High-class stayer and 2018 Melbourne Cup (G1) second Marmelo will return to Britain to stand at Norton Grove Stud in Yorkshire following a two-year spell at Haras du Grand Courgeon in France.

This season’s Chester Vase (G3) scorer Youth Spirit and high-class stayer Master of Reality head 11 wildcard entries for the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale Oct. 25-28. 

Suspended harness trainer Chris Oakes, who conspired with Thoroughbred trainer Jorge Navarro to give performance-enhancing drugs to Thoroughbred racehorses, pled guilty in a hearing before U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil Oct. 20.

World champion miler Palace Pier, the winner of five group 1 races, has been retired from racing and will stand at Dalham Hall Stud next year. 

Godolphin’s homebred Althiqa, a two-time grade 1 winner on the New York turf this summer, has been retired.

High-class stayer and 2018 Lexus Melbourne Cup (G1) second Marmelo will return to Britain to stand at Norton Grove Stud in Yorkshire following a two-year spell at Haras du Grand Courgeon in France.

The California Horse Racing Board at its regular monthly meeting Oct. 20 accepted without formal action a committee recommendation to address catastrophic breakdowns without mandatory penalties for trainers.

Keeneland has cataloged 254 horses of racing age for a new single, separate session of this year’s November Breeding Stock Sale that will take place Nov. 19—the final day of the auction—immediately following the selection of breeding stock.

The son of Smart Strike, who is the leading North American sire by number of 2021 grade 1 winners as of Oct. 20, will have his fee held at $175,000 for the 2022 breeding season.

Speightstown’s and Constitution’s fees are unchanged at $90,000 and $85,000, respectively.