Closing out her career at Del Mar, Regal Glory could give trainer Chad Brown his fifth Matriarch (G1T) in the last six years.

After experiencing his first defeat when ninth after pressing a hot pace in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T) at Keeneland, Speed Boat Beach will look to get back on track in the $100,000 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T) Dec. 4 at Del Mar.

Jack Owens, Thoroughbred Owners of California’s longest-serving board member, passed away on Nov. 21 of a heart attack. First elected to the TOC board in 1995, he had just retired from board service this past July.

Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing’s multiple graded stakes-placed Bankit will face two other reigning New York-bred champions in the $125,000 Thunder Rumble division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes.

The Dec. 4 CA$150,000 Valedictory Stakes (G3), a route test at 1 1/2 miles on the Woodbine synthetic main track, has attracted 12 starters, including the promising Novo Sol.

Dr. Alexander Chan, a New York-based veterinarian accused of working with disgraced trainer Jason Servis to administer performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses, is expected to change his plea to guilty in a hearing Dec. 5 in U.S. District Court.

The 2023 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will be held on April 5, 2023, at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The American Graded Stakes Committee has determined the Commonwealth Turf Stakes remains a listed race after evaluating the off-the-grass race per its procedures.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Cigar Mile H. (G1) at Aqueduct.

Bluebirds Over and Honor D Lady will be pointed to 3-year-old turf stakes during the upcoming Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park following the promising stakes performances over Woodbine’s Tapeta synthetic track Nov. 26.