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Trainer Dylan Cunha's desire to compete at the highest level is seeing him hitting the sales ground hard once more, including a visit to the United States to chance his arm at the cream of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale offerings.

The California Horse Racing Board authorizes the Keeneland Championship Sale to conduct its second such horse sale Oct. 29 in the Del Mar paddock in conjunction with the Breeders' Cup.

Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez and retired jockeys Trevor McCarthy and Rosie Napravnik participated with other athletes in a mental health roundtable Sept. 16 in the United States Capitol.

Four races not contested at Canterbury Park the evening of Sept. 18 due to inclement weather will be run Sept. 20. They will follow the existing races scheduled on Saturday, Canterbury's final day of its meet.

Immersive, champion 2-year-old filly of 2024, looks to get back in a winning groove with a class drop into the $175,000 Seneca Overnight Stakes Sept. 20 at Churchill Downs.

Philanthropist and owner Ken Freirich: "I want to send two messages to the industry—we need to do more, and we need to plan now for the future of the sport we all love."

Woodbine-based Norm McKnight is a multiple graded stakes-winning trainer.

The Challenge, presented by Gainesway

Sept. 18 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where a colt by Liam's Map topped the 10th session at $480,000, cumulative sales topped $500 million for the first time with two sessions still remaining.

Beginning with the start of the Classic Meet at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26, all maiden special weight races in restricted and open company run at Santa Anita will receive a $2,500 increase in the maiden bonus awards.

Michael Kent Jr. believes the stars are aligning for a mare "you'd want to go to war with" as Miss Roumbini looks to translate her astonishing consistency into group 1 glory in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (G1) at Caulfield Sept. 20.

Hawthorne Race Course, despite more than six years of delay, remains committed to construction of a casino at its suburban Chicago location, track president Tim Carey told the Illinois Racing Board at the annual dates hearing Sept. 18.

Joe Bravo, sidelined by a broken finger for about three months, resumes riding Sept. 19 at Gulfstream Park. Bravo is named on Fausto Gutierrez-trained 3-year-old colt Rashid in the seventh race.

Keeneland has announced that Taylor Made Sales Agency will offer a share in Not This Time at the second edition of the Keeneland Championship Sale, to be held in the Del Mar paddock Oct. 29, two days before the Breeders' Cup.

Stone Farm and Upland Flats Racing's Swore battles back along the inside to prevail in the $150,000 Lonesome Glory Handicap (NSA-G1), a 2 1/2-mile steeplechase for older horses during the Belmont at the Big A meet. 

After competitive graded stakes losses in his only two races of 2025, Dresden Row lines up as the 6-5 morning line favorite in the CA$150,000 Durham Cup (G3) Sept. 20 at Woodbine. 

Multiple graded stakes-winning trainer Richard Robert Root died Aug. 25. He was 82.

Keeneland has announced that Taylor Made Sales Agency will offer a share in Not This Time at the second edition of the Keeneland Championship Sale, to be held in the Del Mar paddock Oct. 29, two days before the Breeders' Cup.

Topping the Sept. 17 ninth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale was a colt by Midshipman purchased by Wesley Ward for $270,000 from the consignment of Nursery Place, agent.

Jamie Insole was a man on a mission at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, with the Urloxhey Stables joint-trainer featuring among the buyers at the Kentucky bonanza via a daughter of sire-on-fire Justify.