Flintshire, a five-time top-level winner and the second highest-earning horse bred by Juddmonte Farms, is returning to Europe to continue his stud career in France at Haras de Montaigu.

New York-based Chad Brown is sending two to Del Mar for the Nov. 28 Matriarch (G1T), including Viadera, last year’s winner.

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners could have as many as two contenders for the $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) Dec. 4 at  Aqueduct Racetrack. 

A pair of $150,000 for juveniles, the Grey Stakes (G3) and Mazarine Stakes (G3), highlight the 12-race card Nov. 28 at Woodbine.

The 2020 Japanese Triple Crown winner, Contrail, makes his final start in the Nov. 28 Japan Cup (G1) but faces significant opposition to three other Japanese Derby (G1) winners and three foreign entries.

Chateau will carry a co-high 131 pounds in the $200,000 Fall Highweight (G3), a six-furlong handicap for 3-year-olds and up Nov. 28 at Aqueduct. The annual race tests all of its participants at higher weights typically seen in handicap races.

Pink Lloyd’s send-off before his retirement to LongRun is anything but a gimme. The crack sprinter, one of Canada’s most decorated champions, faces a top cast in the CA$175,000 Kennedy Road Stakes (G2) Nov. 27 at Woodbine.

Acacia Courtney and Andy Serling look ahead to the Discovery and the Kentucky Jockey Club.

The $100,000 Berkeley Handicap (G3) at Golden Gate Fields Nov. 27 shapes up as a north/south showdown of California entrants. 

The 2020 Japanese Triple Crown winner, Contrail, makes his final start in the Nov. 28 Japan Cup (G1) but faces significant opposition three other Japanese Derby winners and three foreign entries.