Every race, every runner, in numbers

The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) will officially recognize and support the 2026 Canada’s National Arabian Championship, scheduled for Aug 6‑15 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. This marks the event’s fifth year under its current management.

Quick thinking, teamwork, and training from Equine Guelph’s Large Animal Emergency Rescue (LAER) program enabled responders to rescue 29‑year‑old retired police horse Dottie, who became unable to rise on a snowy, icy winter morning. The horse was safely stabilized and transported for care.

Robinson Outreach at RiverCross Ranch in Springbank, Alberta, received a gift—a bay gelding named Cheyene—donated by the Helping Alberta Wildies Society. Cheyene, rescued from a campground near Sundre four years ago, will now enjoy a permanent home at the ranch.

Academy Award® nominee Josh Brolin, a lifelong horseman with deep roots in the American West, will narrate *Horse Power*, a new IMAX®/Giant Screen documentary produced with American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC). The film celebrates the spirit and conservation of wild horses.

Ten races will take place at Busan on Friday, running from 10:45 am to 5:55 pm, and it’s shaping up as the most competitive meeting of the weekend. The first contest is a Class 6, 1,000‑metre Special Weight for KRW 45 million juvenile maidens, featuring six debutants among eleven runners, with (2) FLY SKY currently the market favourite.

With the Grand Prix Stakes approaching in just over a month, Seoul staged the weekend’s final prep after Busan’s last run, and Musket Day (aka Musket Man) validated his staying power by claiming the 2,300‑metre Class 1 Race 7 as the 2.7‑favorite on Ruan Maia. The card also featured Song Kyeong‑Yun riding six winners and Eunseong securing his first victory in four years.

Winner Clear secured his first Group‑3 victory in the Kookje Shinmun Cup over 1,400 metres, halting Roshe's unbeaten run. The colt had amassed six straight wins by a combined 46 lengths and returned after a ten‑length triumph in June's G3 Owners' race.

The first weekend of November features 11 races at Seoul (10:35‑17:55) and six at Yeongcheon (12:45‑16:30). The opening bout at Seoul is a Class 6, 1,000‑metre Special Weight A for KRW 45 million juvenile fillies, with ten of the eleven entrants making their debut.

Jockey Ryan Moore and trainer Aidan O'Brien made history by winning the Breeders' Cup Turf on Benvenuto Cellini.

Wales' top-rated horse, Haiti Couleurs, captured his first Grade 1 victory in the Remembering Envoi Allen Champion Chase at Down Royal, Lisburn.

Ludlow racecourse has had to cancel a third meeting of the 2026‑27 jumps season due to the summer drought.

Sedgefield Racecourse has been fined £6,500 for breaching five safety ‘general instructions’.

Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale opened its second Book 2 session on Wednesday in Lexington, yielding its 24th million‑dollar result with the $1 million Zee Drop. The pace was more subdued than yesterday, according to Keeneland’s vice president.

In the closing seconds of Keeneland's November Book 2 opener, agent Bertie Butler, bidding from the back ring, outbid St. Elias’s Monique Delk to win Zee Drop (by Lemon Drop Kid, HIP 717), a foal to Flightline. Butler was representing Saleh Al Otaibi’s Al Ruwais Stables, which secured the $1 million purchase.

A 36‑race North American points circuit will determine the 20 starters for the 153rd Kentucky Derby on May 1, 2027, at Churchill Downs. Following the first six contests, Hughes leads the standings with 40 points.

The analysis covers this week’s Fasig‑Tipton Night of the Stars sale and Keeneland Book 1, where six weanlings fetched $1 million or more at each auction. In the past nine years the two sales have produced eight such high‑priced weanlings, including a full brother of 2000 Guineas winner Ruling Court.

Local trainer Steve Allen saw his charge Salute (Sweet Lou) claim victory on his home circuit, a result that left him overjoyed. After doubting the horse would ever break through, Allen praised the long‑awaited win.

Dear Abbey’s win in the twelfth race at Batavia Downs on Nov. 4 delivered veteran trainer Angelo Nappo his thousandth victory. Nappo, who earned his trainer’s licence in 1976 at age 20, has spent decades working full‑time in harness racing.

With U.S. stakes racing a bit quiet, trainer Ron Burke dominates the Nov. 5 Grade 3 Matron Stakes at Bally’s Dover, placing Eastie Boy and Stonebridge Blitz in the two inside posts. Eastie Boy, a Sweet Lou son, opens as the 2‑1 morning‑line favorite after four recent wins.

Seaton Grima guided Loucasso to a commanding early win in the $150,000 NSW Breeders Challenge Final at Menangle on Saturday, earning his first Group 1 victory. The performance highlighted the Sweet Lou son’s talent and gave Grima a memorable career milestone.