Blood-Horse

Compiled by America's Best Racing, a rundown of this week’s horse racing coverage on TV, streaming, and radio.

Race Track Chaplaincy of America announced that Mindy Coleman has been named the recipient of the 2025 RTCA Community Service Award.

Maiden Watch: Week of Oct. 13-19

The second Keeneland Championship Sale to be held Oct. 29 at Del Mar has supplemented a 25% ownership interest in grade 1 winner and millionaire Mullikin, a contender for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

Group 2 winner and Prix de Diane (G1) runner-up Survie will sell in the Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, taking place Dec. 1-3.

The Jockey Club reported Oct. 21 that 1,099 stallions covered 27,180 mares in North America during 2024, according to statistics compiled through Oct. 13. These breedings have resulted in 17,103 live foals of 2025 being reported to The Jockey Club.

Economics, one of the 2024 season's standout stars with an impressive victory in the Irish Champion Stakes (G1), has been retired from racing.

With less than two weeks before the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup, no changes occurred in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll Oct. 21.

The List: An Update and Review of General Sires List Rankings, other class rankings

A colt by Curlin, consigned as Hip 268, brought $900,000 from Legion Bloodstock, agent, on the first day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale Oct. 20 in Lexington.

A Louisiana-bred filly (Hip 289) by first-crop yearling sire Epicenter sold for $400,000 during the Oct. 20 first session of the Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale. Marette Farrell signed the ticket on behalf of Scott Mawaka's Mo Speed Racing.

A federal search warrant was served Oct. 19 by approximately 200 law enforcement personnel from federal, state, and local agencies, targeting an alleged illegal horse racing gambling operation in Wilder, Idaho.

Denali Stud consigned a pair of $400,000 colts during the first day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearling Sale—Hip 48, a son of Gun Runner out of multiple graded stakes winner Lady Apple, and Hip 198, a colt by Horse of the Year Flightline.

On the Oct. 20 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Kate Hunter previews the Japanese Breeders' Cup runners, trainer Will Walden talks Rhetorical, and Jes Sikura highlights Hill 'n' Dale's Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale consignment.

Veterinary issues, pedigree, conformation, and what "flaws" can be forgiven when hunting for a future racehorse were addressed during a one-day clinic on opening day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearling Sale.

A European yearling sales season which has shown gains across the board returns on its circular route back to where it began Oct. 21 with five more sessions in Deauville for the Arqana October Yearling Sale.

The recent Tattersalls October Yearling Sale was an active one for American buyers. But factors in the United States beyond racing will affect some of the calculus used in deciding what happens with some of the yearlings purchased.

Coolmore America and Mike Repole announced Oct. 20 that Fierceness will take up stud duties in 2026 at Ashford Stud following his final start in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

Mullikin, a grade 1-winning son of Violence and a leading contender for this year's $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar, will stand the 2026 breeding season at WinStar Farm, near Versailles, Ky.

Arthur's Ride, impressive winner of the 2024 Whitney Stakes (G1) and a son of perennial leading sire Tapit, will stand the 2026 breeding season at Taylor Made Stallions, the farm announced Oct. 20. His stud fee will be $12,500, stands and nurses.