After taking a pair of grade 1s in September at Woodbine, Charlie Appleby ships Arabian Crown across the pond to compete in the CA$750,000 Canadian International Stakes (G1T) Oct. 3.

After landing a pair of graded stakes against her generation this summer at Saratoga Race Course, Counting Stars is entered to face older fillies and mares for the first time in the $650,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) Oct. 4 at Keeneland.

Sahlan, winner of last year's Prix du Moulin (G1), has retired from racing and will stand at Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy for 2027.

There was a case of deja vu on the opening day of Goffs Orby Sale Book 2, as owner Montgomery Motto was at the end of the winning bid for the top lot, a filly by Cotai Glory.

Kantharos returns to Ocala Stud to stand the 2027 breeding season, the farm announced Sept. 30. A stud fee will be announced at a later date.

Juddmonte's Segesta is one of the leading contenders in a wide-open field of 11 fillies and mares who will line up Oct. 3 for the $800,000 First Lady Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland.

Letters to the editor for the Oct. 1 issue of BloodHorse Daily include a tribute to the late trainer John Salzman Sr.

Having won the last three graded stakes held in Kentucky, Brad Cox trains the morning-line favorite in both of the Keeneland fall meet's first two graded stakes Oct. 2.

In this clip from the Sept. 28 episode of BloodHorse Monday: C2 Racing Stable's Mark Cornett discusses what would lead to a decision to run Goodwood Stakes (G1) winner Forged Steel in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).

Grade 2-level sprinters kick off the stakes action Oct. 3 at Keeneland, starting with males on the turf in the Woodford Stakes (G2T) in the sixth race, followed a race later by females on dirt in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2).