Olivier Peslier, the rider for 165 group 1 wins, will retire Thursday at 51. He won four editions of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) and guided Goldikova to three Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) victories.

The 2024 Breeders' Cup World Championships attendance is capped at 37,500.

The 2024 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In schedule of 82 races in 12 countries includes 41 international races. Two new races in South Korea have been added to the program.

Breeders' Cup releases the 2024 schedule for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Dozen April 8, an incentive-based participation bonus program for horsemen pointing runners to the dirt races in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

The Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini Internacional, the most prestigious race in South America, is the first Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In race of the 2024 season.

Caravel, winner of the 2022 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Keeneland, has been retired from racing and will be bred next year to Justify, according to the racing manager for one of her owners.

A 14-horse field has been entered for 1 1/2-mile Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini Internacional (G1) Dec. 16 at Hipodromo de San Isidro outside Buenos Aires.

When it comes to enforcing racing rules regarding anti-doping and medication control, the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit is emphasizing new standards while working with established experts in the field to ensure integrity.

How much for a group 1-winning filly? On Day 2 of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, we got the answer. In the case of Teona, the answer was 4,500,000gns (US$5,767,650, 1gn=US$1.2817), after a tussle among Coolmore, Godolphin, and Juddmonte.

The Breeders' Cup issued a reminder Dec. 5 that all North American stallion nominations to the Breeders' Cup program for 2024 are due by Friday, Dec. 15, at 11:59 p.m. ET. A $100 initial payment must accompany the nomination form.

Seating options for the 2024 Breeders' Cup World Championships were unveiled March 23. Tickets go on sale to the general public on April 22, but fans can register for pre-sale access now.

Meydan hero Lord North leads the British and Irish challenge for the March 30 Dubai World Cup meeting as he seeks a record-extending fourth success in the $5 million Dubai Turf (G1T).

The owner/breeder of graded stakes winner Zozos, have been named the 2023 recipients of the John Deere Award, in recognition of the breeders who participated this year in the Breeders' Cup and Challenge Series: Win and You're In.

City of Troy could be Ballydoyle's sole representative in the Two Thousand Guineas (G1) as Aidan O'Brien mapped out a campaign that could take in Newmarket and Epsom before the Justify colt is potentially aimed at an American adventure.

Breeders' Cup announced March 12 individual $1 million purse increases for two of its marquee races: the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) and the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T).

All post-race test samples taken from contenders in the 2023 Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 3-4 at Santa Anita Park have been cleared by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU). Purse distribution has begun accordingly.

NBC's coverage of the Breeders' Cup Nov. 4 registered a .51 Nielsen Rating, reflecting approximately 834,000 television viewers, according to statistics published by Sports Media Watch.

South African dual-grade 1 winning sprinter Isivunguvungu is slated to join the barn of trainer Graham Motion this spring for a potential bid in the 2024 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T).

The Breeders' Cup World Championships didn't make much of an impact on the 2023 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, which released its latest update Nov. 9 for races from Jan. 1-Nov. 5.

A pair of popular, grade 1-winning Stonestreet Farms homebreds—Clairiere and Pauline's Pearl—have been officially retired and returned to Stonestreet to prepare for the upcoming breeding season.