Valiant Minister is Florida’s leading freshman sire this year. He will stand for $5,000 next year.

Satish Seemar, a six-time champion trainer in the UAE, has had his licence suspended after being placed on a U.S. sanctions list due to his connection to Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic.

Nearly a year after a horse trained by Ron McAnally tested positive for a derivative of CBD, the California Horse Racing Board has issued a ruling disqualifying the horse from its victory last November. No fines or suspensions were given.

Greg Veit, administrator of the Ohio Thoroughbred Race Fund, died Nov. 10. He was 63.

As of Nov. 15, Irish Hill & Dutchess Views stands two of the top five active New York-based stallions—Big Brown and War Dancer.

Online voting is open for the 2021 Secretariat Vox Populi Award, which allows racing fans to select their favorite horse of the year.

Six maiden winners from three different tracks made the Maiden Watch list the week of Nov. 8-14.

Anne Sabatino Hardy, Visit Horse Country’s first executive director, is transitioning to new opportunities. The search has started for her replacement.

Toward the end of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale’s fifth session Nov. 14, a bidding war began over a $360,000 filly by Audible, helping boost aggregate sales of 2021 past the 2020 total with five more sessions remaining this year.

Jockey Flavien Prat did not rush the 2-year-old Messier early in the $98,000 Bob Hope Stakes (G3) Nov. 14 at Del Mar, but that didn’t keep the Empire Maker colt from cruising to a 3 1/2-length victory.