Recently retired multiple grade 1-placed, grade 2 winner Following Sea, winner of the Vosburgh Stakes (G2), will stand in 2024 at Rivard Stables in Eli, Manitoba, near Winnipeg.

Lucky Vega was the leading sire on aggregate and narrowly second to Earthlight to be leading sire on average.

On Nov. 23-26 fans will have their second of six future bet opportunities on the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) where Repole Stable’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Fierceness is the 15-1 individual betting favorite. 

Showing a new dimension in the $300,000 Steel Valley Sprint Stakes, Ryvit rallied from the back of the pack to claim the victory Nov. 20 at Mahoning Valley Race Course.

After winning the Bold Ruler Stakes (G3) Oct. 27 at Aqueduct—his first stakes start since early April 2022—Durante will face a high barrier when he returns to that surface in the $200,000 Fall Highweight Handicap (G3) Nov. 24.

Peter Willmott, an industry leader whose Willmott Stables campaigned standouts such as grade 1 winner and classic-placed Eddington, died Nov. 11 at his Williamstown, Mass., home. He was 86.

Maiden Watch: Week of Nov. 13-19

The 11-year-old son of More Than Ready is a two-time Eclipse champion sprinter.

Miles Ahead, who hasn’t won a race in 2023 despite finishing second or third in all of his starts, tries to get the “W” Nov. 23 in the Thanksgiving Classic Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

The Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of the Kentucky experience scholarship that now selects candidates to place on Kentucky farms for one year starting this January.