In this week's Porter on Pedigrees, Alan Porter examines the matings of Gun Runner with Congrats mares and the success of Leading Change and My Gun's Loaded.

This week's podcast playback looks at quotes of interest from racing podcasts Aug. 26-Sept. 2, including trainers Brad Cox on Travers Stakes (G1) winner Leading Change and Ron Moquett discussing Hymn taking the Forego Stakes (G1).

Trainer Ricky Hendriks is well-suited with a pair of contenders in grade 1-winner Little Trilby and grade 1-placed Coutach for the Sept. 2 Jonathan Sheppard Memorial, a 2 3/8-mile steeplechase handicap for older horses, at Saratoga Race Course. 

Fasig-Tipton's August Digital Sale closed Sept. 1 with gross sales of $5,790,000 for 198 horses sold. The average price was $29,242, with a clearance rate of 86%.

Voting has opened for the Inaugural Miss Mareworthy Pageant, a national digital competition that celebrates more than 100 Thoroughbred mares, from racing champions and accomplished producers to second-career athletes and beloved companions.

The Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and Parx Racing are proud to partner with Stable Recovery for the inaugural running of the Stable Recovery Stakes on Pennsylvania Derby day Sept. 19.

The Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational Stakes (G2T) has been a Kentucky Downs fixture since before the turn of the century, a 1 1/2-mile grass race that boasts a seven-figure purse and regularly draws elite turf runners from both the U.S. and abroad.

This week's schedule of radio, television, and streaming coverage of Thoroughbred racing, as compiled by America's Best Racing.

Sales season rolls into Newmarket Sept. 2 for the sixth edition of the Tattersalls Somerville Sale, where 286 lots have been cataloged for the one-day sale.

Intense heat this week has led to post-time adjustments and racing changes at Kentucky Downs and Colonial Downs.