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The Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In returns to South Korea Sept. 7, headlined by the $1.1 million Korea Cup (G3) at 1 1/8 miles and the $1 million Korea Sprint (G3) at six furlongs, both on the dirt track at Seoul Racecourse Park.

The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation is pleased to award $15,000 to Belmont Childcare Association to be used for its early childhood education and development program. 

King's Plate winner Mansetti makes a second stop along the Canadian Triple Crown when he battles six other Canadian-bred 3-year-olds in the CA$400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes Sept. 9 at Fort Erie.

When the July Cup (G1) winner turns up at Haydock Park eight weeks later, they are usually a short price to follow up, but that is not the case this time, with No Half Measures a little dismissed in the betting for the Sept. 6 Sprint Cup Stakes (G1).

The stakes-winning Hey Nay Nay tries two turns for the first time in the Sept. 7 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes (G3T) at Del Mar.

Jonathan's Way, whose promise last year as a juvenile included a debut win at Saratoga before a victory over Owen Almighty in the Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs, has been retired from racing and will enter stud next year at Airdrie Stud.

The replay of a Sept. 2 OwnerView webinar spotlighting women in Thoroughbred racing is now available.

Trainers Bob Baffert and Doug O'Neill are the only ones who have entered horses in the Del Mar Futurity (G1) Sept. 7 at Del Mar, Baffert with four and O'Neill with two.

The Challenge, presented by Gainesway

The University Press of Kentucky is proud to announce the launch of a new book series, Racing Royalty, dedicated to honoring the equine stars of Thoroughbred racing.

Grants totaling more than $1.1 million were recently awarded to 98 organizations. Over the last 35 years, TCA has awarded more than $28 million in grants.

Jeff Lifson is in the midst of another career move, having left West Point Thoroughbreds earlier this year to co-found U Racing Stables with his wife, Stephanie Collins, the partnership's director of communications.

Niance, a little mare who's recovered from an injury, will chase top-tier glory while seeking to extend a hot record for females in the AU$750,000 Moir Stakes (G1) Sept. 6 at Moonee Valley Racecourse.

Since stretching out in distance, Stellify has set fire to the turf with a pair of course records. Now, she faces a true test of her ability Sept. 6 while lining up in graded competition in the $2 million Ladies Marathon (G3T) at Kentucky Downs.

The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit, the enforcement arm of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, has issued trainer Raymond Handal a 22-day suspension for three different dexamethasone positives.

After lengthy negotiations, the Jockey's Guild and TRAO have agreed to the terms of a three-year agreement, which include a minimum losing-mount fee of $100, with a fourth-place incentive, and all jockeys will pay the per-mount HISA fee.

Oaklawn Park recently announced a key leadership transition within its racing and wagering operations.

Woodbine Entertainment announced a partnership with 1/ST Racing that will see the Dance Smartly Stakes (G2T) become a qualifying race for the Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational Stakes (G2T).

Trainer Bob Baffert has won a record 11 Del Mar Debutantes, and could get extend that streak with Himika, Explora, or Bottle of Rouge in the Sept. 6 running of the Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) at Del Mar.

A stakes winner at ages 2, 3, and 4, C R K Stable's Medoro appears primed for another big effort in her second start off the layoff in the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes (G2T) Sept. 6 at Del Mar.