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Bloodstock agent Tina Rau has joined the Aga Khan Studs as international nominations representative; a newly created role aimed at strengthening the team's presence at major European sales.

Applications for The Jockey Club's paid internship program for college students and recent college graduates and its five academic scholarships opened Nov. 10.

During the first day of Book Four, 267 horses sold for $10,937,500, an increase of 10% from the sixth session last year when 281 horses brought $9,905,900, including post-ring sales.

After winning the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T), Gezora will remain in the United States for her 2026 campaign and join the barn of trainer Chad Brown.

Multiple California-bred stakes winner Man O Rose continues to add win after win to his résumé, paying off on the carefully crafted family line created by his breeder, Bruce Zietz.

Via Sistina produced a dominant display to score a remarkable 12th triumph at the highest level when successfully defending her crown in the Champions Stakes (G1) Nov. 8 on a wet, windy and unseasonably cold day at Flemington.

Victory Hall edges Honest Reason late to win Monday’s Shesastonecoldfox Stakes at Finger Lakes. SV Photography.

Victory Hall used nearly every inch of the stretch to run down Honest Reason and win Monday’s $45,000 Shesastonecoldfox Stakes for New York-bred 2-year-old fillies at Finger Lakes.

Under Reylu Gutierrez, the daughter of Independence Hall made up 6 lengths in the final furlong to win by a half-length. Victory Hall, third last time out in the $200,000 Maid of the Mist Stakes, improved to 3-for-5 in her career with the victory in 1:12.97 for the 6 furlongs on the sloppy and sealed track.

Bred by Stonegate Stables LLC and Everythings Cricket Racing and foaled at Stonegate Stables in Fort Edward, Victory Hall sold for $30,000 to Twin Sports Racing at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale. She races for Twin Sports Racing, Cypresshead Racing and Let’s Go Racing.

Victory Hall won two of her first three starts for trainer Carlos David, including a state-bred maiden special weight at Saratoga Race Course in mid-August. Transferred to John Ortiz before the Maid of the Mist, she finished 8 1/4 lengths behind Letmecounttheways in that 1-mile stakes on Empire Showcase Day.

Bet down to even-money in the field of five reduced by the scratches of Lovely Pashyn and Princess Azara, Victory Hall came away well and conceded the early lead from the inside by Honest Reason.

Honest Reason ripped through snowflakes on the backstretch and led by 2 1/2 lengths past the opening quarter in :22.18. Oscar Bound and Victory Hall chased side-by-side up the backstretch and into the far turn. Honest Reason, a daughter of Honest Mischief who won a 5 ½-furlong maiden Oct. 6 at Finger Lakes, widened her advantage around the bend and was up 6 lengths past the half in :45.49.

Victory Hall continued to cut into the lead once the field turned for home and ran down Honest Reason in the final few jumps. Honest Reason held second 2 1/2 lengths ahead of Lifeisbutadream. Mobelladream and Oscar Bound completed the field.

A $45,000 RNA at this year’s OBS April sale, Victory Hall is the first foal out of the winning Into Mischief mare Into Victory. She’s also the dam of a yearling New York-bred filly by Speaker’s Corner.

Victory Hall picked up $27,000 for the Shesastonecoldfox and boosted her bankroll to $161,700.

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9th-Tokyo, ¥21,610,000 ($140,357), Allowance, 2yo, 1400m, 1:23.2, gd.
SATONO VOYAGE (JPN) (c, 2, Into Mischief–Jolie Olimpica {Brz} {Horse of the Year, Ch. 2yo Filly & G1SW-Brz, Ch. Turf Female & GSW-Can, MGSW & GISP-US, $460,507}, by Drosselmeyer), a debut second in a 1200-meter test at Hanshin June 14, set a juvenile course record when graduating by 10 lengths at Niigata in a slick 1:10.80 Aug. 9.

Favored at 70 cents on the dollar, Satono Voyage broke alertly and was content to let the other speed go on with it, settling ahead of midfield down the back. Patiently handled on the turn by Mirai Iwata, the bay split rivals once into the long Tokyo straight, confronted the long-time leader at the furlong grounds and powered clear to take it by five lengths.

The Apr. 3 foal is the first produce from his dam, Brazil's Horse of the Year and champion of her generation at two in 2019 and acquired by the late Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm to her continue her career in this country with Richard Mandella. The chestnut earned her keep with three victories at the graded level in North American, including the GII Nassau Stakes at Woodbine that earned her a Sovereign Award as Canada's champion turf female of 2021. She was also runner-up to champion Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) in the COVID-delayed running of the GI Coolmore Jenny Wiley Stakes in 2020. Purchased by Shimokobe Farm for $675,000 at Fasig-Tipton November in 2021, Jolie Olimpica was put in foal to this leading sire and was exported to Japan.

Barren to Triple Crown winner Contrail (Jpn) for 2024, the mare foaled a colt by dual Horse of the Year Equinox (Jpn) on Feb. 12 of this year. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $133,368.
O-Hajime Satomi; B-Shimokobe Farm; T-Hiroyasu Tanaka.

 

東京第９レース #オキザリス賞 (２歳１勝クラス、ダート1400m)は #岩田望来 騎手騎乗の #サトノボヤージュ が６番手から抜け出し、マジッククッキーに５馬身差を付けました。
勝ちタイムは、コースレコードに０秒１差まで迫る１分23秒２、上り３ハロン36秒８(稍重馬場)。… pic.twitter.com/FjH0T9sEww

— 『優駿』編集部 (@YUSHUN_Magazine) November 9, 2025

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Keeneland's Horses of Racing Age, slated to begin Wednesday, Nov. 12 at noon ET, has 216 catalogued entries including the latest supplement in Grade III-placed Crevalle d'Oro (Constitution), the auction house announced Monday.

The daughter of Constitution, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, was third in the GIII Selene Stakes in Canada and came a half-length short of hitting the board last out Nov. 1 in Del Mar's GIII Goldikova Stakes in a blanket finish for the minors. The winner of that race, MGSW & GISP Special Wan (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}), changed hands last week during the Fasig-Tipton November sale for $1.3-million to Japan's Northern Farm. An earner of nearly $328,000, Crevalle d'Oro has hit the board 10 times in her 18-race career.

A half-sister to SW Valuation Metric (Munnings), the filly hails from the female line of SW The Administrator (Afleet), whose daughters and granddaughters went on to black-type winners or producers themselves–the tally sitting at no less than nine runners. She was also the dam of GI Kentucky Derby runner-up Nehro (Mineshaft).

The November HRA Sale catalogue, following the removal of outs, includes 136 racehorses of which 30 are black-type performers and 16 are graded stakes/stakes winners. A lightly raced group of horses (71 have made six or fewer lifetime starts), 35 are winners since Aug. 1 of this year, and 42 are NW1X eligible.

Most horses in the auction are stabled at Keeneland in Barns 20-26 with some horses offered remotely from their training locations. The online catalogue may be found here with enhanced options available for viewing, and a print catalogue with Equibase past performances is available at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion.

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Elite Power, the only son of Curlin to receive Eclipse Awards in consecutive season and whose first foals have been very well-received at this year's weanling sales, will stand the 2026 breeding season for a fee of $35,000, live foal stands and nurses, at Juddmonte's Kentucky nursery.

Elite Power has covered some 360 mares in his first two years at stud, his first book having included five champions and better than 25 elite-level winners or producers. A colt from the family of GI Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey (Arrogate) fetched $550,000 from Glen Hill Farm on the second day of the Keeneland November Sale during which 15 youngsters sold for an average of over $185,000. Twelve of the 15 were knocked down for six-figure pricetags.

'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Mandaloun (Into Mischief) will command a service fee of $10,000 LFSN. The GI Kentucky Derby and GI Haskell Stakes hero was represented by his first crop of yearlings in 2025, with a close relative of champion Citizen Bull (Into Mischief) selling to Pin Oak Stud for $1 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale.

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Retired jockey Trevor McCarthy is joining the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) as a jockeys' wellness consultant, a newly created position that is dedicated to advancing the health, safety and overall well-being of riders.

“Trevor's first-hand understanding of life in the saddle and his genuine commitment to jockey well-being make him an invaluable addition to our team,” said HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus. “His insight and experience will strengthen our ongoing efforts, alongside Jockeys' Guild, to develop programs that support the overall health and safety of riders across the country.”

McCarthy, the son of veteran reinsman Michael McCarthy, began riding racehorses at the age of nine and became one of the leading jockeys on the Maryland circuit. He won numerous riding titles at Pimlico and Laurel and won his first Grade I with Highland Chief in the 2022 Man O'War Stakes. He retired in August 2024 from the saddle with 1,871 winners, his mounts having earned better than $76 million.

“I'm honored to join HISA and contribute to an organization that is focused on supporting riders and making the sport safer for everyone involved,” said McCarthy. “After a lifelong career as a jockey, I know how important it is to have resources that meet both the physical and mental demands of this profession, and I'm eager to help strengthen those supports and resources for my fellow riders.”

In his new role, McCarthy will collaborate with HISA's Racetrack Safety Committee, Horsemen's Advisory Group and Medical Advisory Committee to enhance communication, education and wellness initiatives for active riders. Drawing from his perspective as a recently retired jockey, he will help HISA better address the challenges riders face both on and off the track.

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The Irish diaspora in the Bluegrass has lost one of its foundation stones with the death last Sunday of Roger (“Roddy”) O'Byrne, who presided for many years at McCarthy's Bar in downtown Lexington.

O'Byrne, together with co-proprietor Peter Kiely, made their bar an institution not just for local horsemen but for the international bloodstock community. During an era when phoney “themed” bars round the world sought to exploit the national tradition of good craic, O'Byrne created a little piece of home for those compatriots of his own generation who served as pathfinders for the many to have followed since. The racing memorabilia adorning the walls of McCarthy's are not generic cultural symbols but the personal record of a colorful life, full of laughter and achievement.

O'Byrne remained devoted to family and friends during his brave fight against the illness that has finally claimed him, back in his homeland. On both sides of the water, many will now be raising the kind of toast that he would have appreciated, and those in Lexington have the opportunity to do so after the livestreaming in McCarthy's of his funeral on Tuesday at 7 a.m. Refreshments will be provided after the Mass.

That is a challenging hour even for his diehard customers, some of whom may find it easier to persevere overnight than to start at dawn! But like any good officer, he would not expect anything of his men that he would not be prepared to do himself….

McCarthy's Bar has evolved over the years and its popularity with college students nowadays has made some of the old hands feel their age. But the bar remains a haven for horsemen of every flag during sales and race meetings, having long served as the hub of the Irish expatriate community in moments of crisis, commiseration or celebration. O'Byrne hosted many a fundraiser for those in need; and it was here that another lamented compatriot, Gerry Dilger, chose to watch a second consecutive Dromoland Farm graduate win the GI Kentucky Derby in 2018.

O'Byrne was among many in his family, from Kilmacthomas in Co. Waterford, to have made their mark on the Thoroughbred industry. One of his brothers, Demi, served Vincent O'Brien as veterinarian before becoming integral for many years to the Coolmore scouting team; and another, John, found triple Group 1 winner Rip Van Winkle (Ire) for the same interests at a yearling sale in Italy. And the Lodge Stud, run for the past 17 years by John's son Timmy, has been responsible for educating a long line of elite jumpers for J.P. McManus.

Unsurprising, then, that O'Byrne was himself no mean judge of a horse. He sold McManus one fondly remembered by many in Danny Connors (GB), bought for just 1,500 gns before winning a Leopardstown bumper under Mr. W.P. Mullins in 1989.    Switched to Jonjo O'Neill for his new owner, he was colly delivered by Mark Dwyer to win the 1991 Coral Golden Hurdle at Cheltenham. And only last April O'Byrne could celebrate the Grand National success of Nick Rockett (Ire), who had started out winning a Curraghmore point-to-point in his own silks.

Nick Rockett was named for the uncle of the Kilmacthomas publican and was a second Grand National winner to have been traded by O'Byrne, following Miinnehoma (GB), who won the 1994 running after being found for just 5,800gns as a 3-year-old.

Short odds, surely, that the parting glass for O'Byrne may produce a partnership to name a horse in his honor, too.

Besides Demi and John, O'Byrne is mourned by his other siblings Jim and Mary, and countless others related by blood or friendship.

Funeral details can be found here.

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Edited Press Release

Applications for The Jockey Club's paid internship program for college students and recent college graduates as well as its five academic scholarships opened Monday, the organization said in a release.

The eight-week internship program will accommodate up to three interns and is now available in the summer or fall based on the intern's preference. Interns will gain exposure to all companies and departments within the organization, and they will have the opportunity to spend additional time in areas that they find to be of particular interest.

The internships will take place in The Jockey Club's office located in Lexington, KY. For more information and to view the application, click here. Applications will be accepted through Jan. 5, 2026 and selected interns will be notified in February 2026.

The Jockey Club scholarships will apply to the 2026-2027 academic year and are as follows:

 

• The Jockey Club Scholarship ($15,000; $7,500 per semester): for those enrolled full time as an undergraduate or graduate student at a college or university in academic pursuit of majors for future employment in the equine industry. Open to any equine breed or discipline; preference will be given to candidates with the expressed desire to secure employment in the Thoroughbred industry.

 

• The Jockey Club Advancement of Women in Racing Scholarship ($20,000; $10,000 per semester): open to women pursuing a career in the equine industry who are enrolled full time as an undergraduate student at a college or university. Open to any equine breed or discipline; preference will be given to candidates with the expressed desire to secure employment in the Thoroughbred industry.

 

• The Jockey Club Vision Scholarship ($20,000; $10,000 per semester): for students from a minority racial or ethnic group who are pursuing a career in the equine industry. Applicants must be enrolled full time as an undergraduate student at a college or university. Open to any equine breed or discipline; preference will be given to candidates with the expressed desire to secure employment in the Thoroughbred industry.

 

• The Jockey Club Nancy C. Kelly Benevolence Scholarship ($15,000; $7,500 per semester): a need-based award for Thoroughbred racing farm or backstretch workers and their families who have experienced financial hardship to enable attendance at a full-time program at a college, university, or trade program. Applicants are not required to be pursuing a career in the equine or Thoroughbred industries.

 

• The Jockey Club Jack Goodman Scholarship ($6,000; $3,000 per semester): for students enrolled in the University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program (RTIP). Goodman was a resident of Tucson, a longtime member of The Jockey Club, and one of three founders of the RTIP.

 

Click here for more information and links to applications for the scholarships. The recipients of each scholarship will be announced in the spring of 2026 in advance of the initial distribution of funds for the fall 2026 semester.

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Competitive bidding continued throughout the day Sunday as the Book 4 section of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale opened Sunday with a pair of weanlings by Yaupon leading the way. For the session, 267 horses grossed $10,837,500 for an average of $40,964 and a median of $30,000. The average was up 14.70% and the median was up 20.00% from last year's corresponding session when 270 horses sold for $9,642,400 and the average was $35,713 and the median was $25,000. With 58 horses reported not sold, the buy-back rate for the session was 17.85%. It was 20.35% a year ago.

A colt by Yaupon (hip 2054) consigned by Grant and Tracy O'Shaughnessy's Serendipity Farm brought the session's top price when selling for $290,000 to Al Jawzaa General Trading LLC.

“We felt pretty good about him because he had 33 vets and 129 looks,” Tracy O'Shaughnessy said Sunday evening. “We were told he was one of the nicer ones today, so we were feeling pretty confident.”

Serendipity Farm consigned the weanling on behalf of breeder George Bates, who purchased the colt's dam, Gypsy's Feather (Munnings), for $20,000 at the 2022 Keeneland January sale. The farm also consigned the colt's full-brother who sold for $300,000 at last year's Keeneland November sale.

“I think this guy probably had a little more leg,” Tracy said. “But overall, I think they were almost identical.”

The Big Bear Bloodstock pinhooking partnership made the second highest bid of Sunday's session, going to $250,000 to acquire another colt by Yaupon (hip 2247) from the Legacy Bloodstock consignment. The Spendthrift stallion was also represented by the highest-priced filly of Sunday's session with Buena Madera purchasing hip 1938 for $140,000 from Scott Mallory's consignment.

Yaupon currently sits atop the freshman sire rankings with 25 winners and seven stakes winners.

“He looks like he has the numbers and they look to be fast,” Grant O'Shaughnessy said of Yaupon's foals.

“They are well balanced with plenty of leg,” Tracy added. “They all seem to have that same kind eye–that's what I've noticed with these guys anyway–and a good brain.”

The session topper was one of six to sell from the Serendipity consignment Sunday. The group also included a filly by Taiba (hip 2250) who sold for $85,000 and a colt by Arcangelo (hip 2107) who sold for $80,000.

“Everybody is still here,” Tracy said. “We sold a few others that exceeded expectations for us. We had an Arcangelo that sold really well and a Taiba who made about twice as much as we thought she'd make. We heard that comment a lot, that the weanlings in general are just bringing crazy money. And that's just carried on into Book 4.”

Grant agreed that the strength of the market through its first week had a trickle down effect as buyers who got shut out through the first six sessions were active into Book 4 Sunday.

“It's been very busy. There is a lot of activity,” he said. “The nice horses are going for such high dollars. You have to be cognizant of the fact that, especially pinhookers, you can't go paying crazy money because you have to factor in that you have to try to make that money back next year. I think the market is going to be buoyant into next year, but again, who knows?”

Hidden Brook Farm purchased the two top-priced mares of Sunday's session, going to $220,000 to acquire the 4-year-old Ella Elizabeth (Take Charge Indy) (hip 2009) from the Glendalough at Dromoland consignment and returning to that same consignment to acquire She Caught My Eye (Violence) (hip 2226), in foal to Domestic Product, for $170,000.

Hidden Brook purchased five head Sunday for $620,000 and was the session's leading buyer.

“We are just looking to upgrade the broodmare band at the farm,” said Hidden Brook's Sergio de Sousa. “We are looking for  good-looking mares with a bit of pedigree and hopefully in foal to the right sire, so we can just keep trading.”

Ella Elizabeth is a full-sister to graded stakes winner Take Charge Paula (Take Charge Indy), the dam of multiple stakes winner Long Neck Paula (Uncle Mo), and she sold in foal to Uncle Mo's son Golden Pal.

“It's a live family,” de Sousa said of the mare's appeal. “We liked the ones that we had by Golden Pal and we like the mare physically. She was a really, really pretty mare. So hopefully she will produce a nice foal.”

Of Ella Elizabeth's price tag, de Sousa said, “We were outbid on a few mares before, like everybody else. So we felt like, for the right one, you have to stretch a little bit to buy something good-looking that you don't mind looking at every day.”

Hidden Brook was also active as sellers Sunday and of the market into Book 4, de Sousa said, “The mares need to be good physically and in foal to the right sire. If the two match, you did really well. The foals have been the same. It was very strong, but you still had to vet and look decent enough. And then the market was there for it. It's competitive, which is good. And hopefully it will continue.”

The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale continues through Tuesday with sessions beginning each day at 10 a.m.

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Ag Bullet (Twirling Candy) and Sweet Azteca (Sharp Azteca), a pair of Grade I winning gray mares trained by Richard Baltas, will continue their racing careers, according to a report from the Daily Racing Form.

Currently a 5-year-old, Ag Bullet notched her first top-level score this past summer when she took on the boys in the GI Jaipur Stakes at Saratoga.

After hitting the board in the GI Prevagen Breeders's Cup Sprint at Del Mar in 2024, the Calvin Nguyen & Joey Tran color bearer finished as the runner-up to Shisospicy (Mitole) in the 2025 version.

Ag Bullet was entered in the Fasig-Tipton November sale last week, but she RNA'd for $2.9-million.

According to the Daily Racing Form article, the nearly $3-million earner will be nominated by her owners for the upcoming Nov. 30 running of the GI Matriarch Stakes at the seaside oval, a race she ran third in last year.

Sweet Azteca wins the Rancho Bernardo | Benoit

As for Sweet Azteca, who is also a 5-year-old, she was scratched by the Breeders' Cup regulatory veterinarians after developing a right front issue. The Pamela Ziebarth homebred was intended for the GI PNC Bank Filly & Mare Sprint.

Baltas told the Daily Racing Form that the mare also had an entrapped epiglottis that recently required a minor procedure.

Sweet Azteca won the GI Beholder Mile Stakes at Santa Anita as a 4-year-old, and this season she captured both the GII Great Lady M Stakes at Los Alamitos in early July and the GIII Rancho Bernardo Handicap at Del Mar in late August.

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The five-day sale will kick off Jan. 13, a week later than normal, with inspections beginning on the Gold Coast. Full siblings to In Secret, Sunlight, Super Seth, and Stefi Magnetica are among the highlights in the catalog.

Spendthrift Farm's general manager Ned Toffey confirmed Nov. 9 that multiple grade 1 winner Kopion has been retired.

Woodbine Entertainment has announced Nov. 9 card of live Thoroughbred racing at Woodbine Racetrack has been cancelled following the first race due to inclement weather.

Dual grade 1 winner Raging Sea could make her final start in the $400,000 Falls City Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs Nov. 27, according to trainer Chad Brown.

Keeneland's November Sale surpassed last year's gross of $196,492,900, including post-ring sales, at the end of the fifth session Nov. 8. A total of 1,176 horses have changed hands for a record $221,832,000 with three sessions left to go.