starts this year, including a victory in the May 17 Victoria Mile (G1) over this course. She was second last time out in the Yasuda Kinen (G1) June 7.

Dermot Weld believes Tarnawa is “unquestionably” the best chance he has yet had to break his duck at the Breeders’ Cup where the 4-year-old filly will likely contest the Nov. 7 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T).

Last year’s Coventry Stakes (G2) winner Arizona has been retired and will stand at Coolmore’s Castlehyde Stud for 2021, the operation revealed Oct. 30.

A week before their time on the Breeders’ Cup stage at Keeneland Nov. 6 during “Future Stars Friday,” some of the country’s leading 2-year-olds recorded breezes in Kentucky Oct. 30.

Serengeti Empress is preparing for her final start on the racetrack in the Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Keeneland, but her time with owner Joel Politi and family is far from over.

Mares bought outside New York at public auction are now eligible for resident mare status.

The unraced son of Megalia d’Oro is a half brother to multiple grade 1 winner Well Armed.

The post-race finding, investigation, and actions of the California Horse Racing Board and its staff following a finding of scopolamine in a post-race test of Justify after he won the 2018 Santa Anita Derby (G1) were revisited Oct. 29.

Following a Santa Anita Park autumn meeting that was free of on-track equine fatalities, California racing shifts to Del Mar Oct. 31 for the seaside track’s 15-day fall meeting.

After early season disruptions, the North American yearling sales market regained its footing and ended on a solid note with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale posting figures slightly below last year’s record-setting auction.

A group of industry-leading organizations and racetracks have agreed to jointly fund North America’s largest study on the effects of furosemide and on the prevalence and severity of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in 2-year-old racehorses.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged four new supplemental entries to The November Sale that will be held on Sunday, Nov. 8, in Lexington, beginning at 2 p.m. ET.

Oaklawn Park announced Oct. 29 a series of significant proposed safety and integrity enhancements planned for its 2021 racing season, subject to legislative approval.

With a recent Kentucky Supreme Court decision on historical horse racing generating concern, Churchill Downs Inc. said Oct. 29 that it had paused construction at Turfway Park as well as the hotel planned for its flagship track in Louisville, Ky.

The Illinois Gaming Board gave final approval Oct. 29 for Fairmount Park in downstate Illinois to conduct sports wagering and tentative approval for the track’s planned casino.

Racing’s biggest day will return to its traditional date of the first Saturday in May in 2021 based on plans by track owner Churchill Downs Inc.

When it was announced that Got Stormy had been entered in The November Sale, it appeared her racing career would come to an end at the Breeders’ Cup.

Group 1-winning globetrotter Magic Wand has been retired after a foot abscess ruled her out of running at the spring carnival in Melbourne.

ABR announced Oct. 28 the launch of its second Fan Choice Awards.