James L. Gagliano will retire as president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club effective Jan. 1, 2027, it was announced Sept. 28 by Everett R. Dobson, chair of The Jockey Club.
On the Sept. 28 episode of BloodHorse Monday: C2 Racing Stable's Mark Cornett discusses Forged Steel's victory in the Goodwood Stakes (G1), Frank Angst on the ripple effects of Hawthorne's bankruptcy.
Susumu Fujita's 2025 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) and 2026 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) winner, Forever Young, closed as the 5-2 favorite upon the completion of betting Sept. 27 in Pool No. 2 of the Breeders' Cup Classic Future Wager.
Fiber Sonde, an unraced son of Unbridled's Song and a half brother to champion sprinter Speightstown, was West Virginia's general leading sire from 2018-23.
Amy Marnane has been appointed chairperson of the Breeze-Up Consignors Association, succeeding Brendan Holland after 11 years in the role. Marnane will be supported by Thomond O'Mara of Knockanglass Stables, who takes over as vice chairman.
Keeneland will welcome many of the world's top horses and competitors to Lexington beginning Oct. 2 for a spectacular month of Thoroughbred racing that celebrates the track's 90th anniversary and culminates with the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
For more than half a century, the University of Arizona's Global Symposium on Racing has operated on a relatively simple premise: Horse racing works better when the people shaping its future talk to one another.