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Turnover for the session increased by 27% year-on-year to 4,618,000 guineas, while the average price rose by 29% to 24,960 guineas. The median also went up by 14 points to 16,000 guineas, with a clearance rate of 85%.

Provocateur is a grade 1-placed, stakes winner by leading sire Into Mischief. He ran third in the 2022 Woody Stephens Stakes (G1).

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is proud to announce a multiyear partnership with the Ed Brown Society to assist young people of color pursue careers in the Thoroughbred racing industry.

The New York Racing Association revealed the stakes schedule for the 49-day winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will feature 20 stakes worth $3.1 million in total purses.

Blue Point has sired top-level winners Big Evs and Rosallion from his first crop in 2023. Rosallion landed the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) and St James's Palace Stakes (G1), and Big Evs won the King George Stakes (G1) at Goodwood this year.

Although finding a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner among the victors in the Remsen Stakes (G2) may send you back to 1994, lately the 1 1/8-mile stakes has produced more than its fair share of top-level 3-year-olds.

HISA provisionally suspended Paco Lopez from all racing activities under HISA's jurisdiction, effective immediately, after the jockey was captured on video striking his mount National Law in the neck area after the fifth race at Parx Racing Dec. 3.

The Professional Jockeys Association said its female members experience "inadequate safeguarding and discriminatory facilities" after only 12 of Britain's racecourses met the original deadline for providing minimum-standard weighing room facilities.

Ensuring racehorses with a proper and lifelong retirement once their racing careers were over was very important to breeder and Hall of Famer John Hettinger. Akindale Thoroughbred Aftercare continues this mission each day through at their sanctuary.

Boston, a Hall of Fame Virginia-bred Thoroughbred horse, was feted Dec. 1 at Historic Tuckahoe in Henrico County with a historical highway marker dedication recognizing his prominence in the racing world.

It's been almost nine months since Tuz blasted his rivals into submission in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) on Dubai World Cup night, but he's back and ready do it all again.

While the New York Racing Association has two grade 1 stakes for 2-year-olds, the Dec. 7 Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack has been a much more reliable indicator of Triple Crown success.

Chancheng Glory carries the flag for Iowa breeding in the Hong Kong Mile (G1).

It is the third-highest price at the December Mares sale behind Marsha's record sale of 6,000,000gns and Alcohol Free's 5,400,000gns sale to Yulong Investments here two years ago.

The $500,000 Virginia Derby, a points race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, will transition to the dirt and be held on March 15, anchoring a new three-day spring meet that will also include the $250,000 Virginia Oaks, a Kentucky Oaks points race.

Maiden Watch: Week of Nov. 25-Dec. 1

Among Peace and Justice's last 100 starters, 47% finished in the money, with 18% winners and $8,250 average earnings per start. His top runners include Dontlookbackatall, winner of the Caress Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course.

Rockridge Stud in New York announced Dec. 3 its seven-stallion roster and fees for the 2025 breeding season, topped by Americanrevolution, who stands for $12,500, and Mind Control, whose fee is $8,000.

Prairie Meadows has announced the live horse racing dates for the 2025 season, which have been approved by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. The racing season will run May 9 through Sept. 27.

Besides a 40-day summer meet, NYRA will conduct one additional day of racing at Saratoga Race Course during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival and race at Saratoga for the first time from July 3-6 for a July 4th Racing Festival.