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To honor John Harris' legacy, Santa Anita Park will host the John C. Harris Stakes Sept. 27. For 3-year-old fillies at about 6 1/2 furlongs on Santa Anita's unique hillside turf course, the race was previously named the Unzip Me Stakes.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 1,601 entries for its Kentucky October Yearlings Sale, to be held Oct. 20-23 in Lexington. The four continuous sessions, conducted Monday-Thursday, will begin each day at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced Sept. 25 a strategic partnership with EnviroEquine & Pet that involves an innovative online cookie drive aimed at raising funds for vital equine research.

Full Serrano is making only his second start of 2025 in the Goodwood at Santa Anita, with an eye toward another appearance in the Breeders' Cup.

Letters to the Editor for the Sept. 25 edition of BH Daily sees a call for changes in how the Eclipse Award for horseplayer of the year is determined.

Patriot Spirit, bred in Kentucky by Blue Heaven Farm, may not be as well known as some of his eight Vosburgh Stakes (G3) opponents, but he enters with all cylinders clicking in search of his first graded stakes win.

Turnover was up fully 51%, the average price rose 48%, and the median was up 54%. The financial details were underpinned by a rock-solid clearance rate of 93% as 440 yearlings found a buyer from 474 offered. 

R Disaster, who has been a hard-luck runner in graded stakes, will try to change her fortunes in the $250,000 Gallant Bloom Stakes (G2) Sept. 27 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Ken Wilkins has previously run stallion operations at Spendthrift Farm, Adena Springs, and Vinery.

Millionaire Coal Battle looks to rebound in the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) Sept. 28 against seven other 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles at Remington Park.

The word for Locked is "pivotal." The Sept. 27 edition of the Woodward Stakes (G2) will be quite telling for Locked, the lone grade 1 winner in the field.

Last-start Moir Stakes (G1) winner Baraqiel will chase back-to-back Moonee Valley group 1s when he lines up in the Manikato Stakes (G1) Sept. 26.

Making his first start since traveling to the Middle East this winter, reigning champion male sprinter Straight No Chaser seeks a repeat win in the $200,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park Sept. 28.

There aren't too many turf graded stakes races from the mile to 1 1/2-mile range in Southern California that Gold Phoenix hasn't won yet, but the John Henry Turf Championship Stakes (G2T) is one of them.

The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation is pleased to award $5,000 to Amplify Horse Racing to be used for enhancing education.

America's Best Racing's Bob Ehalt gives his "At a Glance" analysis of the $200,000 Vosburgh Stakes (G3) at Belmont at The Big A. The winner will earn an expenses-paid spot in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar.

America's Best Racing's Patrick Reed gives his "At a Glance" analysis of the $400,000 Ack Ack Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs Sept. 27.

After just failing to catch sprint division leader Book'em Danno in the Forego Stakes (G1), LNJ Foxwoods' Scotland may finally get his moment in the sun in the $200,000 Vosburgh Stakes (G3) Sept. 27 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

A 10% share in group 1-winning mare Charm Stone topped the Inglis September (Late) Online Sale Sept. 23 when selling for AU$310,000 to Walnut Farm—the second-highest price for a racehorse share on the platform this year.

Legacy Ranch bought a California-bred daughter by first-crop yearling sire Corniche from Barton Thoroughbreds for $250,000 to top the Sept. 23 Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearling Sale.