Group 1 winner Japan will retire from racing after he runs in the Japan Cup (G1) early on Nov. 28 and begin his stud career at Gestut Etzean.

Consigliere grabbed the lead at the top of the long Tokyo Racecourse stretch in the Nov. 27 Cattleya Sho and held on doggedly to win by a neck in the first leg of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Consigliere, a first-crop runner by Drefong, takes the lead in the “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby” Nov. 27 with a win in the Cattleya Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse.

After a protracted duel it was Godolphin who struck the 1,800,000 guineas (US$2,519,464) bid that made the Dubawi colt the joint second-highest priced foal in European sales history at the Nov. 26 session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale.

Say the Word rallied from last to first to win the Hollywood Turf Cup (G2T) at Del Mar Nov. 26, right according to plan for his trainer and rider.

Tom Creel, who served as a racing official at tracks in New England, the Mid-Atlantic region, and in Florida for four decades, died on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25. He was 64.

The Eclipse Award-winning turf champion Channel Maker is on course to run as an 8-year-old in 2022 and will begin the new year Feb. 26 running in the $1.5 million Neom Turf Cup (G3) at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh.

Godolphin’s Maxfield remained a perfect 5-for-5 at Churchill Downs and capped his career with a victory in the Nov. 26 Clark Stakes (G1).

Less than two months after finishing 1-2 in the Knickerbocker Stakes (G3T) at Belmont Park, Sacred Life and Field Pass will take their show on the road, renewing their rivalry in the Nov. 27 $250,000 Seabiscuit Handicap (G2T) at Del Mar.

Gainesway Stable and Andrew Rosen’s Bees and Honey captured the $200,000 Comely Stakes (G3) for sophomore fillies going 1 1/8 miles Nov. 26 at Aqueduct Racetrack.