Blood-Horse

One wouldn't blame Thoroughbred owner Lance Gasaway for spending some time on Google this week researching second lightning strikes.

The CA$250,000 Nearctic Stakes (G2T) Oct. 4 at Woodbine is not part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In, but the connections of favored Bring Theband Home understandably have a Breeders' Cup race on their minds.

A well-related filly from the debut crop of State of Rest took top billing during a notably solid opening session of Book 2 of the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale Oct. 1.

The 5-year-old son of Speightstown is out of a half sister to Canadian champion grass horse and leading sire Perfect Soul.

Variety is the key word for the Woodford Stakes (G2T) Oct. 4 at Keeneland, with runners aged 3 to 9 arriving from all directions.

Repole Stable's Final Score aims to carry his speed to Kentucky as he faces 11 rivals in the $400,000 Bourbon Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland Oct. 5.

The Fair Bet Act and the Wager Act do the same thing—restore the gambling losses deduction to 100%, but the Wager Act is seen as having a better chance to pass because of the support in Congress Republicans have.

Fasig-Tipton announced 210 main catalog entries for The November Sale, the company's selected mixed sale to be held in Lexington Nov. 3, following the Breeders' Cup World Championships. The single-session sale will begin at 4 p.m. ET

Dreaming of Alys, the 61-1 upset winner of the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes, will try to prove that victory was more than just a fluke as she takes on seven other 2-year-old fillies in the $100,000 Surfer Girl Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita.

OwnerView announces that it is accepting nominations for the 2025 New Owner of the Year Award, which honors a new Thoroughbred owner who has been successful in the sport and has had a positive impact on the industry.

Turfway Park intends to add three stakes races in December and raise purses for maiden races from $80,000 to $90,000 during its upcoming meets, according to track officials.

Three Europeans, led by group 1 winner Diego Velazquez, take on nine high-quality American runners in the $1.25 million Turf Mile Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland Oct. 4.

Ocala Breeders' Sales Company announced Oct. 1, that they have partnered with Carlos Morales of Agentes 305 to provide Spanish-language coverage on site for the upcoming October Yearling Sale taking place Oct. 7-8.

The Monmouth County-based Second Call Thoroughbred Adoption and Placement's Charity Horse Show will be held Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown.

Reigning Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Bill Mott has been named recipient of the 2025 Warner L. Jones Jr. Horseman of the Year Award presented by the Louisville-based Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has won the American Pharoah Stakes (G1) a record 13 times, including the last four runnings.

Trainer Whit Beckman debuted a couple of promising 2-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course. One a colt, the other a filly.

If the Keeneland turf course plays anything like it did in the spring, speed will reign supreme over the fall meet, which could play right into the hands of the returning Choisya in the $800,000 First Lady Stakes (G1T) Oct. 4.

The British Racing Hall of Fame will have two new members Oct. 18 as Enable (GB), who defeated males in the 2018 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) at Churchill Downs, and Major Dick Hern join the modern greats of British Flat racing as the latest inductees.

Ironhorse Stallions and Ironhorse Racing Stable have secured a long-term home at the former Stone Bridge Farm in Schuylerville, N.Y.