Blood-Horse

Multiple grade 1-placed, grade 2 winner Post Time will stand his first season at Northview Stallion Station near Chesapeake City, Md.

Letters to the Editor for BH Daily, Oct. 23

With seven 2-year-olds leading the way, Not This Time tops all sires with 10 horses pre-entered in this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar. Into Mischief and Gun Runner are tied with eight horses pre-entered.

Gains were seen across all metrics, with 271 head selling for $19,546,500. The average was up to $72,127, a 48% increase from last year's third session of $48,862, and a 38% increase from last year's total sale average of $52,392.

Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Oct. 22 a growth project called Victory Run, an exciting new structure on the first turn of the Churchill Downs racetrack between the First Turn Club and the Skye Terrace.

The Fair Hill leg of the Real Rider Cup enjoyed its new home on the schedule of events at the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill presented by Brown Advisory, concluding a gorgeous day of cross country where the Thoroughbred reigned supreme.

The outcome of Breeders' Cup World Championship races will set the value of Sierra Leone, Fierceness, and Citizen Bull. Meanwhile, Justify continues to lead the Ashford Stud roster at $200,000.

Matt Laurie is confident doubting punters will see the real Treasurethe Moment in the Oct. 25 Cox Plate (G1) at Moonee Valley Racecourse, where the competition includes last year's winner Via Sistina, also owned by Yulong.

A talented assemblage of New York-breds lines up to compete in nine different stakes on Empire Classic day Oct. 25 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The 2025 fall meet marks the final racing season for Keeneland arboriculture manager Charlie Hobbs, who has worked at the Lexington track for 44 years.

For the fourth year in a row more than 200 pre-entries have been accepted for the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Breeders' Cup unveils the official race order, post times, and wagering menu for the 42nd Breeders' Cup World Championships Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. 

Journeyman jockey Floyd Wethey Jr. got a head start on his 36th birthday celebration, winning three stakes races on the Oklahoma Classics card Oct. 17 at Remington Park. The panel of racing experts voted Wethey Jockey of the Week for Oct. 13-19.

Reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna will be honored in a special retirement ceremony during the sixth race at Churchill Downs Oct. 26 before she begins her second career as a broodmare at Hill 'n' Dale Farms at Xalapa in Lexington.

The Jockey Club announces the launch of its traceability survey, which records the status of a Thoroughbred, including the horse's use and location, to better understand the whereabouts of Thoroughbreds retired from breeding and racing.

The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards marked its 10th anniversary in North America Oct. 21 in Lexington by honoring and awarding the individuals who make the Thoroughbred industry the unique and special industry it is.  

Racing in Kentucky shifts from Lexington to Louisville Oct. 26 as Churchill Downs opens its 26-day fall meeting with an 11-race "Stars of Tomorrow I" program for 2-year-olds, highlighted by the Street Sense (G3) and Rags to Riches Stakes.

At the conclusion of the second session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale, 263 horses had changed hands for a total of $15,912,000, including private sales. The average price was $60,502, with a median of $32,000.

Cameron Dulgar of Morplay Racing signed the ticket for the final yearling offering by 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline Oct. 21 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale. The colt, consigned as Hip 512, brought a final bid of $425,000.

Three-year-olds Gosger and Bracket Buster are entered for their first test against elders in a competitive edition of the $350,000 Fayette Stakes (G3) at Keeneland Oct. 25.