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On a British Champions day with two triple-digit upset winners in group 1 races, favored Kalpana earned a redeeming win in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1) after a frustrating season, winning the race for the second year in a row.

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1)-winning team of Mickael Barzalona, Francis Graffard, and Aga Khan Studs continued their awesome autumn when Calandagan landed the Champion Stakes (G1) Oct. 18 at Ascot Racecourse.

The catalog has been unveiled for the Arqana Vente d'Elevage mixed sale, which will run Dec. 6-9 in Deauville. A total of 1,002 lots have been cataloged, consisting of 462 mares, 219 fillies in and out of training, 301 foals, and five stallions.

Two-time grade 3 winner and grade 1-placed New York-bred Mo Plex has been retired from racing following a training injury, trainer Jeremiah Englehart told BloodHorse Oct. 18. Connections are currently pursuing a stud deal.

Hong Kong hero Ka Ying Rising earned confirmation of his global superstar status and a comparison to his trainer's former champion Better Loosen Up in storming to victory in the Oct. 18 The Everest (G1) at Randwick Racecourse.

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., announced Oct. 17 new partnership with MyRacehorse that brings together the passionate supporters of two organizations dedicated to celebrating the sport of Thoroughbred racing.

Closing weekend of the Keeneland fall meet kicks off with the $400,000 Valley View Stakes (G2T) Oct. 24, which drew an overflow field of some of the top 3-year-old turf fillies in the country.

With 15 days until the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), multiple grade 1 winner Journalism turned in his penultimate work the morning of Oct. 17 at Santa Anita Park.

Trainer Kenny McPeek posted on the social media platform X Oct. 17 that he would allow fans to see the recently retired Thorpedo Anna at his Keeneland barn Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. to noon ET for photographs.

Gun Runner, a 12-year-old son of Candy Ride, is the sire of 15 millionaires and 11 career grade 1 winners.

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher on Oct. 17 sent out a quartet of workers targeting the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1)—Fierceness, Mindframe, Antiquarian and Locked—on the Oklahoma dirt training track at Saratoga Race Course.

Grade 1 winner Kilwin has been supplemented to the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale catalog, and a 25% share in grade 3 winner Bracket Buster has been added to the Keeneland Championship Sale.

Blue Grass Farms Charities' sixth annual Relics and Rarities from the Bluegrass Region online auction will begin at noon Oct. 23, lasting until 7 p.m. Oct. 26.

With the conclusion of Book 3 Oct. 17 in Newmarket, the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale hit the finish line inching past last year's record gross while blowing by the record median.

Field of Gold bids to bounce back from his shock defeat in the Sussex Stakes (G1) but those closest to the leading miler know he will have to be at his brilliant best to overcome a wide draw in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) Oct. 18 at Ascot.

Presenting data Oct. 16 during the monthly meeting of the California Horse Racing Board in Sacramento, Calif., CHRB equine medical director Dr. Jeff Blea said regulatory protections for certain aspects of horse welfare are working well in the state.

A strong draft from the Aga Khan Studs headlines this year's Goffs Autumn Horses In Training Sale, which takes place Nov. 3.

Embroidery and Kamunyak, winners of the first two legs of the Japanese Filly Triple Crown, square off in the final leg, the Shuka Sho (G1) Oct. 19 at Tokyo Racecourse.

The Challenge, presented by Gainesway

Grade 1-winning 2-year-old filly Iron Orchard sold for $2.5 million to KatieRich Farms in the two-horse Fasig-Tipton Digital Fall Flash Sale. The other entry, graded winner Haulin Ice, was bought back on a final bid of $875,000.