The Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint Stakes (G2T) is a Breeders' Cup Challenge: Win and You're In qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) being held Oct. 31 at Keeneland.
A new record price was set at the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale Sept. 2 when a daughter of Sioux Nation brought the hammer down at 185,000 guineas, only to be bested later in the session by a Blue Point filly who brought 190,000 guineas.
Group 1 winner Zavateri will make his last appearance in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse before retiring to stand at Tally-Ho Stud for the 2027 breeding season.
For the first time, Breeders Sales of Louisiana split its annual sale into a live preferred yearling sale in September, to be followed next month by a digital mixed sale. A total of 121 yearlings changed hands for a gross of $2,580,200.
Shannon Hill Farm's Mr Percy prevails narrowly to land his first top-level stakes victory in the Sept. 2 Jonathan Sheppard Memorial (NSA-1), a 2 3/8-mile sarsteeplechase handicap for older horses at Saratoga Race Course.
Kentucky Downs has partnered with Gulfstream Park and 1/ST Bet on the Gulfstream Summer Sweep Pick 5, a unique Pick 5 sequence on both Sept. 5-6, featuring action at Kentucky Downs and Gulfstream Park.
Glacius showed a natural liking for American turf by winning the Saratoga Derby Stakes (G1T) Aug. 8 by 1 1/4 lengths. He returns in the $3 million Nashville Derby Invitational Stakes (G2T), the richest turf race for 3-year-olds in the U.S.
The Sunshine Meet at Gulfstream Park, a precursor to the Championship Meet, begins Sept. 4 with a nine-race program and a stakes schedule highlighted by the $225,000 Princess Rooney Stakes (G3).
In a race that figures to provide more clues on how Burnham Square measures up against top international runners, he'll face face Breeders' Cup Turf winner Ethical Diamond in the deepest edition to date of the Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational Stakes.