Mystik Dan's half brother Mystik Bayou follows in the hoofprints of his brother Oct. 25 as he joins the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail in the $200,000 Street Sense Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.

Andrew Beck and Ben Gowans teamed up as Young Squirrel Stables to secure the full sister to Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) contender Gaudreau for $725,000 during Day 3 of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale.

A mix of returning stables and high-profile newcomers will headline the Fair Grounds backside when the track opens its 155th racing season Nov. 19.

Silent Tactic will take on older horses Oct. 24 in the $350,000 Fayette Stakes (G3) at Keeneland, and the result could be impact future plans.

Irish-based No Nay Never and current leading North American sire Not This Time appear poised for a big weekend Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland following the pre-entries released Oct. 21 for the World Championships races.

Trainer Cherie DeVaux adds blinkers to the equipment of C R K Stable's Remember Mamba, the 3-1 morning-line favorite in an overdrawn renewal of the $400,000 Bryan Station Stakes (G2T) Oct. 24 at Keeneland.

As the calendar winds down on 3-year-old racing in 2026, 10 fillies will get a chance for graded stakes honors in restricted company when they square off in the $200,000 Sands Point Stakes (G3T) Oct. 23 at Belmont Park.

2018 Triple Crown winner Justify, the fifth-leading stallion in North America by progeny earnings, heads a 16-stallion roster for the 2027 breeding season at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky.

Almeraq, the highest-rated sprinter in Europe this year, has been retired and will join the roster at Shadwell's Beech House Stud in Newmarket for the 2027 breeding season.

Mark Casse shares his thoughts on Nitrogen and Classic Q following their final breezes for the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland.