In this week's On Racing, a small field spotlights the Del Mar Futurity (G1) as Bob Baffert and Doug O'Neill have all five of the entrants in the September race for 2-year-olds.
An impeccably bred Sea The Stars filly out of the group 3-winning Soldier Hollow mare Sconset led the way at the Baden-Badener Auktionsgesellschaft Yearling Sale in a baking-hot Baden-Baden Sept. 4.
Kentucky Belle won the Aug. 7 Saratoga Oaks Stakes (G2T) in her last start at Saratoga Race Course, a performance that makes her the favorite for the Dueling Grounds Oaks Invitational Stakes (G3T) Sept. 9, closing day of the Kentucky Downs meet.
Group 1-placed mare Bellatrix Star headlines a 275-lot Inglis Digital Australia September (Early) Sale catalog featuring a strong selection of breeding stock as the Southern Hemisphere covering season gets underway.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club kicks off its 2026-27 season Sept. 6 at Sha Tin Racecourse with the world's joint-rated No. 1 horse, Ka Ying Rising, the star of the program.
Gamely Stakes (G1T) winner Thought Process returns from a three-month layoff to take on the cream of the local female turf crop in the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes (G2T) Sept. 7, Labor Day, at Del Mar.