The Champagne Stakes (G1) returns to a familiar locale Oct. 3 when it will be contested at Belmont Park for the first time since 2022. The one-turn mile contest generally attracts the circuit's top 2-year-olds and this year is no exception.
Megan McCarthy, a third-year equine veterinary student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the recipient of the Dr. William H. Sweeney Memorial Scholarship.
Coach Pope, a son of Tapit, won by an easy 12 1/2 lengths last time out at Churchill Downs. He faces four other challengers that won their last starts, two of them by 6 lengths or more.
Minaret Station had to wait a few more minutes than usual after the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes (G1T) Oct. 1 at Belmont Park ended, but the 4-year-old withstood a stewards' inquiry to gain his first grade 1 victory.
Fresh off a victory in the Canadian Stakes (G2T), Proctor Street will look to carry her winning momentum into the CA$200,000 Dance Smartly Stakes (G2T) Oct. 3 at Woodbine.
LRE Racing's T Kraft dug deep in the final furlong to hold off a furious late charge from Crazy Mason to win by a nose in the Vosburgh Stakes (G3) Oct. 1 at Belmont Park.
The 5-year-old daughter of American Pharoah won her third graded stakes this year and earned a place in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T) to be run Oct. 31 at Keeneland.