If it ain't broke, don't change a thing was the order of the day for Proletariat and Kyle Frey, who repeated their wire-to-wire score in Del Mar's opening-day Oceanside Handicap (G2) in the $301,500 Aug. 23 Del Mar Derby.
Aidan O'Brien was in no rush to draw conclusions about a first career defeat for Diamond Necklace in Deauville's Prix Jean Romanet (G1), other than to hail her top-class conqueror Aventure.
Multiple graded stakes winner and Maryland stallion Engage was represented by his first stakes winner Aug. 23 when La Resolana won the $76,500 Eleven North Handicap at Monmouth Park.
Champion mare Autumn Glow showed she was back in her best shape by winning Round 1 of a budding rivalry with Sheza Alibi in the Aug. 22 Winx Stakes (G1) at Randwick Racecourse.
Despite a catalog that was 4% smaller than 2025, the Aug. 17-22 HBA Summer Yearling Sale in Shizunai, Japan, set records for gross, average, median, and clearance rate.