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Undefeated gelding will try two-turns for the first time against eight rivals in the $400,000 event for Florida-bred juveniles. Read More

Zedan Racing Stables' Princess Noor comes to the race already a 6 1/2-length grade 1 winner. Bob Baffert also will saddle Varda and Illumination in the "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). Read More

After finishing third last year, United will try to secure victory in this year's edition of the $200,000 John Henry Turf Championship Stakes (G2T) Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park. Read More

Of the six stakes at Santa Anita Park Sept. 26, the Speakeasy is the only ungraded race and offers the smallest purse at $100,000. But it, too, offers a Breeders' Cup berth. Read More

Owned and trained by Daniel Pita, Princess Secret enters the My Dear Girl off a game effort last time out in the Aug. 29 Susan's Girl Stakes. Read More

Beauty Generation seeks a Hong Kong-record 19th win overall and his fourth Celebration Cup (G3) trophy. Read More

Though plans have not been finalized, the connections of Monomoy Girl are leaning toward training the champion mare up to her Nov. 7 engagement in the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) at Keeneland. Read More

Florida pinhookers Randy Miles and Bo Hunt hope they found another Seven Trumpets at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in a Not This Time colt they purchased for $115,000 during the Sept. 24 penultimate session of the 12-day auction. Read More

Ten of 14 juvenile champions that became sires ranked among the top 10 in their class during the first-crop, second-crop, or third-crop years. Read More

During a largely uneventful meeting of the California Horse Racing Board Sept. 24, commissioners discussed the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act before passing a series of mostly routine motions on its agenda. Read More

The extent of the damage caused by the alleged Ponzi scheme set up by Mike Stanley and his Layezy Racing betting syndicate has been laid bare in the High Court, where it emerged £158.7 million is owed to creditors. Read More

Ryan Hanson's Weston is the only graded stakes winner in the field of eight entered in the $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes (G1) Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park but the gelding's owner/trainer still sees a tough test ahead. Read More

With the Sept. 25 session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale set to bring down the curtain on the beginning of the annual yearling auction season, consignor Reiley McDonald gives thumbs-up to both Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland for their efforts. Read More

Surging Bodhicitta, who has put together an impressive season racing in Southern California turf races, will try to put the cherry on top when she starts in the $300,000 Rodeo Drive Stakes (G1T) Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park. Read More

New bill gives the new Authority powers to control all substances administered to horses under its jurisdiction. Under the proposal, a covered horse comes under the jurisdiction of the new Authority after its first timed workout at a racetrack. Read More

The Kentucky Horse Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Coleman as the new Executive Director of the Lexington-based organization. Read More

A competitive field of six fillies and mares lines up to start in the Chillingworth (G3), formerly run as the L.A. Woman Stakes. Read More

Benbatl recorded his best form in Britain when running away with the Shadwell Joel Stakes (G2) race last year by five lengths from King of Comedy, but this year's contest promises to be a completely different test. Read More

A Kentucky Supreme Court opinion Sept. 24 potentially could jeopardize a major source of purse funding in the state as the court determined that at least one brand of historical horse racing game that has operated in Kentucky is not pari-mutuel. Read More

Though its $100,000 purse is modest, 13 horses entered the one-mile Ack Ack Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs Sept. 26, led by Ten Strike Racing and Madaket Stables' multiple stakes winner Warrior's Charge. Read More

The belief that turf races produce large fields with close competitive finishes is surely reflected in the $100,000 Noble Damsel Stakes (G3T) for fillies and mares. Read More

The barns and walking rings of the Keeneland September Sales Grounds continued to be well-shopped through the Sept. 23 closing session of Book 5 as 238 horses sold through the ring to bank gross receipts of $4,664,900.  Read More

When it was announced Sept. 21 that Volatile had been retired with a hairline fracture of his right front cannon bone, it surely changed the complexion of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1). Ditto for the Vosburgh Stakes (G2). Read More

BHA chief executive Nick Rust has appealed to government for direct financial support with the impact of no crowds set to cost the sport £300 million this year. Read More

The final stop on the West Coast road to the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 7 at Keeneland is the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (G1) Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park, a race headed by stablemates Maximum Security and Improbable. Read More