
Spangled Banner Offered at Keeneland November Sale
The 15-year-old Tiz Wonderful mare is listed at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, with a recent update citing a Champagne Stakes winner from her connections.
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The 15-year-old Tiz Wonderful mare is listed at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, with a recent update citing a Champagne Stakes winner from her connections.
November 6, 2026
Hit Show Heads to Lane's End StudThe 2025 Dubai World Cup winner will stand at stud for a $10,000 fee beginning with the 2027 season.
November 6, 2026
Baffert Eyes Salahudin for Kentucky Jockey ClubThe Zedan Racing Stables colt, third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, may make his next start in the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club.
November 6, 2026
Liza Tittle Wins Silver at Dakar Youth OlympicsThe American rider took silver in the Jumping Individual final, finishing behind Switzerland's Mike Smits after a jump-off.
November 6, 2026
Trainer Suspended Six Months Over Nikethamide PositiveRoderick Rodolfo Rodriguez was fined $5,000 after a horse he trained tested positive for the Class I drug nikethamide.
November 5, 2026
Hartley, DeRenzo Buy Mezinka Colt for $700,000The colt, Hip 942, sold at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale and is the third horse the pair has acquired out of the mare Mezinka.
November 5, 2026
Prat Wins Three Breeders' Cup RacesFlavien Prat captured the Juvenile, Filly & Mare Sprint and Dirt Mile, earning his second Bill Shoemaker Award.
November 4, 2026
New Vocations Pledge Tops $100,000 for RacehorsesThe 17th Annual Breeders' Cup Pledge has generated more than $100,000 in early estimated donations for Thoroughbred aftercare.
November 4, 2026
Donna Barton Brothers to Receive Clay Puett AwardThe University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program will honor Brothers for her contribution to the racing industry at its December symposium.
November 4, 2026
Local Knowledge Joins Spendthrift Stallion RosterThe graded-stakes winner son of Yaupon will stand his first season at Spendthrift Farm for a $12,500 stud fee.
November 3, 2026
Apex to Stand Stud at Hanover Shoe FarmsThe 2026 Hambletonian champion will begin standing as a stallion at Hanover Shoe Farms in 2027.
Horse race results and the competitive narratives surrounding them, Triple Crown contender performances and the public attention they generate, show jumping and dressage championship results, Olympic equestrian team news and the breeding, ownership and industry business that frames competitive horses as both athletes and assets are the recurring subjects here. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix are among the metropolitan areas with the most active equestrian communities, and major race and competition events near those cities draw national coverage that connects the sport to its largest audiences. Triple Crown races generate the highest volume of equestrian coverage of any annual event, compressing significant public attention into a short spring window that produces both competitive and cultural stories. The business of horse racing — including ownership structures, breeding decisions and the economics of the wagering industry that finances much of the sport — generates a sustained secondary coverage thread that runs year-round beneath the race calendar.