G. J. Stable's multiple stakes winner Prendimi sped to the lead and fended off 3-5 favorite Tappin Cat the length of the stretch for a gutsy neck victory in Saturday's $150,000 Maryland Million Classic at Laurel Park.
Chris Pallas flew Florida-based rider Edwin Gonzalez up to New York to ride his homebred Shifty She and Gonzalez delivered with a 1 1/2 length tally aboard the 5-year-old mare in the $200,000 Noble Damsel Stakes (G3T) Oct. 23 at Belmont Park.
Three-time champion sire Tapit is North America's leading sire of grade 1 winners (27), grade 1 performers (58), graded stakes winners (92), graded stakes horses (177), and stakes performers (284).
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Angel Bleu landed his second group 1 victory in the Oct. 23 Criterium International (G1) while El Bodegon took the Criterium St. Cloud (G1), giving trainer James Ferguson his first top level score.
Three of the favorites for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 6 at Del Mar recorded their penultimate works Oct. 23 for the 1 1/4-mile race, with Hot Rod Charlie breezing at Santa Anita Park and Knicks Go and Essential Quality at Churchill Downs.
Aidan O'Brien matched a record set by Sir Henry Cecil and emulated the master trainer's famous phlegmatic approach as Luxembourg justified huge support with success in the Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes (G1) at Doncaster.
Trainer Joseph O'Brien admitted he was getting edgy as a stewards inquiry into the Ladbrokes Cox Plate (G1) lingered on for over 20 minutes, but it was worth the wait as State of Rest was allowed to keep his narrow victory over Anamoe.
The dam of multiple group 1 winner Alcohol Free and significant drafts from the industry's most renowned breeders and consignors headline the 525-lot catalog for Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale 2021.
Organized in three parts, the Arqana October Yearling Sale was marked by strong demand at all levels, with all the indicators showing record results for the sale.
In his dirt test Oct. 22, Fletcher and Carolyn Gray's Figlio Del Re fought back nearing the wire in a seven-furlong maiden test at Laurel Park to win by a neck.
Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) winner Angel Bleu leads a strong British and Irish challenge heading to Saint-Cloud for the final group 1s of the French calendar Oct. 23.
The 6-year-old English Channel gelding ran down Two Emmys Oct. 22 at Keeneland to become the first graded stakes winner for trainer Jason Barkley in the $150,000 Sycamore Stakes (G3T).
Two weeks before the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar, as many as 30 prospects for the two-day event recorded breezes across North America, led by moves from such high-class runners as Medina Spirit, Life Is Good, and Malathaat.
The farm is sending Tamarkuz to Louisiana and Qurbaan to Indiana, where it hopes the promising young sires will attract more mares. Freshman sire Mohaymen will stay in Kentucky.
Trainer Aidan O'Brien has won the Vertem Futurity (G1) four times in the last 10 years and hopes to notch another win with Luxembourg. Group stakes winners Bayside Boy and Royal Patronage look to challenge the early Derby favorite.
Joseph O'Brien has already won the Melbourne Cup (G1) twice and looks to have a live chance of winning another of Australia's most prestigious races as Saratoga grade 1 winner State of Rest takes aim at the Ladbrokes Cox Plate (G1).
Jonker became the first grade 1 winner for his sire with his victory in the Oct. 22 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (G1) at Moonee Valley Racecourse.
After a brief absence as a member on the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association board of directors due to term limits, George Isaacs returned to the board Oct. 22. Valerie Dailey was elected president.
Glass Slippers will bid to repeat her 2020 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) success Nov. 6 and will be joined by stablemate Emaraaty Ana in the five-furlong event.
Though based in Maryland throughout his career, Kenny Cox has yet to win a stakes on Maryland Million day. Cox is hoping his luck will change this year that this year in the Oct. 23 Maryland Million Classic at Laurel Park with Ain't Da Beer Cold.
The University of Arizona Racetrack Industry Program has announced former U.S. Congressman Thomas (Tom) Rooney as the keynote speaker for the university's 47th annual Global Symposium on Racing.
Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (G1) winner Lucky Vega will stand at the Irish National Stud for northern hemisphere duties
Jockey Paco Lopez, who injured his left shoulder in a one-horse spill at Meadowlands Oct. 15, is booked to return to action the evening of Oct. 23.
Keeneland has announced that 14 horses have been supplemented to Book 1 of its 78th November Breeding Stock Sale and 11 horses have been supplemented to the horses of racing age portion of the auction. The entire sale will be held Nov. 10-19.
Female racehorses are featured Oct. 23 at Woodbine when it stages the CA$250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes for Canadian-bred 2-year-old fillies and CA$150,000 Hendrie Stakes (G3), an open race for older female sprinters.
The final leg of the Japanese Triple Crown, the Oct. 24 Kikuka Sho (G1) at Hanshin Racecourse, lacks the winners of the first two legs but features a wide-open field of 18 with lots of promise for the big year-end races.
A Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) rematch between Gamine and Bell's the One, who finished 1-3 in the 2020 race at Keeneland, will not take place when the $1 million race is renewed Nov. 6 at Del Mar.
Former European trainer Ed Vaughan aims for his first graded win on U.S. soil when he runs Alex Frost's La Lune in the $150,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager Stakes (G3T) for fillies and mares at Keeneland Oct. 24.
The American Farrier's Association's 50th Annual Convention will be held in Arlington, Texas, Nov. 8-12.
Grade 1-placed Soup and Sandwich makes a return in the seven-furlong Perryville Stakes at Keeneland.
Equibase, the Thoroughbred industry's official database for racing information, announced Oct. 22 the addition of result charts that include data collected from global positioning satellite systems.
Ten stakes will be part of the eight-week, 25-day fall meet at Golden Gate Fields that commences Oct. 22 and runs through Dec. 12.
The fourth day of the Arqana October Yearling Sale Oct. 21 saw the strong demand continue during the first half of Part III of the catalog.
Mishriff, one of Europe's top older horses, will not race at the Breeders' Cup next month at Del Mar, co-trainer John Gosden told Daily Racing Form Oct. 21.
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The 19-year-old son of Danzig is the leading active North American sire by percent of black-type winners from runners at 14.3%.
Brereton C. Jones' Airdrie Stud has announced the farm stud fees for the 2022 breeding season. Cairo Prince, the leading sire of 2-year-old winners in America, will stand the season at a fee of $15,000.
A unique offering presented by MyRacehorse will provide ownership opportunities in six exciting yearlings that were purchased at the recent Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, represented by sires Justify, Into Mischief, Quality Road, and Empire Maker.
Not This Time, a son of Giant's Causeway, is the leader of his second-crop sire class with 10 black-type winners and 14 stakes performers of 2021, and co-leader with two graded stakes winners.
The New York Racing Association released its 2022 racing calendar Oct. 21, which calls for 202 live race days at Belmont Park, Aqueduct Racetrack, and Saratoga Race Course.
Rosemont Stud purchased the group 2-placed Joyous Legend, a daughter of champion mare More Joyous, for AUS$1.025 million (US$765,070) at the Inglis October Digital Sale.
Gainesway Farm announced Oct. 21 it will stand multiple grade 1 winner Raging Bull for the 2022 breeding season. The Peter Brant-owned 6-year-old son of Dark Angel is pointed towards the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) Nov. 6 at Del Mar.
Trainer Anthony Dutrow saddles High Opinion in hopes of turning the tables on five-time race winner Chad Brown in the Oct. 23, $200,000 Noble Damsel (G3T) for fillies and mares going one mile over the Widener turf course at Belmont Park.
Franconia has been disqualified from a listed race she won at Newbury last year, having tested positive for ketamine which, a disciplinary panel has accepted, probably derived from recreational use of the drug by her groom.
La Dragontea, second in Woodbine's E.P. Taylor Stakes (G1T) Oct. 17, has been cataloged as Hip 267 for the upcoming Fasig-Tipton November Sale. She will be consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Hunter Valley Farm, agent.
After becoming just the 10th jockey in North America to ride 7,000 winners by winning two races Oct. 20 at Presque Isle Downs, jockey Mario Pino said he would retire after riding there Oct. 21.
Less than three years after announcing a transition from the legacy lip tattoo system, the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau said Oct. 21 that more than 35,000 Thoroughbreds have now been digitally tattooed.
The Niarchos family has been selected to receive the 2021 Longines and IFHA International Award of Merit, which recognizes distinguished horsemen and horsewomen for lifelong contributions to Thoroughbred racing.
Pin Oak Stud's 24-year-old homebred stallion was the last active son of Unbridled standing in Kentucky.
