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Two 3-year-old sprinters close behind Patch Adams in Aug. 23 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes (G1)—runner-up Captain Cook and third-place Barnes—compete Oct. 18 against four other 3-year-olds in the Perryville Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.

On Nov. 1, the community is invited to attend a free open house hosted by one of Indiana's leading stallion farms, Breakway Farm.

The middle legs of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Florida Sire Stakes series continue Oct. 18 at Gulfstream Park without the winners of the first legs—Lennilu and Fourth and Central—but with two dozen other juveniles.

Fairmount Park will host its first-ever "Miracle Family Day," a family-friendly event aimed at raising funds and awareness for local children's hospitals.

The Breeders' Cup will once again offer two distinct live broadcasts, each tailored to deliver the right content on the platforms fans prefer.

Diego Velazquez, winner of this season's Prix Jacques le Marois (G1), has been retired and will take up stud duties at the National Stud in 2026.

The lone graded winner over a one-turn distance, Ragtime headlines a full field in the $400,000 Raven Run Stakes (G2) at Keeneland Oct. 18 that also draws two fillies returning from the May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1).

Four future horse doctors in their fourth year of distinguished veterinary school performance are the 2025 recipients of $75,000 Coyote Rock Ranch Veterinary Scholarships supporting their career pursuits in equine medicine.

Churchill Downs Incorporated announces the addition of three new points-bearing races on the European/Middle East Road to the Kentucky Derby series.

Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst

Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing continued to invest heavily as the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale moved onto Book 2. The haul included the day’s most expensive signing, the Starman filly out of Emirates Empress who fetched 525,000 guineas.

Trainer Eusebio Juarez was suspended 24 months and fined $18,000 after two syringes with needles containing the banned substance diisopropylamine were found in his truck. Juarez claimed the syringes were put there without his knowledge.

Florida horsemen ask a court for the right to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Gulfstream Park seeking to decouple its horse racing business from its right to offer slot machine gambling.

Streak of Luck, the dam of undefeated 2-year-old colt Ted Noffey, headlines the two latest supplemental entries to the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. 

BH Interview: Madison Meyers

On the Oct. 13 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Lane's End sales director Allaire Ryan highlights their offerings at the Nov. 4-11 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. Frank Angst previews potential milestones in this year's Breeders' Cup.

Coolmore has announced that Prix du Jockey Club (G1) and Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) winner Camille Pissarro will stand at Coolmore for 2026. 

Shadow Of Light, the champion 2-year-old of last year and just the third horse to complete the Middle Park Stakes-Dewhurst Stakes double since the Pattern began, has been retired from racing and will stand at Darley's Kildangan Stud next year.

The versatility of Thoroughbreds was on display just a few miles from Keeneland Oct. 8-11 when the Retired Racehorse Project crowned 10 Thoroughbred Makeover champions at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Mike Campbell's gut told him he would follow the lead of his grandfather and father by becoming a trainer. The former jockey never anticipated the awful turn that would lead him to that second career and, now, a second trip to the Breeders' Cup.