Multiple graded stakes winner Stronghold, winner of the Santa Anita Derby (G1) in 2024, has been retired and will stand the 2027 breeding season at Gary Broad's Walmac Farm in Kentucky.

Whitsbury Manor Stud has announced its roster for 2027 with Havana Grey again heading the lineup at a private fee.

As part of the partnership with the National HBPA, the Retired Racehorse Project is launching the Claiming Crown Pledge.

The Professional Racetrack Groom Course is returning in 2027 through a long-standing partnership between Horse Racing Alberta and Olds College of Agriculture & Technology's Industry Training & Continuing Education division.

Donna Barton Brothers, one of Thoroughbred racing's most recognizable and respected personalities, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Clay Puett Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Racing Industry.

Unbeaten group 1 winner Proxima Dea will arrive at Flemington Racecourse as the favorite for the Nov. 5 VRC Oaks (G1) attempting to extend her perfect record to six. 

New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program announces that its 17th Annual Breeders' Cup Pledge has generated more than $100,000 in early estimated donations.

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has launched its 2026 Hay and Feed Drive with a generous $100,000 matching gift from Peggy and Richard Santulli.

Sahlan, winner of last year's Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (G1), has retired from racing and will stand at Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy for 2027. The Al Shaqab Racing homebred is a son of the late Wootton Bassett.

Klocke will continue his career in Hong Kong after selling to the Good Time Syndicate at the Inglis Digital Australia November (Early) Online Sale.