After landing a pair of graded stakes against her generation this summer at Saratoga Race Course, Counting Stars is entered to face older fillies and mares for the first time in the $650,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) Oct. 4 at Keeneland.
After taking a pair of grade 1s at Woodbine in September, Charlie Appleby ships Arabian Crown across the pond to compete in the CA$750,000 Canadian International Stakes (G1T) Oct. 3.
On the final episode of BH In Session: Keeneland September, Louie Rabaut recaps the record-breaking 2026 sale alongside BloodHorse sales editor Olivia Newman and bloodstock editor Eric Mitchell.
Sahlan, winner of last year's Prix du Moulin (G1), has retired from racing and will stand at Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy for 2027.
There was a case of deja vu on the opening day of Goffs Orby Sale Book 2, as owner Montgomery Motto was at the end of the winning bid for the top lot, a filly by Cotai Glory.
Juddmonte's Segesta is one of the leading contenders in a wide-open field of 11 fillies and mares who will line up Oct. 3 for the $800,000 First Lady Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland.
Letters to the editor for the Oct. 1 issue of BloodHorse Daily include a tribute to the late trainer John Salzman Sr.
Having won the last three graded stakes held in Kentucky, Brad Cox trains the morning-line favorite in both of the Keeneland fall meet's first two graded stakes Oct. 2.
Kantharos returns to Ocala Stud to stand the 2027 breeding season, the farm announced Sept. 30. A stud fee will be announced at a later date.
Grade 2-level sprinters kick off the stakes action Oct. 3 at Keeneland, starting with males on the turf in the Woodford Stakes (G2T) in the sixth race, followed a race later by females on dirt in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2).
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 208 main entries for The November Sale, the company's selected mixed sale to be held Nov. 2 in Lexington, days after the Breeders' Cup World Championships. The single-session sale will begin at 2 p.m. ET.
Zulu Kingdom will have an opportunity to secure a special spot in Keeneland racing history when he starts from the outside in an expected field of nine in the Turf Mile Stakes (G1T) Oct. 3 at the Lexington track.
Oak Leaf Stakes (G2) for juvenile fillies, Rodeo Drive (G2T) for older females on the turf, and Chillingworth (G3) for female sprinters are on tap during Oct. 3 card, which features the American Pharoah Stakes (G1).
The panel of racing experts votes Tyler Gaffalione Jockey of the Week for Sept. 21-27 after the rider's success at Churchill Downs.
The full agenda for the Annual Global Symposium on Racing is now available at RacingSymposium.com, providing attendees with the complete schedule for the three-day industry event, including session topics, speakers, dates, times, and room locations.
Undefeated Hughes tops the four juveniles Bob Baffert has entered in the American Pharoah Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita, a race named for the 2015 Triple Crown winner Baffert trained.
Storm Cat-line mares produce first grade 1 winners for Candy Ride and his son Vekoma.
This week's Podcast Playback looks at quotes of interest from racing podcasts Sept. 24-30, including Mark Cornett, racing manager of C2 Racing Stable, discussing Forged Steel's victory in the Goodwood Stakes (G1) Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park.
Leading California breeder Richard Barton, who bred last year's California-bred champion 2-year-old male and female—Ocean Bear and Mohaven—will offer a group of 59 yearlings at Fasig-Tipton's California Fall Yearlings Sale.
The supplemental catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales October Yearling Sale is now available online. A total of 60 horses have been supplemented to the auction taking place Oct. 6-7.
Spinaway Stakes (G1) winner will get a chance to see if her excellence extends to racing two turns at 1 1/16 miles when she battles Forever Carina and six other 2-year-old fillies in the Oct. 2 Alcibiades Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.
As $500,000 grade 1 races for 2-year-olds on dirt, the Champagne Stakes (G1) and Frizette Stakes (G1) command the spotlight Oct. 4 at Belmont Park, but four stakes on grass for juveniles serve as stellar supporting acts.
Bret Jones' Libby Lloyd surely lived up to expectations in her career debut. Sent off a 6-5 favorite, she won like a 1-20 shot as she pulled away with ease in the stretch and won by 10 lengths.
Goffs faced a tall order to match the figures posted by a buoyant Book 1 at last year's Orby Sale but, by the close of trade Sept. 29, there were gains across the range of market indices.
Keeneland's 83rd November Breeding Stock Sale will kick off Nov. 3—three days after the track hosts the Breeders' Cup World Championships for the fourth time—with 3,397 horses cataloged to nine sessions through Nov. 11.
During a Sept. 29 meeting of the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation's Race Dates Committee, it was revealed that Kentucky Downs and Churchill Downs are both seeking to run the second week of September.
A host of major breeding operations have rowed in with fundraising efforts to support Kaitlyn Ryan, the 21-year-old amateur jockey who suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury following a freak gallops accident.
Juveniles Foxiest and Yacht Master are BloodHorse Maiden Watch Hot Prospects after notching maiden victories Sept. 27 at Churchill Downs.
Godolphin's Whitney Stakes (G1) winner Sovereignty is atop the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll, while Forever Young remains the leader of the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings.
The FDA issues warning letters to Neogen Corporation and Sciarra Aeromed following an investigation that linked a veterinary wound care product labeled as sterile, Neogen Vet HYCOAT, to serious infections and deaths in horses.
A comprehensive list to this week's TV, streaming, and radio horse racing coverage, as compiled by America's Best Racing.
New York Senator Dan Stec reflects on his role in stopping a truck carrying horses for slaughter as well as why it was important to get involved.
Some two decades after the New York Racing Association bankruptcy pointed to the need for added protections in the pari-mutuel wagering settlement process, here we are again with Hawthorne Race Course, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy February.
Larry Roth co-founded Marchon Eyewear that he and his partners sold in 2008. The Roths started LNJ Foxwoods in 2012 and enjoyed tremendous success as both owner and breeder.
John Salzman Sr., a stalwart of Maryland Thoroughbred racing for decades who trained Hall of Famer Xtra Heat, died Sept. 28 at age 81.
In a win for horse racing interests, the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that prediction market platform Kalshi is operating in violation of two bodies of law by taking bets on sporting events.
The half sister to Minnie Hauk lived up to her star billing at the Goffs Orby Sale Book 1, selling to Coolmore's M.V. Magnier in front of a packed auditorium Sept. 28. The daughter of Justify will follow a similar path to her illustrious sibling.
Susumu Fujita's 2025 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) and 2026 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) winner, Forever Young, closed as the 5-2 favorite upon the completion of betting Sept. 27 in Pool No. 2 of the Breeders' Cup Classic Future Wager.
On the Sept. 28 episode of BloodHorse Monday: C2 Racing Stable's Mark Cornett discusses Forged Steel's victory in the Goodwood Stakes (G1), Frank Angst on the ripple effects of Hawthorne's bankruptcy.
James L. Gagliano will retire as president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club effective Jan. 1, 2027, it was announced Sept. 28 by Everett R. Dobson, chair of The Jockey Club.
The daughter of Too Darn Hot was born early last week at Coolmore's Hunter Valley and she has already been exploring her new home.
Fiber Sonde, an unraced son of Unbridled's Song and a half brother to champion sprinter Speightstown, was West Virginia's general leading sire from 2018-23.
Highfield Investment Group also owns a 1,000-acre breeding and racing farm called Highfield Stock Farm.
Amy Marnane has been appointed chairperson of the Breeze-Up Consignors Association, succeeding Brendan Holland after 11 years in the role. Marnane will be supported by Thomond O'Mara of Knockanglass Stables, who takes over as vice chairman.
Keeneland will welcome many of the world's top horses and competitors to Lexington beginning Oct. 2 for a spectacular month of Thoroughbred racing that celebrates the track's 90th anniversary and culminates with the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Silent Tactic brushed off his huge loss in the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) in late August to run one of the best races of his life to win the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) Sept. 27 at Remington Park.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 1,615 entries for its Kentucky October Yearlings Sale, to be held Oct.19-22 in Lexington. The four continuous sessions, conducted Monday-Thursday, will begin each day at 10 a.m. ET.
For more than half a century, the University of Arizona's Global Symposium on Racing has operated on a relatively simple premise: Horse racing works better when the people shaping its future talk to one another.
Racing returns at Tokyo Racecourse this weekend for the first time since June 21 and features the Oct. 4 Mainichi Okan (G2) over 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles), one of the most important prep races for the Tenno Sho Autumn (G1) Nov. 1 at Tokyo.
Last year's champion 2-year-old filly, in her first race since March, captured the Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita and earned a berth into the Breeders' Cup Distaff.
