The Victorian family who scored the immense win after outlaying just $100 have been described as ‘very humble’ by the huge betting agency that paid them their money within an hour of the race.Source
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Street Sense Sires 100th Black-Type Winner
Generous Tipper reached the milestone for his sire Street Sense when he won the Nov. 3 Discovery Stakes. Source
Coolmore Unveils Fees, City of Troy to Start at €75,000
Epsom Derby (G1) hero City of Troy has been given an opening fee of €75,000 when he begins stallion life at Coolmore Stud in Ireland in 2025, as stud farms across Europe announced fees for many key stallions this week. Source
Silent Heart First Stakes Winner for Heart to Heart
With some familiar connections involved, Central Kentucky-based sire Heart to Heart saw his first stakes winner Nov. 2 when 3-year-old colt Silent Heart posted a decisive victory in the $79,000 Showing Up Stakes on the turf at Gulfstream Park. Source
Storm Boy to Join Ballydoyle for 2025 Campaign
Coolmore announced Nov. 5 that Storm Boy, a son of Justify, will be transferred from Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott at Tulloch Lodge in Australia to Ireland, where he is set to continue his career under the care of trainer Aidan O’Brien. Source
Oversubscribed Looks to Rebound in Pebbles
Klaravich Stables’ Oversubscribed heads a field of 3-year-old fillies in the Nov. 8 Pebbles Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack. Source
Soul of an Angel Half Brother Offered at Keeneland
Hip 979, an Army Mule half brother of Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) winner Soul of an Angel, will be offered Nov. 7 as part of Book 2 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. Source
Tramontin, Finalizing Siena Farm Purchase, Buys Mares
After watching his promising 2-year-old filly, Quickick, rally for third in the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar, owner Greg Tramontin turned his attention to the November Breeding Stock Sale and expanding his broodmare band. Source
Breeders’ Cup-Winning Owner Calabrese Dies at 96
Longtime Illinois horseman and Breeders’ Cup-winning owner and breeder Frank Carl Calabrese died at his home in Park Ridge, Ill., Nov. 4, his 96th birthday. Source
Flying Dutchmen Spring $600K for Smash Ticket on Day 2
After getting outbid for grade 2 winner Slammed two days before, Flying Dutchmen went to $600,000 Nov. 6 to secure her half sister Smash Ticket during the second session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. Source