Prince of New York, piloted by Chris Bennings, won the People’s Choice Award at the 2022 Thoroughbred Makeover. The achievement comes with the liberty to choose an equine-related 501(c)3 nonprofit to receive a $2,500 donation.

Rene Allard, a former harness trainer, was sentenced to 27 months incarceration in federal court after pleading guilty to a horse doping charge earlier this year.

Morris “Morry” Floyd, who owned Fairway Farm near Lexington, has died. Floyd was 86.

A new chapter in the remarkable story of Swordlestown Little’s blue hen mare Nisriyna was penned during the early exchanges of the Goffs November Foal Sale Nov. 16 as her latest public auction offering, a colt by Wootton Bassett, fetched €340,000.

Online voting is now open to select the winner of the 13th annual Secretariat Vox Populi Award, which recognizes the racehorse whose popularity and excellence resounded with the public and gained recognition for the sport during the past year.  

The Bahrain International Trophy (G3) seeks to continue its positive trajectory and growing footprint on the global racing scene Nov. 18 when 10 contenders trained in five countries clash over 10 good-to-firm furlongs at Bahrain Turf Club.

As Jessica Paquette succeeds Chris Griffin at the Parx Racing microphone, this self-styled “weird horse girl” is living another one of her dreams and inspiring the next generation to pursue theirs as well.

Two horses—a weanling colt from the first crop of grade 1 winner Vekoma and the winning 4-year-old Munnings filly Souper Munnings—each sold for $130,000 to highlight the ninth and penultimate session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

The Jockey Club announced Nov. 15 that applications are open for its five academic scholarships. The scholarships will apply to the 2023-24 academic year.

The bigger one is laid-back and the smaller one is feisty, according to broodmare manager Jacob Cyprian. He said one will be sold in Louisiana and the other will be heading to a sale in Kentucky.