After Buttah's next race Sept. 26, his connections might even be craving some Kentucky classics, such as Keeneland's famous burgoo and bread pudding as the Vosburgh Stakes (G3) is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race.
The ninth of 12 days at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale grossed $18,775,000, including private sales, an 18.1% increase from last year's session.
Nevada Beach, the 2025 Goodwood Stakes (G1) winner, looks to add a second victory, which comes with a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In berth to the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Lindy Farms' Irish-bred Queen of Hawaii is primed for a rebound effort in search of her first American stakes score in the Sept. 27, $200,000 Winter Memories Stakes (G3T), a 1-mile Widener turf test for sophomore fillies, at Belmont Park.
Potente, the son of Into Mischief and a $2.4 million sales yearling, died in August after rapidly declining health. He won this year's San Felipe Stakes (G2) and was runner-up in the Santa Anita Derby (G1).
The 4-year-old filly Eunomia has raced in Florida, Virginia, Kentucky, New York, and California this year. Plus, very soon, Delaware, where she battles Regaled and nine other fillies and mares in the Sept. 26 Delaware Handicap (G3).
Red Bullet, who upset 2000 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Fusaichi Pegasus in the Preakness Stakes (G1), died Aug. 7 in Ocala, Fla., according to a report from Horse Racing Nation.
Defending Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Forever Young, who captured the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) Sept. 18, has been installed as the 5-2 favorite for the second of two future wagers on this year's $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).