Blood-Horse

Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. was injured Sept. 21 when he was dislodged from his mount in the third race at Churchill Downs.

The free lifetime starts for Thoroughbred breeders service, which was launched earlier this year, has been expanded to include all registered racehorses as well as younger horses that are registered but have not reached the track.

The Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearling Sale has produced many stakes winners over the years, including 2022 graduate and multiple stakes winner Pushiness. Barton Thoroughbreds will offer a half sister to Pushiness by Bodexpress.

Jockey Kazushi Kimura rode his 1,000th winner Sept. 20 when Tee N Off won the fifth race at Los Alamitos Race Course.

Eduardo Terrazas' broodmare band is small in numbers, but mighty in results, most recently proven when Brotha Keny, a product of his breeding program, won the $300,000 Bourbon Flight Stakes Sept. 20 at Churchill Downs.

The enduring appeal of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is reflected in reports from France Galop that advance ticket sales are ahead of the same point in any of the last five years, with particularly strong interest from British and Irish racegoers.

Classy 2-and 3-year-old New York-breds will be featured in four stakes events Sept. 22 at Finger Lakes.

Having owned horses for about 40 years in Brazil and Uruguay, Ricardo Felizzola always dreamed of racing in America. Thanks to No Bien Ni Mal, he is now a graded winner in the United States after just two starts.

A severe thunderstorm bringing heavy rain and lightning through the area caused Gulfstream Park to cancel its final five races Sept. 21 out of an abundance of caution for horses, horsemen, and fans.

Coolmore stallion Practical Joke was represented by his 50th stakes winner Sept. 20 when Gurney Halleck won the Henry Mercer Memorial Stakes at Charles Town.

Four stakes for 2-year-olds—including a pair of graded races—highlight the six-day Winter Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos Race Course Dec. 5-14.

Canterbury Park concluded its 2025 season Sept. 20 with an increase in average daily attendance and daily average on track wagering remaining consistent with the prior season.

Record-breaking Tattersalls Horses In Training Sale buy Sir Delius announced himself as a spring staying force with a win in the Sept. 20 Underwood Stakes (G1), supplying Juddmonte Farms' Frankel with his 40th group 1 winner in the process.

The Keeneland September Yearling Sale concluded Sept. 20, with the highest gross sales ever achieved at a Thoroughbred auction. At the end of 12 sessions, 3,076 horses had changed hands for a record $531,634,400, including post-ring sales.

Off three straight wins at Canterbury Park, Mad House shipped to Parx Racing and pulled the upset in the $400,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) Sept. 20 to give trainer David VanWinkle and owner James Thares their first graded victories.

Despite a slow start, Godolphin homebred Ragtime rallied from sixth and drew clear in the stretch to win the $300,000 Dogwood Stakes (G3) by 2 1/4 lengths Sept. 20 at Churchill Downs.

Cool Kiss, sent off at 17-1, gets up in the final jumps to win the $112,348 Durham Cup Stakes (G3) Sept. 20 at Woodbine.

Haulin Ice is headed to the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) as the highest-earning Arkansas-bred in history after crushing her foes in the $200,000 Princess Rooney Stakes (G3) Sept. 20 at Gulfstream Park.

Ready for Candy went from last-out winner to graded stakes heroine in the $175,000 Winter Memories Stakes (G3T) and in the process, provided her trainer, Lindy Farms' Philip Antonacci, with the first black-type victory of his burgeoning career.

Baeza, who settled for third in two classics this spring, rated in seventh early, circled rivals in the far turn, took command from Goal Oriented in the stretch and drew off in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) Sept. 20 at Parx Racing.