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The Axe the Racing Tax campaign has evidently hit a nerve at the Treasury, which made what was seen to be the unusual move of issuing a statement on the eve of the protest. The statement was also notable for being particularly tetchy in its tone.

On the Sept. 15 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins on the start of the Kentucky Derby and Oaks trails, Frank Angst discusses opening week of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and we preview the Pennsylvania Derby (G1).

Racing Australia will go back to the drawing board this week after a bid to make four more NSW races group 1s was rejected by the Asian Racing Federation's Asian Pattern Committee.

It is hard to believe good karma has not played a role in Thoroughbred owner Lucas Stritsman's uncommon success.

At the end of the sixth session, a total of 1,305 horses changed hands for $434,982,000, including private sales, surpassing last year's record sale that grossed $428,097,000 from the 12-session sale.

As the top-dollar yearlings grab the headlines at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, international pinhookers like Cormac Farrell of CF Bloodstock are searching for value that could turn big profits once they take the horses back home.

Susan Naylor found herself in a bidding war at Keeneland's September Yearling Sale when she went to $600,000 to secure the top-priced filly (Hip 1722) by Bolt d'Oro, who is a half to impressive maiden winner It's Our Time.

Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable partnered on a Not This Time colt, Hip 1762, for $875,000 in the sixth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 14. The colt hails from the family of Hall of Famer Zenyatta.

Chancer McPatrick, the multiple grade 1-winning juvenile by McKinzie, will stand stud at Eric and Tamara Gustavson's Spendthrift Farm in 2026, the farm announced Sept. 14.

A half brother to Prix Jean Prat (G1) victor Woodshauna is among the yearlings included in the strongest line-up yet for Arqana's October Yearling Sale, which runs Oct. 21-25.

Strong attendance on Haskell and Mother's Day led to an increase in daily average attendance at the 2025 Monmouth Park meet, while average total handle and average on-track handle decreased.

Eve Johnson Houghton talked the talk pre-race, and Zavateri walked the walk by battling like a gladiator to deliver his trainer the second group 1 winner of her career and down the best juvenile Aidan O'Brien could throw at her in Gstaad.

Precise put in a sterling performance Sept. 14 to deny stablemate Beautify to win the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) at The Curragh in a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race for an automatic position into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T).

Arizona Blaze earned an automatic berth into the @BreedersCup with a win in the Flying Five Stakes (G1) at The Curragh Sept. 14, a race that is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.

Al Riffa is all set for the Melbourne Cup (G1) after an impressive triumph in the Irish St. Leger (G1) at The Curragh Sept. 14.

Four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Terry Bradshaw has won plenty of big games in his career, but he celebrated a different kind of victory when Taken by the Wind captured the $251,250 Pocahontas Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs Sept. 13.

Mr Brightside enhanced his reputation as a people's horse when he benefited from a Craig Williams riding lesson to secure a 10th elite-level success in the Makybe Diva Stakes (G1) Sept. 13.

The Keeneland September Yearling Sale continued to show historic strength during the first session of Book 3 Sept. 13. A total of 293 horses changed hands for $64,939,000, including private sales, up 31% from last year's corresponding session.

Delacroix produced a dominant performance in the Irish Champion Stakes (G1), supplying Aidan O’Brien with his 13th win in the race on Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown and earning a berth in the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T).

Father versus son. They teamed up to win the Irish St Leger with Order Of St George in 2015, but Aidan and Joseph O'Brien are on opposing sides 10 years later as Illinois takes on Al Riffa in what promises to be a spicy staying affair at the Curragh.