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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. 

Trainer Bob Baffert is training Bottle of Rouge up to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), but two of her stablemates, including likely favorite Explora, will try to join her via the $200,000 Oak Leaf Stakes (G2) Oct. 4 at Santa Anita Park.

Maiden Watch: Week of Sept. 22-28

Compiled by America's Best Racing, a media schedule for one of the busiest and most exciting weeks in horse racing.

A pair of Belmont Stakes (G1) competitors highlight the field of seven for the Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes (G2T) Oct. 4 on the inner turf at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The 82nd Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale has cataloged 3,075 horses over a span of eight days beginning Nov. 4 and running through Nov. 11, with the stand-alone November Horses of Racing Age Sale the following day.

Woodbine is proud to host its fifth annual Woodbine Aftercare Day for Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Oct. 4.

With his first start in the United States this season under his belt, Rebel's Romance was quick to be added to the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll by the national media who vote every week.

After finishing second and third in the With Anticipation Stakes (G3T), Heeere's Johnny and Capital Partner are back looking for their first stakes win in the $200,000 Pilgrim Stakes (G2T) at Aqueduct Racetrack Oct. 3.

The dedication ceremony for the Sunday Silence mural, a new equine art installation celebrating the legendary racehorse, is set for Oct. 12 at 2 p.m. ET in downtown Paris, Ky.