Blood-Horse

Full Serrano makes his first start since his Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) victory last fall in the $300,000 Del Mar Mile Stakes (G2T) at Del Mar.

A race like the Spinaway Stakes (G1) can reveal a great deal about the future for a collection of 2-year-old fillies.

Pleasant Acres Stallions announced Aug. 28 that Gulfport, a multiple stakes winner and son of champion sire Uncle Mo, will join its Florida stallion roster for the 2026 breeding season for a $7,500 fee.

Amid a conflict between jockeys in Oklahoma and the Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma over minimum mount fees for riders, no riders are named aboard horses in the entries for the Sept. 4 card at Remington Park.

Melbourne Cup (G1)-winning syndicators Australian Bloodstock have purchased dual group 1 winner Al Riffa.

Trainer Miguel Clement sends out a trio of European imports, including favored La Mehana, in the $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (G2T) Aug. 30 at Saratoga Race Course.

Antiquarian, a major player in the Aug. 31 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, represents generational talent for both his breeder and owner.

Three-year-old Journalism will face champion Fierceness and the nearly undefeated Nysos in Del Mar's $1 million Pacific Classic.

Del Mar racing secretary David Jerkens assigns the weights at the track, including for the Green Flash Handicap, an Aug. 30 Breeders' Cup Challenge race.

Television coverage of Kentucky Downs this meet will include a cable camera running the length of the stretch, a drone camera covering much of the backstretch, and additional fixed cameras.

After winning the Untapable Stakes with now grade 1 winner Kilwin last year, BBN Racing returns to Kentucky Downs in search of more success with a similarly named Twirling Candy filly, Mackinac.

The Too Darn Hot nomination was a collaboration between Godolphin, Watership Down Stud, and CatWalk, with all proceeds going to funding critical research to help those living with spinal cord injuries.

Aggregate sales on the first day of the Goffs UK Premier Sale Aug. 27 reached £7,796,000, just a 6% drop despite 43 fewer yearlings coming under the hammer. The clearance rate was a rock-solid 87% as 172 sold from 198 offered.

 Madaket Stables, Molly Willis, and Paul Willis' Jimmy P defends his title in the Aug. 27 Jonathan Sheppard Stakes (NSA-G1), a 2 3/8-mile hurdle handicap at Saratoga.

While this weekend's Pacific Classic (G1) and Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) will bring the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1)  into a sharper focus, grade 1 winner Locked will be using the Sept. 27 Woodward Stakes (G2) as his prep for the Nov. 1 showdown.

Five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown eyes back-to-back victories in the Aug. 28 With Anticipation Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course when he saddles Klaravich Stables' Capital Partner, an impressive debut winner at the Spa Aug. 2.

Ag Bullet returns to 6 1/2 furlongs and will try to keep her record perfect at that distance against a loaded field in the $2 million Ladies Turf Sprint (G2T) at Kentucky Downs Aug. 30. 

While he's not one of the three acknowledged "monsters" signed up to contest the Aug. 30 Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar, Midnight Mammoth shares a history with top California runners that just might make him a contender in the $1-million race.

Cheshire-based trainer Hugo Palmer will be traveling to Kentucky Downs this week to saddle group-winning filly Cheshire Dancer in the Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes (G3T) worth $2,000,000 Aug. 30.

Tattersalls will extend its sponsorship at Newmarket this year by sponsoring the Middle Park, Cheveley Park, and Royal Lodge stakes on Cambridgeshire day on the Rowley Mile.