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At the end of the third session, 251 horses had changed hands for gross receipts of $46,167,000, including post-ring sales, up 29% from last year’s gross of $35,918,500 during the corresponding session, where 240 horses sold.

A colt by top sire Nyquist claimed honors as the highest-priced weanling of the day when he sold for $600,000 during the second session of Book 2 at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 6.

Nyquist, sire of four grade 1 winners in 2025 including Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Nysos, will stand for a fee of $175,000 at Darley’s Jonabell Farm in 2026.

Shisospicy and Bentornato are back in their stalls at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County, happy and sound, but the Jose D’Angelo-trained Breeders’ Cup winners are hardly going to rest on their laurels.

The Melbourne Cup Carnival concludes Nov. 8 with a trio of group 1 races at Flemington Racecourse: the 1,200-meter (about 6-furlong) Champions Sprint (G1), Champions Mile (G1), and Champions Stakes (G1) at 2,000 meters (1 1/4 miles).

Brian Hernandez Jr., who suffered numerous broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver in a fall at Churchill Downs on Sept. 21, is set to resume riding next week at Louisville, Ky. track.

In the space of just 13 days, Strictly Business has broken her maiden, finished second in the Wakeful Stakes (G2), and then taken out the VRC Oaks (G1) Nov. 6.

In the space of just 13 days, Strictly Business has broken her maiden, finished second in the Wakeful Stakes (G2), and then taken out the VRC Oaks (G1) Nov. 6.

When Book 3 begins at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 7, a few mares from the families of recent grade 1 winners will be on offer.