BloodHorse MarketWatch's annual preview for the Keeneland September Yearling Sale includes comprehensive progeny sales and racing statistics for the sires represented in the auction, being held Sept. 14-26.
Kentucky-bred Iron Man Cal, a son of Collected, will contest the $250,000 Pat O'Brien Stakes (G2) at Del Mar, a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In race awarding a free spot in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1).
Hall of Fame rider Javier Castellano won his 6,000th North American race Aug. 26 when guiding Starship Lizzy to victory in the finale of the Saratoga Race Course card.
Gold Phoenix will be favored to win the Del Mar Handicap (G2T) for the fifth straight year when he headlines a field of 11 in the $300,000 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series event Aug. 29.
The highly anticipated first crop of Flightline had its first stakes winner Aug. 26, as Go for Launch won the $200,000 Bolton Landing Stakes with authority at Saratoga Race Course.