Blood-Horse

Whether it is the first Saturday in May or the last one in September, Mystik Dan continues to rack up the wins at Churchill Downs.

Johannes, winner of the 2024 City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2T) and second in last year's Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T), prepped for this year's Breeders' Cup with a second victory in the City of Hope Mile Sept. 27 at Santa Anita Park.

At the age of 75, trainer Michael Campbell has little interest in a large stable. But Campbell surely had the right horse Sept. 27 in George Mellon's Patriot Spirit, who is poised to give his trainer's stable 10% participation at the Breeders' Cup.

Remington Park has added a date of racing Oct. 5.

Coming into the $250,000 Gallant Bloom Stakes (G2) Sept. 27 at Aqueduct Racetrack, R Disaster had an exemplary record but she was missing one thing, a graded stakes victory. She checked that box with emphasis, rolling to a 3 1/2-length victory.

While he only beat two rivals, Locked did enough in the $261,000 Woodward Stakes (G1) at Aqueduct Racetrack to earn a trip to the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar.

True Love showed true acceleration to belatedly win her first group 1 in the Sept. 27 Cheveley Park Stakes (G1)—and there might be more to come before the season is out.

2023 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) winner Unquestionable will stand at Rathbarry Stud next year.

Sprint star Book'em Danno will bypass the remainder of the 2025 racing season, trainer Derek Ryan said. Reasons cited were the suspension of jockey Paco Lopez, the gelding's demanding five-race campaign, and a reluctance to run at Del Mar.

A fierce competitor on the New York turf sprint circuit the last few years, the hard-knocking Alogon landed his first graded stakes victory at the ripe age of 6.

Winchell Thoroughbreds' Snow Face Princess, a maiden and stakes winner at Saratoga Race Course over the summer, returns to New York for the Oct. 2 Matron Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Godolphin's globetrotting 7-year-old Rebel's Romance easily won the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes (G1T)  Sept. 27 at Aqueduct Racetrack in the reigning champion turf male's return to American racing.

Mark Cohen owns Dr. Venkman with partners Dan Agnew, Clint Bunch, and James Hailey. The two-time grade 2 winner will start Sept. 28 in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.

Charm Stone advertised her spring credentials when she returned from a spell with a brilliant victory in the Sept. 26 Manikato Stakes (G1) over 1,200 meters (about six furlongs) at Moonee Valley Racecourse, her second taste of group 1 honors.

After suffering six straight defeats, R. Lee Lewis' Gun Song returned to the winner's circle in the $232,500 Beldame Stakes (G2) Sept. 26 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Multiple graded stakes winner Drafted is named the 2025 Bill Kraatz Thoroughbred Makeover Ambassador Award winner.

The catalog for the Inglis Digital USA October (Early) Sale is now online, with 64 horses on offer appealing to all sections of the market. Among the standouts in the catalog is grade 2 winner Damon's Mound, offered as a racing or stallion prospect.

The Bond: Two Hearts-One Spirit honor's the young racehorse fan Cody Dorman and his namesake and champion Cody's Wish. The statue will be dedicated Oct. 11 at the Kentucky Horse Park.

This year's 2-year-old program has marched on without bringing the horses with it. The division is still forming ahead of the Middle Park (G1) Sept. 27, which has as strong a claim as any to be the last real leading 2-year-old race of the campaign.

The Sept. 27 Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) at Newmarket is by no means a straight head-to-head, with four fillies holding major claims, but it could be decided by the outcome of the rematch between Lowther (G2) 1-2 Royal Fixation and America Queen.