Longtime horse racing host and analyst Matt Carothers announces the launch of a new live series, ":58...and Change," set to premiere Oct. 23 on YouTube at noon ET.
Twenty-four racecourses across France will no longer stage Thoroughbred racing under revised cost-cutting plans approved by France Galop, although all will continue to host trotting.
The son of Gun Runner ranks seventh on the leading freshman sires list and is one of two stallions in his class to sire a grade 1 winner through Oct. 19.
Anchored by the ascending Upstart, whose 2026 stars include Ashland Stakes (G1) heroine Percy's Bar and the undefeated Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1)-bound Manuka Honey, Airdrie Stud has announced its fees for the 2027 breeding season.
Dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner Daryz is set to join the Irish stallion ranks, with the Aga Khan Studs announcing he will stand at Gilltown Stud next year rather than at its French base, Haras de Bonneval.
At the end of trade on opening day of Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky October Yearlings Sale, 265 horses sold for $15,294,000, including private sales, a 12% decrease from last year's corresponding session. The average also saw a dip from $60,993 to $57,713.
The seventh annual Grayson Grass Challenge brought in a total of $8,723 for the Grayson-Jockey Club Equine Research this year at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
Ombudsman, who currently rates second on the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, is being pointed to a start in the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) Oct. 31 at Keeneland, according to Racing Post.