Blood-Horse

Fasig-Tipton announced Oct. 20 the addition of two more graded stakes winners to their November Sale—Cotillion Stakes (G1) victor Clicquot and Coronation Stakes (G3T) winner Italian Soiree. The select mixed sale will be held Nov. 3 in Lexington.

Pope McLean's Crestwood Farm announced Oct. 20 it has added multiple graded stakes winner Il Miracolo to its 2026 roster. The son of leading sire Gun Runner retires with earnings of $1.1 million.

So You Think, a 10-time group 1 winner turned successful Coolmore sire, has died after succumbing to a short illness while receiving treatment at Scone Equine Hospital in New South Wales. He was 19. 

Rockridge Stud, located near Hudson, N.Y. announced Oct. 19 that the "early bird" 2026 stud fee for War of Will is set at $5,000. His fee is subject to change after the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar.

Also working six furlongs on the main track Sunday, all for trainer Bob Baffert, were Nysos (1:11 3/5), Nevada Beach (1:11 4/5), and Citizen Bull (1:12 3/5).

Holding a Nov. 6 date with the Keeneland Sales Pavilion, Venencia gave herself a top advertisement with an impressive victory in the $262,000 Dowager Stakes (G3T) on the yielding Keeneland turf course Oct. 19.

A total of 1,601 yearlings have been cataloged for the four-day sale which runs Oct. 20-23. Due to inclement weather, the first session of the sale will start at 11:00 a.m. ET, a one-hour delay from it's originally scheduled time.

Multiple group winner and group 1-placed Beauvatier, who was last seen winning the Challenge Stakes (G2) at Newmarket, will stand at Haras d'Etreham in 2026.

Making his final breeze at Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma Training Track Oct. 19 before shipping to California Oct. 22, Sovereignty went five furlongs in 1:01.39.

Half Yours proved himself one of the shrewdest second-hand buys of the century as he added to a regal day for unsung sires by lifting the Caulfield Cup (G1) at Caulfield Racecourse Oct. 18.

Embroidery answers the distance question to win the Shuka Sho (G1) Oct. 19 at Kyoto Racecourse, scoring two-thirds of Japan's Filly Triple Crown.

Trainer Gordon Elliott wins all five jump races at Far Hills Oct. 18, all with Jack Kennedy aboard, including the American Grand National Hurdle Stakes (NSA-1) with late-running Zanahiyr.

Ready for Candy may be a bit "tricky" to train, but she has been oh so sweet for trainer Phil Antonacci.

Arindel homebred Mythical ran like she never lost a beat, romping home the easiest of winners in the $200,000 Florida Sire Susan's Girl Stakes Oct. 18 at Gulfstream Park.

King's Plate Stakes winner Mansetti led for most of the race, but it was Chiefswood Stables' homebred Borealis Trail who finished strongest of all to take the Ontario Derby (G3) Oct. 18 at Woodbine.

Parx Racing-based trainer Butch Reid resides in Pennsylvania, but Kentucky is his apparent home away from home.

Brendan Walsh, who had eight victories through Oct. 17 to lead the trainer standings for the Keeneland fall meet, entered three in the $350,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3) for fillies and mares going 1 1/2 miles on the grass.

Zedan Racing Stables' Barnes made a triumphant return to the winner's circle Oct. 18, soaring to an 8 1/4-length win in the $350,000 Perryville Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.

Hong Kong hero Ka Ying Rising earned confirmation of his global superstar status and a comparison to his trainer's former champion Better Loosen Up in storming to victory in the Oct. 18 The Everest (G1) at Randwick Racecourse.

On a British Champions day with two triple-digit upset winners in group 1 races, favored Kalpana earned a redeeming win in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1) after a frustrating season, winning the race for the second year in a row.