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The Challenge, presented by Gainesway

The Tattersalls October Yearling Sale is one of if not the premier yearling sale in the world. So it shouldn't be a surprise that buyers anchored in the United States are not only making their way there but spending even more each year. 

Toby Moore, son of legendary Ballydoyle top jockey Ryan Moore, is set to make his much-anticipated riding debut at Kempton Park Oct. 10 when he partners Valdorcia for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby in a 6-furlong fillies' novice.

Matt Laurie is confident that a wide draw will be no barrier to success for Vinrock in the Caulfield Guineas (G1) over 1,600 meters (1 mile) as the crack colt headlines the stable's three-pronged attack on the stallion-making contest Oct. 11. 

Turnover for the three-day sale was 127,226,000 guineas for the 395 horses who changed hands. The average price was 322,090 guineas, with a median of 210,000 guineas, all down slightly from last year's Book 1 results.

The 2025 TAKE2 Jet Run Award winners are After the Races and CANTER USA.

It was a selective day's trade at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Horses in Training Sale Oct. 9, but steady figures and robust international participation offered encouragement for the continued growth of Australia's 2-year-old breeze-up scene.

The Dewhurst Stakes (G1) promises to be one of the best juvenile races of the season after leading hopes Gstaad, Distant Storm, and Zavateri were declared in a nine-runner field set to go 7 furlongs Oct. 11 at Newmarket Racecourse.

Seven horses—three weanlings, three racing or broodmare prospects, and one young broodmare—have been supplemented to Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 4.

Hundreds of Kentucky HBPA-member trainers are now eligible to sign up for a workers' compensation policy that covers their stable employees at a possible substantial savings.

C2 Racing Stable, Gary Barber, and La Milagrosa Stable's White Abarrio breezed a half-mile in company Oct. 9 at Gulfstream Park in preparation for a planned start in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

Fasig-Tipton released the first batch of supplemental entries Oct. 9 for its upcoming The November Sale. The dam of last year's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Full Serrano and dam of top 2-year-old Intrepido are among the entries.

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner Daryz will stay in training as a 4-year-old, the Aga Khan Studs revealed Oct. 9. The 3-year-old colt secured the biggest win of his career when defeating Minnie Hauk in France's showcase race Oct. 5.

Three individual shares in the group 2-winning entire Enriched sold for a combined AU$440,000 in a highly successful Inglis Digital October (Early) Online Sale Oct. 9.

War Dancer, New York's leading turf sire from 2022-24 and one of the state's leaders by progeny earnings on synthetic surfaces, will stand the 2026 breeding season at Mill Creek Farm near Stillwater, N.Y.

Siblings to 133 group and listed winners, including nine group 1 winners, feature in a high-class catalog for the Tattersalls December Foal Sale Nov. 25-29.

Through Oct. 5, Godolphin's dual-group 1 winner Ombudsman (IRE) remains atop the latest Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025.

The Jockey Club is projecting a North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 17,000 in 2026. This represents 300 fewer foals than the 2025 foal crop estimate of 17,300.

Letters to the Editor from the Oct. 9 issue of BH Daily.

Ocala Breeders' Sales October Yearling Sale concluded Oct. 8 with gains seen across the board. A total of 309 horses sold during the two-day sale for a total of $7,267,700 including private sales, a 27% increase on last year's gross of $5,724,600.