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Three Europeans, led by group 1 winner Diego Velazquez, take on nine high-quality American runners in the $1.25 million Turf Mile Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland Oct. 4.

Ocala Breeders' Sales Company announced Oct. 1, that they have partnered with Carlos Morales of Agentes 305 to provide Spanish-language coverage on site for the upcoming October Yearling Sale taking place Oct. 7-8.

The Monmouth County-based Second Call Thoroughbred Adoption and Placement's Charity Horse Show will be held Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown.

Reigning Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Bill Mott has been named recipient of the 2025 Warner L. Jones Jr. Horseman of the Year Award presented by the Louisville-based Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has won the American Pharoah Stakes (G1) a record 13 times, including the last four runnings.

Trainer Whit Beckman debuted a couple of promising 2-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course. One a colt, the other a filly.

If the Keeneland turf course plays anything like it did in the spring, speed will reign supreme over the fall meet, which could play right into the hands of the returning Choisya in the $800,000 First Lady Stakes (G1T) Oct. 4.

The British Racing Hall of Fame will have two new members Oct. 18 as Enable (GB), who defeated males in the 2018 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) at Churchill Downs, and Major Dick Hern join the modern greats of British Flat racing as the latest inductees.

Ironhorse Stallions and Ironhorse Racing Stable have secured a long-term home at the former Stone Bridge Farm in Schuylerville, N.Y.

Forever Young looked fit and ready for a return engagement in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) as he easily won the Nippon TV Hai Oct. 1 at Funabashi Racecourse.

The heroics of Mychel Sanchez at Parx Racing, along with the on-track accomplishments of John Velazquez, Javier Castellano, Mike Smith, and Frankie Dettori, result in them being collectively named Jockey of the Week.

Porter on Pedigrees

A total of 161 horses changed hands for $4,978,100, including private sales. The one-day sale established a new record sale average of $30,920, and tied the $20,000 record median set in 2021.

The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association announces that stakes purses for Louisiana Champions Day Stakes at Fair Grounds in December and Louisiana Premier Night at Delta Downs in February are increasing by a total of $250,000.

The road back to racing has been a long one for Tamara. Now the Spendthrift Farm homebred will try to make it a return worth waiting for in the Oct. 4 Chillingworth Stakes.

The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society announced Sept. 29 they will hold an inaugural Canadian Digital Mixed Sale, Nov. 20-25. The sale will include breeding stock, weanlings, yearlings, stallion shares, and horses of racing age.

Coolmore have enjoyed plenty of success with Blackbeard and Charles Darwin, and can now look forward to the pair's year-younger sister after bidding €1,900,000 for the daughter of No Nay Never on day two of the Goffs Orby Sale Sept. 30.

Most of the field for the Oct. 3 Jessamine Stakes (G2T) was last seen at Kentucky Downs, but the morning-line pick, Time to Dream, brings her undefeated record from Saratoga.

A field of 12 fillies will vie for a spot in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) at Del Mar in the 1 1/16-mile Miss Grillo Stakes (G2T) Oct. 4 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The annual University of Kentucky Pre-Veterinary Experience Day returns Feb. 14 the campus of the University of Kentucky. The daylong event is designed for high school students interested in a career in veterinary medicine.