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5th-Presque Isle Downs, $35,890, Msw, 10-1, 2yo, f, 6f (AWT), 1:10.89, ft, 5 3/4 lengths.
HEN PARTY (f, 2, Into Mischief–Fair Maiden {GISW-USA, SW & GISP-Can, $324,778}, by Street Boss), sent off a 7-2 under a feathery impost of 110lbs, settled in a ground-saving third under Amanda Poston as Broadway Musical (Mendelssohn) carved out an opening quarter in :22.79. Roused by her rider at the head of the lane, the ultra-green Hen Party drew off to win by 5 3/4 lengths over Intimate (Connect). Favored Sun Kiss (Girvin) was third. Out of Godolphin's GI La Brea winner Fair Maiden, also trained by Eoin Harty, the winner is a half to GSW First Resort (Uncle Mo) $338,671. The daughter of Street Boss produced a filly by Flightline this season and was bred back to Gun Runner. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $21,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-Eoin G. Harty.

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The 2025 early version of the Inglis Digital USA October sale finished its Wednesday auction with a 74 percent clearance rate and leading the way among the catalogue's offerings was the broodmare prospect Presha (Omaha Beach), who sold to Headley Bell for $95,000, according to a press release from the online auction site late on Wednesday.

The stakes-placed 3-year-old filly comes from a deep international family, with names under the second dam including Bubble Rock (More Than Ready), a Grade II winner in the U.S. who was Group 1 placed in Australia.

“We considered Presha outstanding value, as she was stakes-placed in the Tepin, beaten three-quarters of a length to Laurelin, who is five-for-five and heading to the Breeders' Cup,” Bell said. She is from a foundation family in Dehere, and by Omaha Beach, out of a Distorted Humor mare. We are pleased to own her, and she will likely be bred to Oscar Performance.”

The filly was consigned by Tessa Walden's Evergreen Equine whose outfit went three-for-three selling the stock it offered in the latest sale.

“Inglis Digital USA is an intuitive platform to use, and I was most pleased about the additional marketing the sales representatives put into the three horses I sold, especially broodmare prospect Presha that sold for $95,000,” Walden said. “Many buyers contacted me directly, interested in her and the other two horses I was selling, showing me that the Inglis Digital USA platform has a wide and effective reach.”

The buying bench was diverse with 34 unique purchasers among the 46 lots that sold during Wednesday's sale. The event saw 46 of 62 horses sell at the close of Wednesday's trade, grossing $321,500.

“We had some good trade today, with activity from the top to the bottom,” said Inglis Digital USA CEO Kyle Wilson. “As always, we're here to help with private sales. Thanks to all of our buyers and sellers.”

Offerings that finished under their reserves on Wednesday are still available to purchase on the Inglis Digital USA website. Visit the site's catalogue page and click on “Make An Offer” next to the available horses.

Entries are now open for the Inglis Digital USA October (Late) sale, and they will be taken through Monday, Oct. 20. The catalogue will be released Friday, Oct. 24, and bidding will close Wednesday, Oct. 28.

To enter a horse in the October (Late) sale, register as a bidder, or make a bid on an RNA horse from the October (Early) sale, visit www.inglisdigitalusa.com.

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Earlier this week, Carlo Vaccarezza reported to the BloodHorse that his trainer son, Nick, had been denied stalls at Gulfstream Park for horses owned by his father.

Additionally, Carlo Vaccarreza claimed that despite taking steps to remove his name from the stable's limited liability ownership company–effectively shifting ownership of the horses to his son, Michael–track officials told Nick Vaccarezza that they would deny his entries.

Carlo Vaccarezza described the action as an act of retaliation for his involvement in the contentious fight to stop the track's owners from decoupling its racing and casino licenses–a fight many industry stakeholders see as a matter of existential import for the future of horse racing in the state.

On Wednesday, Steve Screnci, 1/ST Racing president, issued a statement through a 1/ST Racing communications intermediary denying wrongdoing by the company, placing the blame instead on Nick Vaccarezza for not submitting his stall application on time.

“The deadline for stall applications for the 2025/2026 Gulfstream Park Winter Meet expired on Sunday, September 28th. No application from Nick Vaccarezza was ever received. Last year, well before decoupling legislation was introduced, the application from Carlo Vaccarezza was denied based on the historical lack of starts and too few horses compared to stalls requested since 2021,” wrote Screnci. 1/ST Racing and Gaming is the horseracing arm of TSG.

“Additionally, Nick has never been told by anyone from 1/ST RACING that has [sic] his entries will be refused. Entries are considered on a case-by-case basis. To link this to the ongoing decoupling conversation is entirely false,” Screnci wrote.

Reached subsequently on Wednesday, Nick Vaccarezza said he submitted his application via text on August 28, well within the application window. He furnished the TDN with a screengrab of his text exchange with Screnci.

According to this text exchange, Screnci replied to Nick Vaccarezza's Aug. 28 stall application with a link to a GoFundMe that Carlo Vaccarezza had set up, asking for donations for the fight against decoupling.

“Hey there! We're gearing up for another session in Tallahassee to protect Florida racing and the livelihoods of our horsemen and agriculture community. Your support means the world to us, and even a small donation can make a huge difference in our fight. Please consider clicking the link below to donate or share it with others who might help–thank you!” reads the text of the link that Screnci apparently used in response to Nick Vaccarezza's stall application, according to the screengrab sent by the trainer.

Carlo Vaccarezza | Coglianese

Carlo Vaccarezza also provided the TDN with other text exchanges with a Florida industry stakeholder, who he said acted as an intermediary in the situation. Carlo requested this person's name be omitted the story, due to the sensitive nature of the matter.

According to these text exchanges, the industry stakeholder responds to the matter of Gulfstream Park refusing to take Nick Vaccarezza's entries by suggesting that he “let it go and try again next year.”

When asked about the stall application that Nick Vaccarezza appeared to have submitted on August 28, Screnci wrote via the company communications office that “No application was submitted to either Gulfstream Park or Palm Meadows.”

Nick Vaccarezza, 25, took over training from his father earlier this year. He's currently stabled at Ellis Park with about 15 horses.

The ongoing battle over decoupling has been a contentiously fought affair between TSG and breeders, owners, trainers and other stakeholders in the state.

Back in 2024, the former Florida Thoroughbred Horsemen's group initially agreed to support 1/ST racing's decoupling efforts, though the decision was reportedly heavily influenced by trainers' workers' compensation concerns.

Sources explained to the TDN back in January that the insurance carrier for dozens of trainers at Gulfstream Park last year refused to continue coverage if that included exercise riders. Last September, Gulfstream Park picked up coverage of the track's exercise riders under a general liability policy, these sources explained.

After a highly inflammatory meeting in January with industry stakeholders, in which TSG consultant Keith Brackpool warned “if there's no decoupling, then there's no guarantee of when we will continue to race” (among other threats), the group switched its stance in the battle.

This owners' and trainers' group subsequently rejoined the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, forming the Florida chapter.

During the last state legislative session in Tallahassee, decoupling was eventually thwarted in the Senate. The state legislature is cranking up for a new session, during which decoupling is expected to be once again hotly debated. The fight over decoupling has also entered other legal channels.

In August, TSG filed a lawsuit against the Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC), alleging the 2021 statute that allowed all classes of pari-mutuel licensees except Thoroughbreds to “decouple” from live racing as a condition of operating slot machines is an “unconstitutional special law and violates the equal protection clause of the Florida Constitution.”

When asked, Carlo Vaccarezza said he has not yet sought counsel about the possible legal implications from Gulfstream's alleged actions. Interestingly, the decision doesn't appear to have been based on any regulatory concerns, as neither Carlo nor Nick Vaccarrezza have a checkered regulatory history as trainers.

According to Thoroughbred Rulings, Carlo Vaccarezza was issued six minor regulatory penalties over the course of an 11-year training career, two of them for controlled medication overages and four for minor infractions. The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) also issued him a $3000 fine for a joint injection within seven days of a timed-workout.

HIWU has issued Nick Vaccarezza a written reprimand for an Omeprazole (Gastrogard) overage.

“What happens if I had to run a horse in the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita?” Nick Vaccarezza explained, about the possible implications to his career. “What if I had to run in the Florida Derby? I told them I'm bringing a horse that I could run in the Pegasus Turf.”

More broadly, said Nick Vaccarezza, he sees his stance as a matter of principle. “If you and I are both trainers, and I say something and I'm not allowed in,” he said, “you'd be inclined not to stand up against them.”

CLARIFICATION: An earlier version of this story wrongly attributed official 1/ST Racing and Gaming statements to the company's vice president of communications, Tiffani Steer. They were in fact statements supplied by Steve Screnci, 1/ST Racing president, through Steer's communications office.

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Ahead of a weekend which offers no fewer than 26 graded stakes races spread across three days, the GIII Matron Stakes at Aqueduct offers a warm up of sorts as 2-year-old fillies sprint six furlongs on the outer turf course in New York.

Snow Face Princess (Midshipman) made headlines over the summer, taking the listed Bolton Landing Stakes at Saratoga before topping the Fasig-Tipton August Digital Sale where Winchell Thoroughbreds picked her up for $775,000. Making her first start for trainer Steve Asmussen at Kentucky Downs, she settled for a game second as the favorite in the Untapable Stakes Sept. 7. It was her first start outside of New York and she returns to the Empire State where she has yet to race over the Aqueduct grass–she was fourth in her five-furlong debut on a sloppy main track May 23.

Breaking shortly to her outside is another stakes-winning daughter of Midshipman in Royal Testament who broke her maiden at Monmouth going five furlongs July 27 and then won an impressive edition of the Rosie's Stakes, beating the boys at Colonials Downs Sept. 6. This will be her first go at six furlongs for trainer George Weaver and owner Mathiesen Racing LLC.

The Matron has also attracted Final Accord (War of Will) down from Woodbine where Mark Casse trained her to a speedy 4 1/4-length winning debut Sept. 11.

“It's a little quick back, but that was a nice race she had,” Casse's New York assistant Shane Tripp said. “She's doing well and we're just keeping our fingers crossed that she stays that way until we go over there Thursday.”

Final Accord is one of four fillies in the field making just their second starts, another of which breaks to her inside in Should've (Not This Time) who was a gate to wire winner for Wesley Ward at Kentucky Downs Aug. 28. Ward's already had plenty of success with the family, having trained the filly's half-sister Daring Do (Into Mischief) to a pair of stakes wins on the grass along with their dam's half-brother in GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hootenanny (Quality Road).

Undefeated Maryland-bred Just Philtored (Great Notion) puts her record on the line in New York off a pair of restricted stakes wins at Colonial Downs during their summer meet. A versatile filly, she won the Keswick Stakes on the main track Aug. 2 before making her grass debut a 4 1/2-length victory in the Dolly Madison Stakes Aug. 23.

“I liked what I saw from her on the turf,” trainer Michael Trombetta said. “We are going to give her another try on it.”

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2nd-Horseshoe Indianapolis, $32,000, Msw, 10-1, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:05.85, ft, 4 3/4 lengths.
HOLLEN DRIVE (f, 2, Practical Joke–Indian Miss {Broodmare Of The Year}, by Indian Charlie), installed the 4-5 favorite, rushed to the front from post 5, but allowed Street Twirl (Street Boss) to lead the affair through a :23.17 quarter. Inching ahead turning for home, Hollen Drive ran clear, and despite Legit Chick's (Authentic) best effort late, it was the favorite who proved best on the day, winning by 4 3/4 lengths. Legit Chick was well clear of Tap Now (Tapit). 8-5 second choice Leslie's Time (Not This Time) was last of five. Out of stakes winner Glacken's Gal, Indian Miss struck early with her sprint champion son Mitole (Eskendereya, Ch. Male Sprinter, MGISW, $3,104,910), victorious in four Grade Is in 2019, including the 2019 GI Breeders' Cup Sprint. The daughter of Indian Charlie duly followed up with GI Haskell and GI Pennsylvania Derby scorer Hot Rod Charlie (Oxbow, GISW-USA, GSW & G1SP-UAE, $5,976,720), who also hit the board in the Kentucky Derby, Belmont, Whitney and Dubai World Cup. Sent through the ring at Keeneland November in 2020, Indian Miss brought $1.9 million–in foal to Mischief–from OXO Equine, the breeder of Hollen Drive. Subsequently named Broodmare of the year in 2021, the half-sister to GSW Live Lively (Medaglia d'Oro) produced a colt by Instilled Regard in 2024 and was bred back to that stallion this season. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O/B-OXO Equine LLC (KY); T-William Walden.

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Ocala Breeders' Sales Company has partnered with Carlos Morales of Agentes 305 to provide Spanish-language coverage on site for the upcoming October Yearling Sale taking place Oct. 7-8, the auction company said via a release on Wednesday.

Founded by Morales in 2019, Agentes 305 provides bilingual coverage of Thoroughbred racing's top events through video interviews with owners, trainers, jockeys and backstretch workers.

“As the second largest segment of the United States population, the impact of the Spanish-language community cannot be overstated,” said OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski. “Our partnership with Agentes 305 allows us to provide inclusive sales coverage that will serve some of our most valued participants and better engage one of our industry's most vital fan bases.”

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OwnerView is accepting nominations for the 2025 New Owner of the Year Award–sponsored by 1/ST RACING–which honors a new Thoroughbred owner who has been successful in the sport and has had a positive impact on the industry, the organization said in a press release on Wednesday.

Nominees must have made their first start as a Thoroughbred owner in the past four years (since 2022), had an ownership stake in a horse at the time it won a stakes race in the past 12 months, and had a verifiable owner license in 2025.

Thoroughbred performance as well as a nominee's promotion of the sport will be considered.

Anyone, including current owners, can nominate an owner who meets the criteria for the award. A selection committee will choose the winner.

To submit a nomination, please contact Gary Falter for a form at 859.224.2803 or gfalter@jockeyclub.com. The deadline is Nov. 2.

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Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country.

The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal and through the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit's (HIWU) “pending” and “resolved” cases portals.

Resolved ADMC Violations
Date: 09/26/2025
Licensee: Vladimir Cerin, trainer
Penalty: A fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision of HIWU.
Explainer: Vets' list medication violation for the presence of Betamethasone–a class C controlled substance–in a sample taken from Saqeel on 8/13/25.

Date: 09/26/2025
Licensee: Harry Lynch, trainer
Penalty: A fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision of HIWU.
Explainer: Vets' list medication violation for the presence of Flunixin–a class C controlled substance–in a sample taken from Cutlass King on 8/12/25.

Pending ADMC Violations
10/01/2025, Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez, trainer: Pending out-of-competition medication violation for the presence of Albuterol (Salbutamol)–a banned bronchodilator–in a sample taken from Jet Set Warrior on 7/23/25.

09/30/2025, William Robert Bailes, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Methylprednisolone–a class C controlled substance–in a sample taken from Goodluckchuck, who won at Timonium on 8/29/25.

09/30/2025, Karyn Wittek, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Omeprazole–a class C controlled substance–in a sample taken from Aubrey's Unbridled on 8/27/25.

09/30/2025, Armando Hernandez, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Guaifenesin (glycerol guaiacolate)–a class C controlled substance–in a sample taken from Gray Lightning, who finished third in the Lady Carey Turf Sprint Stakes on 7/27/25.

09/29/2025, Tanner Tracy, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine–a class B controlled substance–in a sample taken from Golden Biz, who won at Prairie Meadows on 8/25/25.

09/29/2025, Michael Sabine, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Methocarbamol–a class C controlled substance–in a sample taken from Not My Type, who finished tenth at Finger Lakes on 8/25/25.

09/29/2025, Jesus Esquivel, trainer: Pending out-of-competition medication violation for the presence of Albuterol (Salbutamol)–a banned bronchodilator–in a sample taken from Summonyourcourage on 6/17/25.

09/26/2025, Isidro Tamayo, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Methocarbamol–a class C controlled substance–in a sample taken from Ballyvaughan Gig, who won at Del Mar on 8/14/25.

09/24/2025, Jabdiel Yojan Castillo, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Nikethamide–a banned stimulant–in a sample taken from City Signs, who finished fourth at Thistledown on 6/16/25.

Violations of Crop Rule
Delaware Park
Angel Rodriguez–violation date Sept. 28; $250 fine, one-day suspension

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You probably know that Terry Bradshaw won four Super Bowls, has been inducted into the College and Pro Halls of Fame and was the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1978. You probably know that Bradshaw has been a mainstay on Fox's coverage of the NFL since 1994. But you probably didn't know that Bradshaw owns a piece of a possible starter in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Along with Magdalena Racing and Graham Leveston, Bradshaw is the co-owner of the GIII Pocahontas Stakes winner Taken by the Wind (Rock Your World). He says it's been a great ride and he came on this week's edition of the TDN Writers' Room Podcast presented by Keeneland to tell us all about it. He was this week's Gainesway Guest of the Week.

Bradshaw was also a part owner of GI Donn Handicap winnner Graydar (Unbridled's Song) and Mission Impazible (Unbridled's Song), the winner of the 2010 GII Louisiana Derby.

Where did this love of horses come from?

“When I grew up I spent most of my time on my grandfather's farm and he had Clydesdales and I used to sit on top of them while he plowed and the smell of the horse sweat was something,” Bradshaw said. “It was like perfume to me. I thought it was the coolest thing and I was always down there loving on them and crawling on them. My uncles were all cutting horse riders. They all rode cutting horses. So that's how it happened.  It's kind of like with a kid, introduce them to a bunch of stuff and they'll pick what they like and I picked horses. It's just a natural thing for me.”

Bradshaw first went into the Quarter Horse business. His Terry Bradshaw Quarter Horses, specializes in breeding and raising halter and pleasure horses and not race horses. He has reduced his Quarter Horse Stock by 90%, so he now has more time and more money to devote to his other passion, Thoroughbreds.

“I watch FanDuel TV all the time,” he said. “I never really got out of it mentally. I got out of it physically. then I always wanted to get back in, I actually called (Thoroughbred owner) Steve Davison and said, Steve, 'we've done this Quarter Horse thing , and I got my stallion business going.' I said, 'you know what, I'm a little bored.' I needed to get some of that action back. I said, 'what do you have that I can buy into?' To his credit, he said that he really didn't have anything that I would want you and I to be in. I appreciated that.”

Then he went to Kenny McPeek, the trainer of Taken by the Wind. Curt Menifee, who works with Bradshaw on the Fox football shows also worked the 2024 and 2025 GI Belmont S. broadcasts and told Bradshaw how impressed he was by a trainer named Kenny McPeek. So with McPeek leading the way, he brought two yearling fillies last year and is a partner on eight yearlings from this year's sales.

None of the horses cost a lot at the sales. Taken by The Wind was purchased by bargain hunter McPeek for just $20,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale. Bradshaw's expectations were modest.

“I wasn't expecting anything,” Bradshaw said. “And then she was right in the pack. It was all clustered up and she was just sitting there about fifth and running easy. I thought, 'look how easy she looked coming out of the turn. She's still right where she was, not straining, not doing anything. And then she came out of the turn and she made here move. I said to (his wife) 'Tammy you got to be kidding me.'”

Should Taken by the Wind win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, don't be surprised if Bradshaw doesn't show up to work for Fox two days later.

“I told Curt, that if I get in the Breeders' Cup with my mare and we win the race on a Friday I won't be there on Sunday. I will call in sick because I'll still be celebrating,” he said. “Yeah, I won't be there. Where's Terry? He's in San Diego. He rented out a hotel.”

The “Fastest Horse of the Week” was Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who got a 106 Beyer for his win in the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic. The Fastest Horse of the Week segment is sponsored by WinStar.

Elsewhere on the podcast, which is also sponsored by 1/st TV, the KTOB, the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders' Association and West Point Thoroughbreds, the team of Bill Finley, Zoe Cadman and Randy Moss talked about the Paco Lopez suspension. Their opinions were split, with former jockey Cadman being the most sympathetic to the oft-suspended rider. The team also did a review of last week's big race and previewed what should be an exciting weekend of racing coming up.

Click here to watch this week's podcast or here to listen to it.

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Two-hundred ten main catalogue entries, including the likes of reigning Broodmare of the Year Puca, have been catalogued for the Fasig-Tipton November Sale, the company's selected mixed sale to be held in Lexington, Kentucky on Monday, November 3, following the Breeders' Cup. The single-session sale will begin at 4 p.m.

“The Fasig-Tipton November Sale is the world's premier breeding stock event, where the sport's finest bloodstock is offered in one spectacular, star-studded evening session after the Breeders' Cup,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “This year's catalogue once again lives up to those lofty standards, with over 60 graded stakes winners or producers catalogued–25 of which are Grade I.”

“We're offering an Eclipse Champion and Breeders' Cup winner, multiple international champions, and the first reigning Kentucky Broodmare of the Year to be presented at auction in 17 years,” Browning continued. “The catalogue also features race fillies in peak form, blue-blooded mares in foal to the world's leading stallions, and a selected group of weanlings. It's a sale not to be missed by the sport's leading collectors of top quality bloodstock.”

The catalogue may now be viewed online, including the sale's Enhanced Catalogue.

The Enhanced Catalogue provides up-to-date catalogue pages, Daily Racing Form past performances, and race replays; an Alan Porter pedigree analysis and five-cross pedigrees for all racing/broodmare prospects and broodmares; stallion register pages for all sires of weanlings and covering sires; as well as other tools to aid prospective buyers.  All Grade I-winning females off the track or carrying their first foals will also be profiled with individual feature videos.

Print catalogues will be available by October 7. The catalogue will also be available via the Equineline sales catalogue app. Online bidding and phone bidding will be available.

The November Sale will also offer a supplemental catalogue.  The first three supplemental entries were included as hips 211-213 in Wednesday's release. Fasig-Tipton will accept approved entries for the supplement through the Breeders' Cup.

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The Breeders' Cup will offer a new sweepstakes, “The Champion's Ticket,” awarding one fan and their guest with the ultimate VIP journey–an all-expenses-paid trip to both the 2026 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course and the 2027 Championships at the newly re-imagined Belmont Park. Two second prize winners will win tickets to the 2026 edition at Keeneland.

Fans can enter for free here through 11:59 PM ET on Nov. 30, 2025 with winners selected at random on or before Dec. 12, 2025.

“This is our most ambitious VIP sweepstakes yet, awarding back-to-back trips to the World Championships,” said Justin McDonald, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Breeders' Cup Limited. “These upcoming editions will feature an elevated on-site experience and the same world-class hospitality and top-class international competition Breeders' Cup fans have come to expect. We can't wait to share those incredible moments with our global audience, especially the lucky sweepstakes winners.”

The grand prize winner of The Champion's Ticket will be treated to the kind of access reserved for the sport's insiders. From luxury accommodations and travel expenses to premium seating and private tours during the World Championships, every detail has been designed to showcase the elegance, excitement, and passion of the Breeders' Cup lifestyle. It is a prize that transcends tickets, offering entry into a world of world-class hospitality and international competition where unforgettable memories await.

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Twelve winning photos of Thoroughbreds were selected by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance to be featured in the fifth annual TAA calendar. All photos feature a registered Thoroughbred that is either in residence at or has been rehomed by a Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance accredited organization. Each winner will receive Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance branded merchandise and a copy of the calendar. Out of the twelve winners, the grand prize winner, Sara Ruggerone, was selected to be featured on the cover of the calendar and will receive a Tipperary helmet of their choice, sponsored by Tipperary Equestrian.

Sara's photo, titled “Best Friends” captures OTTB Centerofattention and her best friend Apollo, both permanent residents at Redwings Horse Sanctuary, a Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance accredited organization located in Paso Robles, California.

The winning photographs for the rest of the calendar are:

• January: “Winter Whispers” photographed by Scott Purdum and submitted by Grace Purdum, featuring Chosen Moon at Hope for Horses.
• February: “Best Friends” photographed by Deb Hofstetter and submitted by Sara Ruggerone, featuring Centerofattention at Redwings Horse Sanctuary.
• March: “Fostering Idaho” photographed by Matthew Chew and submitted by Candace Chew, featuring Point Breeze and London Follies at Champions Retreat.
• April: “My Pot of Gold” photographed by Lani Dake and submitted by Lani Dake, featuring Dancing Bella, rehomed by Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga.
• May: “Dressage at Lone Tree” photographed by Aleshia Snyder and submitted by Heather Rowan, featuring Lamartine (BRZ), rehomed by CANTER Michigan.
• June: “This is Why” photographed by Michelle Horgan and submitted by Jaime Douglas, featuring Glacier Express at New Beginnings Thoroughbreds.
• July: “Splendor in the Grass” photographed by Len Armer and submitted by Karen Wagner, featuring Major Deegan at Equine Advocates.
• August: “The Astral Rascal” photographed by Sheri Knauer and submitted by Laura Otten, featuring The Astral Rascal, rehomed by Thoroughbred Retirement, Rehabilitation, and Careers.
• September: “Lava Mud Pots” photographed by Laura Battles and submitted by Laura Battles, featuring Lava Man at Old Friends Equine Retirement.
• October: “Sailing Through Summer” photographed by Hallie Burden and submitted by Joy Nakrin, featuring Enduring Honor, rehomed by Second Call Thoroughbred Adoption Program.
• November: “Establishing Ties” photographed by Rebecca Lazarus and submitted by Hannah Ong, featuring The Other Chad, rehomed by Thoroughbred Placement Resources.
• December: “Viracocha” photographed by Carlos Orellana and submitted by Caitlin Dever, featuring Viracocha, rehomed by LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society.

Over 475 photographs were submitted to this year's calendar photo contest. Along with the primary winners, 41 additional photos were chosen to be featured in the calendar as honorable mentions. A total of 275 Thoroughbreds are featured in the calendar, representing 59 Thoroughbred Aftercare

“Congratulations to all our Photo Contest winners, and thank you to everyone who participated in the contest,” said Catherine Flowers, Data Director & Office Manager, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. “It is heartwarming each year to receive so many photos of Thoroughbreds connecting with humans and excelling in their second careers. This is why ensuring the fate of our industry's horses is so crucial–because they give us everything and deserve everything in return.”

The 2026 Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Calendar will be available for pre-sale this month with a donation of $20. The calendars will then be available starting on December 1, 2025 with every online donation of $50 or more. Donations can be made here.

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The new official logo of Belmont Park, which will open in September 2026 following a multi-year redevelopment project designed to create a world-class racing and entertainment destination on Long Island, was unveiled Wednesday by the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA).

Inspired by one of the defining features of the property, the iconic Japanese White Pine, the new logo represents the evolution of Belmont Park while honoring the rich history of thoroughbred racing in New York. Centered around an updated version of the white pine, the Belmont Park logo incorporates a new typography and refreshed but familiar color palette to retain the visual elements so closely associated with Belmont Park.

Throughout Belmont Park's 120-year history, each era of the facility has been marked by a distinct logo. The original logo debuted in 1905 when the Belmont Park grandstand was first constructed. Following the 1968 renovation, a new logo was introduced to reflect an updated brand by incorporating the Japanese White Pine for the first time. The official logo of the new Belmont Park coincides with the ongoing transformation of the facility, which will re-establish Belmont Park as a global capital of thoroughbred racing.

At the outset of the current redevelopment of Belmont Park, NYRA committed the resources and expertise necessary to protect the Japanese White Pine during both the demolition and construction phases of the project. As a result, the tree will continue to serve as a centerpiece of the saddling paddock at the new venue.

New York State and NYRA's ongoing $455 million redevelopment of Belmont Park revolves around a 300,000-square foot, five-story building offering flexible hospitality options and modern amenities. By reducing the footprint of the grandstand from the previous version and unlocking the infield through the construction of a series of pedestrian and vehicular tunnels, the new Belmont Park will provide fans and the surrounding community with more accessible green space than ever before.

The new Belmont Park will feature four newly constructed racing surfaces including the traditional 1 1/2-mile dirt main track along with two turf courses and a one-mile Tapeta track to be used as the exclusive surface for winter racing.

Belmont Park will re-open for live racing in September 2026 with the GI Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets set to return to its Long Island home in 2027. In addition, Belmont Park has been selected to host the 2027 Breeders' Cup World Championships, which will mark the first edition of the Breeders' Cup to be held in New York State since 2005.

For additional information on the evolution of the Belmont Park logo, visit here.

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The list of former breeders, owners, trainers, stallion farms and other connections participating in the Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) Makeover Champions, an initiative to encourage more public support of Thoroughbreds in careers beyond racing via the Thoroughbred Makeover, was unveiled Wednesday morning.

Makeover Champions have pledged to share updates about their former connected horses that are participating in next week's Thoroughbred Makeover, the largest and most lucrative retraining competition in North America for recently-retired racehorses and former broodmares. Additionally, many participating Champions will attend the event in person to connect with the new owners and trainers of their former horses; Champions have signed on to volunteer at the event, and some have made monetary gifts to support the charitable mission of the RRP.

“There's a tremendous value in the visibility created by connections participating in Makeover Champions,” said RRP executive director Kirsten Green. “Highlighting the achievements of Thoroughbreds beyond their racing careers helps to dispel the narrative that the horses are somehow a failure when they move on to their next career, and a message of success and embracing the natural continuum of the Thoroughbred lifecycle is that much more powerful coming from those that produced the horses in the first place. Our entire team applauds this year's group of Makeover Champions: thank you for your commitment to your horses!”

The list of 2025 Makeover Champions includes the following:

• • Breeders: Ambassador Earle I. Mack (Street Ready), BTE Stables (Conspiractherapist), Ehris Stables (King Of Comedy), Evan Ferraro (Illusioned), Glen Hill Farm (Lexi's Spirit), Godolphin (Battle Creek, Call West, Last Cookie, Phra Phrom, Prevalence, Remuda, Sanquist), Hinkle Farms (Meet George Jetson), Laura Donohoe (Akari), Oak Rock Racing LLC (Akari), PTK LLC (Gullane, Gunleather Al, Misfit Toy, Praline Pecan), Repole Stable (Overwhelm), Stonestreet Farms (Sarpedon), Tommy Town Thoroughbreds (By My Side, Route Sixty Six), Wertheimer & Frere (Salesman {Ire}), WinStar Farm (Battle Born, Hozier, Origami, Thunderstrike), Woodslane Farm (Mythic Performance)
  • Past Owners: Averill Racing (R Hot Mess), BTE Stables (Conspiractherapist), e Five Racing (Snarky), Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners (Avenue, Gray Magician, My Princess {Ire}, Ritualistic), Godolphin (Battle Creek, Last Cookie, Prevalence, Remuda, Sanquist), Jose D'Angelo (Elusive Empire), Laura Donohoe (Akari, Jeff the Lion), Little Red Feather Racing (Annabelle's Smile, La Peer), Oak Rock Racing LLC (Akari), Paterpop Racing (My Man Vito), PTK LLC (Conure, Gullane, Gunleather Al, Praline Pecan, Sekt, The Pepsodent Show), Repole Stable (Dynamic One, Money Magician, Patou Road, Quantity, Sole Risk), Tommy Town Thoroughbreds (By My Side, Route Sixty Six), Two Eight Racing (R Hot Mess), Wertheimer & Frere (Salesman {Ire]})
  • Past Trainers: Brad H. Cox (Bandon), Eoin Harty (Remuda), Jose D'Angelo (Elusive Empire), Philip D'Amato (Annabelle's Smile, La Peer), Richard Mandella (Salesman {Ire}), Ryan Hanson (Big Rainbow)
  • Stallion Farms Standing Sires of Makeover Horses: Claiborne Farm (Akari, Baby Fade, Bamboo Garden, Eddie Lea, Ginnsu Warrior, In The Numbers, Leo's Roar, Lorenzen, Macassar, Masked), Coolmore America (American d'Oro, Conure, Kittansett, Logan's Red Falcon, Majestic Pharoah, Markitoff, Mentha, Miss Pretender, Mo's Treasure, Moonlight Joker, No Foolin Mo, Qia, Revelatory, Sekt, Spanish Pharoah, Top Secret), Darley (Arrowheart, Call West, Gullane, Honorandprinciple, Last Cookie, Major Spin, Money Magician, Phra Phrom, Prevalence, Praline Pecan, Reach, Salesman [IRE], Sarpedon, Shot Girl, Starquist), Gainesway (Afleet Sniper, I'm Just, Rookie Year, Single Ruler), Lane's End (Avenue, Bella Skye, Bushwick Bruiser, Dynamic One, Game Change, Nucci, Patou Road, Robitaille, Route Sixty Six, Sanquist, The Malbec Factor, The Wayne Factor, Tonality), WinStar Farm (Battle Born, Big Pete, Dream Time, Dreamer's Disease, Go Grad, Insouciant, Leopard Bait, My Man Vito, Proper Grammar, Remuda, Reserve Judgment, Smart and Fast, Street Ready, V Lo)
  • Other: Claiborne Farm (Team T. S. Strong)

The 2025 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America, takes place October 8-11 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Over 260 horses are expected to compete over the course of the week, with competition available in ten riding sports. The event is free and open to the public to attend. Learn more here.

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The 55th annual Eclipse Awards will return to Florida in 2026 and will once again be held at The Breakers Palm Beach, with the ceremony to be held Thursday, Jan. 22, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form (DRF), and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced Tuesday.

“We are ecstatic to return to The Breakers Palm Beach for our fourth year in a row,” said NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney. “Celebrating the success of racing's human and equine champions is the highlight of the year, and The Breakers continues to be the perfect venue to bring the industry together to showcase the best our sport has to offer.”

Voting for the Eclipse Awards takes place at the end of the year and is conducted by the NTRA, DRF, the NTWAB, and Equibase field personnel.

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Keeneland has catalogued 3,075 horses for its upcoming November Breeding Stock Sale, the company announced Tuesday. The sale will run for eight days beginning Tuesday, Nov. 4 and running through Wednesday, Nov. 11, with the stand-alone November Horses of Racing Age Sale held the following day.

Click here for the Breeding Stock Sale catalog, which features exciting broodmare prospects along with proven mares in foal to prominent stallions and well-bred weanlings by established stallions and popular young sires.

Among the horses featured are the first mares in foal to such stallions as GI Preakness winner Seize the Grey, GI Belmont winner Dornoch and GI Breeders' Cup Mile winner More Than Looks along with the first weanlings by stallions including Horse of the Year Cody's Wish and GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage.

The November Breeding Stock Sale will open with a single-day Book 1 on Nov. 4 with a select group of 213 broodmares, broodmare prospects and weanlings. The session will begin at 2 p.m. and Keeneland will accept select supplements to Book 1 until the auction starts.

The November Sale catalog also includes these offerings:

• Dispersal of Bonne Chance Thoroughbreds–Gainesway is consigning seven broodmares and six weanlings. Hidden Brook is consigning 10 broodmares, one broodmare prospect and one weanling.
• Dispersal of Woodford Thoroughbreds (Phase 1)–Denali Stud is handling the sale of seven broodmares and one broodmare prospect. Taylor Made Sales Agency is consigning three racing or broodmare prospects.
• Previously announced curated reduction of bloodstock owned by Leonard and Jon Green's D.J. Stable. Taylor Made Sales Agency is consigning 31 broodmares, racing or broodmare prospects and one broodmare prospect. Hill 'n Dale at Xalapa is consigning one mare in foal to Curlin.

“With the November Breeding Stock Sale, we carry forward the tremendous momentum of our record September Yearling Sale,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “The September Sale underscored the power of this community when we stand together, and the quality of the offerings in November give us reason to be optimistic about the road ahead.”

Print catalogs for the November Breeding Stock Sale are scheduled to arrive in the mail the week of Oct. 13.

The catalog for the November Breeding Stock Sale includes 1,360 weanlings along with 1,715 broodmares and broodmare prospects; racing or broodmare prospects; and stallions and stallion prospects. The auction will present the following schedule:

Book 1 (Session 1)–Tuesday, Nov. 4. Session will begin at 2 p.m. with 213 horses in the catalog.

Every remaining session begins at 10 a.m.

Book 2 (Sessions 2-3)–Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 5-6. A total of 790 horses are cataloged over the two days.

Book 3 (Sessions 4-5)–Friday-Saturday, Nov. 7-8. A total of 837 horses are cataloged over the two days.

Book 4 (Sessions 6-8)–Sunday-Tuesday, Nov. 9-11. A total of 1,235 horses are cataloged over the three days.

New this year, Keeneland has adjusted the format of Book 4 to include three sessions. Sessions 6 and 7, which comprise the regularly scheduled Book 4, will sell Sunday, Nov. 9 and Monday, Nov. 10. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Sessions 8 and 9 will be combined into a single day of selling. Horses cataloged to Session 8 will sell in the morning and will be immediately followed by horses cataloged to Session 9. Consignors with horses in Session 9 will sell those horses in the afternoon of Session 8 with the morning hours available for showing.

“This adjustment means buyers have a full day of breeding stock to evaluate, rather than two shorter sessions at the close of the sale,” Keeneland Senior Director of Sales Operations Cormac Breathnach said. “We believe this format will maintain the dynamic marketplace for all participants.”

Broodmares cataloged to the November Breeding Stock Sale are in foal to 156 stallions, including American Pharoah, Bolt d'Oro, Candy Ride (Arg), City of Light, Constitution, Curlin, Flightline, Good Magic, Gun Runner, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Justify, Liam's Map, Life Is Good, Maclean's Music, Maxfield, Medaglia d'Oro, McKinzie, Munnings, Not This Time, Nyquist, Omaha Beach, Practical Joke, Quality Road, Street Sense, Tapit, Twirling Candy, Vekoma and War Front.

Joining the aforementioned Seize the Grey, Dornoch and More Than Looks as stallions with their first in-foal mares in the catalog are such sires as Grade I winners Arabian Knight, Blazing Sevens, Bright Future, Casa Creed, Classic Causeway, Cogburn, Domestic Product, Gun Pilot, Kingsbarns, Muth, National Treasure, Newgate, Prince of Monaco, Shirl's Speight, Tapit Trice and Timberlake; and Grade II winner Charge It.

A total of 140 stallions have weanlings in the catalog, including the aforementioned Cody's Wish and Mage. Other stallions with first-crop weanlings include champions Elite Power, Forte and Up to the Mark; GI Preakness winner Rombauer; Belmont winner Arcangelo; and Grade I winners Annapolis, Arabian Lion, Country Grammer, Dr. Schivel, Gunite, Proxy, Taiba and Zandon; Grade II winner Pappacap; and Grade III winners Fulsome and Two Phil's.

They join additional sires of weanlings such as American Pharoah, Bolt d'Oro, Candy Ride (Arg), City of Light, Constitution, Curlin, Girvin, Good Magic, Gun Runner, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Justify, Maclean's Music, Maxfield, McKinzie, Not This Time, Nyquist, Omaha Beach, Practical Joke, Quality Road, Tapit, Uncle Mo, Volatile, War Front and Yaupon.

Weanlings who are graduates of the November Breeding Stock Sale include 2025 Grade I winners Ag Bullet (Twirling Candy) and Battle of Rouge (Vino Rosso), Grade II winners led by Carter Stakes winner Crazy Mason (Coal Front), 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Nysos (Nyquist) and Grade III winners led by Sovereign Award-winning 3-year-old filly Caitlinhergrtness (Omaha Beach) and recent Oklahoma Derby winner Bracket Buster (Vekoma) amongst many others.

The catalog for Keeneland's November Horses of Racing Age Sale is scheduled to be online Wednesday, Oct. 15. Keeneland will accept approved supplements for the auction until the Nov. 12 sale day.

Keeneland sales are live-streamed here and as always, online and phone bidding is available.

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The launch of “Champions Give Back,” a campaign dedicated to raising funds and awareness for Breeders' Cup Charities, will coincide with this year's World Championships, according to an organization release Tuesday.

Led by an annual donation of all royalties received on Breeders' Cup merchandise sales, “Champions Give Back” will support the enhanced Breeders' Cup Charities program announced earlier this year. Breeders' Cup Charities supports Thoroughbred aftercare, jockey health and wellness, backstretch and industry workers, equine research, and other impactful community initiatives.

Featuring a selection of apparel, accessories, and décor, all Breeders' Cup royalties from every purchase will be donated to Breeders' Cup Charities.

Fans can explore www.BreedersCupShop.com to shop the full collection.

Fans can also support “Champions Give Back” by texting BCWC to +1 (855) 800-4975 to donate, or by visiting www.BreedersCup.com/Charities. A $50,000 match from international philanthropist and racehorse owner Ken Freirich will double the power of all donations received during the campaign, which will start Oct. 1 and run through the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar.

Additionally, $1 from every official Breeders' Cup cocktail–the Torrie Cup featuring Maker's Mark bourbon and the Garland, featuring Chopin Vodka–will be donated to Breeders' Cup Charities.

A post-event auction of donated Thoroughbred racing memorabilia will conclude the campaign, with additional details to be released after the World Championships. Owners of World Championships contenders are also given the option to dedicate a percentage of purse earnings to Breeders' Cup Charities.

For 2025, Breeders' Cup Charities will support multiple established charities, including the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, and the Race Track Chaplaincy of America.

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The dedication ceremony for the Sunday Silence mural, a new equine art installation celebrating the legendary racehorse, is set for Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, at 2 p.m. in downtown Paris, Kentucky. The event is free and open to the public.

The mural, created by equine artist Jaime Corum, depicts the 1989 Kentucky Derby winner in his iconic victory. The artwork is located on the side of the new Hotel Thoroughbred, set to open in the spring of 2026. The mural is a project of the Legends of Bourbon County non-profit organization, in conjunction with Stone Farm.

The dedication is part of the third annual Legends of Bourbon County festival, which will celebrate the legacy of Sunday Silence throughout the weekend.  As part of the dedication, there is a day-long festival on Main Street in Paris that includes vendors and multiple musical acts.

The Mountain Music Ambassadors will take the stage at noon; Kentucky Wild Horse at 1 p.m and Mash Grass are scheduled for 2:35 p.m. Jason Carter, the day's final act, performs at 4:30 p.m.

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Grade I winner Vahva (Gun Runner–Holiday Soiree, by Harlan's Holiday) has been entered in Book 1 of the November Breeding Stock Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Lane's End, agent, will consign Vahva, who is cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect. She will become the first Grade I-winning daughter of Gun Runner to be offered at public auction, according to a Keeneland release Tuesday.

Vahva is nominated to the GII Thoroughbred Club of America on Saturday during Fall Stars Weekend on Keeneland's opening three days.

“Vahva is a high-class competitor who has faced and defeated many of the sport's most talented female sprinters in each of the past three seasons,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “A leading earner by Gun Runner, she will be a valuable addition to any program. Her graded stakes success at Keeneland makes her return to our sales ring especially meaningful, underscoring the unique connection between our racing and sales.”

In four seasons of racing, Vahva has raced at seven tracks with seven victories, including five stakes wins, and earnings of $2,041,010. Last year, she bankrolled nearly $1 million with a campaign that featured a 2-length victory in the GI Derby City Distaff on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs, where she next took the GIII Chicago Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths. Vahva also ran second in the GI Resolute Racing Madison at Keeneland and third in the GI Ballerina at Saratoga. In 2023, she won the GII Lexus Raven Run at Keeneland and the GIII Charles Town Oaks.

This year, Vahva captured Churchill's Chicago, which was upgraded to a Grade II event, for the second consecutive season. The goal for her connections is a return to the $1-million GI PNC Bank Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Del Mar in advance of being showcased at the November Sale.

“I've been fortunate to be around many successful mares, and Vahva has all the characteristics you look for in a future broodmare,” David Ingordo of Lane's End Farm said. “She is both elegant and strong with the kind of speed you want to see in a broodmare prospect, and I believe she will carry her racing success into the next generation.

“It is strategic on our part to sell Vahva at Keeneland because we believe in the reinvestment of their dollars into the industry and community,” Ingordo added. “I also believe that being able to train her at Keeneland has played a huge role in her development and success.”

Vahva's dam, SW and GISP Holiday Soiree, also produced Cherie DeVaux-trainee Ahavah, runner-up in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks in her second start earlier this year. Holiday Soiree's yearling filly by City of Light commanded $850,000 at the recent Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Trained throughout her career by DeVaux and based at Keeneland, Vahva raced for Belladonna Racing, Lynne Hudson, Edward J. Hudson, West Point Thoroughbreds, Twin Brook Stables, W.S. Farish, LBD Stable, Runnels Racing and Manganaro Bloodstock.

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5. CRISIS MANAGER, CD, 9/25, 1 1/16 miles (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure- 81 (4th)
(c, 3, by Liam's Map–Wilburnmoney, by Wilburn)
O-Highlander Training Center. B-The Elkstone Group (Md). T-Tom Amoss. J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.
You know it's a slow week for fast maidens when one race produces four of the top five, but fourth-place Crisis Manager gave a list-worthy performance when ground loss is considered: from his No. 12 post, he was marooned four-wide on both turns. Using data from Equibase's GPS charts (because it's the only game in town for these stats), he ran one second slower than winner Chillax but traveled 53 feet farther. Do the math, and the case can be made that Crisis Manager ran just as fast.

4. IGNITER, BAQ, 9/25, 1 mile (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure- 81
(c, 2, by Volatile–Malibu Prayer, by Malibu Moon)
O/B-Three Chimneys Farm (Ky). T-Rick Dutrow. J-Manny Franco.
Igniter was expected to improve off his wide-trip debut third behind talented Golden Tornado and Oscar's Hope, and he did, scoring at even money with a pace-stalking style. His Ned Evans owned/bred dam Malibu Prayer was a good one, taking the Grade I Ruffian with a 103 Beyer, then bringing $2 million at auction after her on-track career–and now each of her four foals to race has logged an 80 Beyer at least once.

3. MONEY MAN, CD, 9/25, 1 1/16 miles (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure- 82 (3rd)
(g. 3, by Dialed In–Oro Blanco, by Hold for Gold)
O/B-Everest Stables (Ky). T-Destin Heath. J-Frankie Dettori.
Money Man has the same running style as Mom and Dad, and his lack of gate speed repeatedly gets him bumped and squeezed and puts him in strategically difficult spots: he trailed by 13 lengths early in this race. But he's also honest, and now has rallied for three consecutive third-place finishes.

2. UP COUNTRY, CD, 9/25, 1 1/16 miles (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure- 85 (2nd)
(c, 3, by Practical Joke–A P Lucky, by Lookin At Lucky)
O-Calumet Farm. B-Wolverton Mountain Farm (Ky). T-Brendan Walsh. J-Tyler Gaffalione.
Revved up early by Gaffalione, Up Country secured a nice spot stalking pacesetter Woodson, briefly took the lead leaving the quarter pole but couldn't hold off Chillax while continuing to show Beyer improvement in his third lifetime start. His unraced dam A P Lucky is a half-sister to Grade II Beldame Stakes winner Horologist. Up Country was a 2022 $82,000 Keeneland November weanling from the Taylor Made consignment.

1. CHILLAX, CD, 9/25, 1 1/16 miles  (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure- 90
(c, 3, by Bernardini–Keepshercool, by Smart Strike)
O/B-Godolphin (Ky). T-Bill Mott. J-Junior Alvarado.
Chillax had made Five Fastest Maidens once before–a statement that needs two asterisks. On July 13 at Saratoga he was third to Classicist with an 87 Beyer, and they finished 1-2 on that week's list. Then on Aug. 10 at the Spa, he was a rough-trip second to Worthy Charge with an 82 Beyer that failed to make the cut–but upon further review, as they say in the NFL, the Beyers for that race were upgraded by six points. Thus he should have been No. 2 that week as well. And four races back, Chillax missed the top five by fractions of a point. Now he has a five-race fig profile of 90-88-87-86-86, which looks more like a top allowance or low-level stakes runner than a recent maiden graduate.

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