Arcangelo, who was scratched from last week's Breeders' Cup Classic and retired, has been diagnosed with a short lateral condylar fracture and is scheduled to undergo surgery.

“We expect a quick recovery and return to normal activities for Arcangelo," Bill Farish of Lane's End Farm, where the son of Arrogate arrived this week, said in a release issued Thursday. "We do not anticipate this having any impact on his 2024 breeding season."

The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has allowed three trainers who were issued multi-year violations to withdraw their admissions of guilt and enter the organization’s arbitration process, according to rulings posted this week on HIWU’s website.

The trainers – Milton Pineda, Luis Ruiz, and Joseph Taylor – all signed admissions of guilt for the violations in September or October. With the admissions withdrawn, the three will be granted hearings in front of an arbitrator in which they will be able to present evidence that could mitigate the penalties.

Rich Strike, the upset winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby, has been retired from racing and will be offered as a stallion prospect at the Keeneland November horses of racing age sale on Nov. 17.

Frank’s Rockette, who for years ranked as an elite female sprinter, has been retired from racing, her breeder and owner, Frank Fletcher, said Monday.

Fletcher said the decision was made Monday after talking with trainer Bill Mott and racing manager Kathy Moore.

Frank’s Rockette won 12 of 30 starts for earnings of $1.5 million. The 6-year-old won 10 stakes, including five graded victories that included the Grade 2 Prioress and Grade 2 Gallant Bloom. She made two appearances in the Breeders’ Cup. 

Cody Dorman, whose bond with namesake Thoroughbred Cody's Wish captured the hearts of the racing world, died Sunday, shortly after watching trackside at Santa Anita as his “best friend” scored a second consecutive victory in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.

Dorman, who was 17, was born with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. Patients typically do not live beyond early childhood. 

ARCADIA, Calif. - Ryan Moore’s winning ride on Auguste Rodin in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita came with a hefty financial penalty.

On Sunday, Moore was fined $20,800 and suspended one day, on Nov. 12, for striking the colt seven times, once over the permitted limit.

The ruling was issued by Santa Anita stewards Grant Baker, Luis Jauregui, and Kim Sawyer.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Inspiral may have a Breeders’ Cup encore at Del Mar in 2024.

Inspiral capped a brilliant 2023 campaign with her third consecutive Grade 1 or Group 1 win with a remarkable rally in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita.

Inspiral was not off the track very long before owner Richard Thompson of Cheveley Park Stud of Britain said she will race as a 5-year-old next year. Cheveley Park is one of Britain’s most prominent farms.

ARCADIA, Calif. - White Abarrio, winner of Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita, will race in 2024, with four of the richest and most prestigious races in the world on the wish list of his connections.

The four races that will be the focus of White Abarrio’s 5-year-old campaign include the $20 million Saudi Cup (Feb. 24), the $12 million Dubai World Cup (March 30), the Grade 1 Whitney (presumably Aug. 3) and the Breeders’ Cup Classic (Nov. 2).

ARCADIA, Calif. - Hard to Justify gave trainer Chad Brown a record sixth win in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita on Friday, holding off a sustained threat to win by a half-length.

Hard to Justify, unbeaten in three starts, will have a wintertime rest with a return to racing likely in the spring at Gulfstream Park or Keeneland.

Judging from Brown’s first five winners in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, major things can be expected of Hard to Justify in coming years.