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Keeneland announced Sept. 30 that grade 1 winner Vahva, a 5-year-old daughter of Gun Runner who has earned more than $2 million, has been entered in Book 1 of the November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 4. She will be consigned by Lane's End, agent.

Group 1 winner White Birch has appeared as a star name in the catalog for the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training and Yearling Sale which runs Oct. 27-31.

If there's a star in the field for the Oct. 4 Champagne Stakes (G1) at the moment it would be Double Down Horse Racing's It's Our Time, whose astonishing debut went platinum in music parlance. 

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A trio of high-rolling buyers clashed over the Blue Point half brother to Bay City Roller during the early stages of the Goffs Orby Sale Sept. 29, with the hammer eventually falling at €675,000 to Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock.

Fasig-Tipton's Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale, held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, saw a healthy amount of prospective buyers on the grounds over the weekend. The one-day sale begins Sept. 30 at 11:00 a.m. ET.

Tommy Jo and Percy's Bar last out finished 1-2 in the Spinaway Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. They are the only stakes winners in the six-horse field for the Oct. 3 Alcibiades Stakes (G1) going 1 1/16 miles at Keeneland.

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance has received $250,000 of annual funding from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The funding will go directly to accredited aftercare facilities in Kentucky.

After his father, Carlo, has continued his strong opposition to decoupling, Gulfstream Park informed first-year trainer Nick Vaccarezza that they will not accept his entries.

After securing runner-up honors in the past two editions of the Phoenix Stakes (G2), Nakatomi will try to land top honors when he starts in the six-furlong sprint Oct. 3 at Keeneland.

On the Sept. 29 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Kenny McPeek discusses Mystik Dan's Lukas Classic (G2) win and Thorpedo Anna's upcoming start in the Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 5. Bob Ehalt recaps weekend racing in New York.

BBN Racing's Bracket Buster landed his first graded stakes victory in the Oklahoma Derby (G3) Sept. 28 at Remington Park. His trainer Vicki Oliver became the first female trainer to win the race.

The 2019 champion 3-year-old colt and second-crop sire has been relocated to Breakway Farm near Dillsboro, Ind. A partnership focused on supporting the Indiana program put the stallion deal together.

The Oct. 7 sale session will offer Hips 1-230, plus supplements Hips 231 - 258. The Oct. 8 session will sell Hips 301-530 along with supplements Hips 531-551. Sessions begin at noon ET each day.

In his first meet at Churchill Downs since returning from a broken ankle, jockey Tyler Gaffalione earned his 14th overall riding title at the Louisville, Ky., track.

Forever Young will get his warmup for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) in the Nippon TV Hai Oct. 1 at Funabashi Racecourse in Japan.

Coming off an eight-month layoff between races, it would have been fair to wonder how Imagination would perform in his return to competition. The Into Mischief colt exceeded even the wildest of expectations to win the Santa Anita Sprint (G2).

The Chris Waller-trained Beiwacht emulated his sire Bivouac when winning the Golden Rose Stakes (G1) Sept. 27 in a record-breaking time of 1:20.79, smashing the previous track record of 1:21.22 held by Cepheus.

Cavalieri, Richi, and Howin ran one-two-three for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, as Cavalieri posted her fifth win in as many starts.