Jockey Paco Lopez, suspended six months by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority in September for what it said were riding violations of a conditional reinstatement, is named to ride in six races at Fair Grounds Nov. 20.

The second and final session of NZB’s Ready To Run Sale propelled the auction to another record-breaking conclusion, with the aggregate soaring past NZ$41 million and both the average (NZ$156,255) and median (NZ$100,000) reaching all-time highs.

Calandagan, the highest rated horse in the world according to Longines’ World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, will be the sole international challenger for the Japan Cup (G1) at the end of the month and is preparing for his trip to Tokyo.

Nobals, winner of the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T), returns to the all-weather surface at Woodbine seeking to repeat as winner of the Kennedy Road Stakes (G2) on Nov. 15.

Runner-up in last year’s $100,000 Claiming Crown Iron Horse Kent Stirling Memorial, trainer Richard Sillaman says Freedom Road returns to Churchill Downs Nov. 15 as a more mature horse.

Group 2 winner Coeur Volante is set for a date with Zoustar after she realized AU$500,000 at the Inglis Digital Spring Boutique Online Sale Nov. 12. She was bought by Widden Stud in association with Bangaloe Stud.

Weeks after Jamaica sustained significant loss of life and damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, Caymanas Park outside of Kingston is set to resume racing Nov. 15. The weekend’s cards will feature 19 races, each with fields of 10 or more horses.

Both looking to make a mark on the competitive Kentucky circuit, trainer Joe Roberts and apprentice jockey Amanda Poston team up in the Claiming Crown with Empire’s Best and Shotshell.

The constitutionality of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is back on the front burner in the federal court system after the U. S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments about the law for the second time.

Trainer Joe Roberts speaks about his two entrants for the Nov. 15 Claiming Crown at Churchill Downs: Empire’s Best in the $100,000 Ready’s Rocket Express and Shotshell in the $100,000 Iron Horse Kent Stirling Memorial.