Runaway first-season sire Starman has had his covering fee upped to €40,000 for the 2026 breeding season. Tally-Ho Stud’s latest rising star stood the most recent campaign at €10,000.

The four-day sale saw 707 foals sell for a gross of €34,160,500, a 5% year-on-year gain. The average price was almost identical at €48,320, although the median dipped by seven points to €26,000, down from €28,000 in 2024.

Mountain View Farm, owned by a partnership including owner/trainer David Cannizzo, is launching a stallion venture in 2026 as part of a new full-service farm. Top 10 freshman sire Leinster and grade 1 winner Fire At Will are its first stallions.

Annabel and Rob Archibald will bid for back-to-back Railway Stakes (G1) victories Nov. 22 when Queensland Guineas (G2) winner Depth Of Character takes his place in the Ascot feature. 

A Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit arbitrator suspended trainer Antonio Meraz and fined him $5,000 after one of his winning horses at Mahoning Valley Racecourse, Isaul Gonzalez’s First Kitten, tested above the limit for cobalt.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority announced Nov. 20 the members of its newly established Medical Advisory Committee, a group of leading medical professionals with a broad range of specialties from across the United States.

Trainer Greg Foley discusses grade 1 winner Troubleshooting ahead of his start in the $300,000 Commonwealth Turf Stakes (G3T) at Churchill Downs Nov. 22.

In a landmark collaboration, Tattersalls Online and the Emirates Racing Authority have announced Nov. 20 a groundbreaking online auction of horses in training in the United Arab Emirates which will take place Nov. 24-27.

The $175,000 Pebbles Stakes (G3T), rescheduled from Nov. 16 to Nov. 23 after this past Sunday’s card at Aqueduct Racetrack was canceled early in the day due to high winds, deepened with the postponement.

Calandagan, a three-time group 1 winner so far this year who capped his European racing season with a 2 1/4-length win in the Champion Stakes (G1), was crowned Horse of the Year at the 35th Cartier Racing Awards Nov. 19.