Keeping a horse sound is a priority. For such a simple concept, it can be hard to execute based on a number of factors.

Racecourse Media Group has been awarded a further three-year contract by Dubai Racing Club to provide production and distribution services at Meydan Racecourse, the home of the $30.5 million Dubai World Cup day.

A native Brooklynite, owner/breeder Marty Zaretsky has sent out many New York-breds over the years. This year, he scored his first grade 1 win as a breeder when Iron Orchard won the historic Frizette Stakes (G1).

California-bred Unrivaled Time proved his class in the Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T) Nov. 30 at Del Mar, winning the one-mile race by 3/4 lengths, and surviving a stewards inquiry.

At the end of wagering in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2, Spendthrift Farm’s Ted Noffey and Further Ado closed as the top two individual betting choices.

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. has quickly made a mark on the Kentucky horse racing circuit since shifting his tack from New York. The 33-year-old native of Puerto Rico secured his first Churchill Downs leading rider title with 46 wins through the Fall Meet.

One day after her half brother, Salamis, won the Hollywood Derby (G1T), Segesta became a grade 1 winner herself when taking the $302,000 Matriarch Stakes (G1T) at Del Mar Nov. 29.

AKTEM recently announced the launch of their new racehorse auction house in France, with its first sales scheduled for Feb. 2026. They have continued to build their team by welcoming Guy Petit as bloodstock director.

With a victory in the Cardinal Stakes at Churchill Downs Nov. 27, Proctor Street became the latest in a successful family line that dates back to owner/breeder Patricia Moseley’s first horse: the multiple stakes winner Drumtop.

Taylor Made Sales consigns Porta Fortuna at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale. She highlights Taylor Made’s first time back in Newmarket since 2021.