Beaten by 2 1/4 lengths by Calandagan in last season's Champion Stakes (G1), Ombudsman turns the tables in emphatic fashion, sprinting away to register a 3 3/4-length verdict in this year's running Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse.
Andrew Balding described Kalpana as a "horse of a lifetime" after the four-time group 1 winner ended her career on the track in the British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes (G1) Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse.
A number of horses aimed at the Oct. 30-31 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland breezed over the fast main track Oct. 17, including Magnitude for trainer Steve Asmussen, and Fully Subscribed, Kathynmarissa, and Segesta for trainer Chad Brown.
Talk of New York came of age on British Champions day with a dominant win in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse. Almeraq, Mount Atlas land other group 1s on the British Champions day card.
A meticulous 12-month plan bore fruit in the richest possible way when Tempted dug deep to cause a massive upset in toppling Ka Ying Rising in the Oct. 17 The Everest (G1), avenging her defeat to him in the event last year.
Mister Omaha hadn't run since June 27 and when he did, he finished sixth, beaten 10 lengths in Texas on the turf. That poor showing didn't matter Oct. 16 at Remington Park as he won the Oklahoma Classics Cup Handicap on the main track.
Grade 1 winner and Gainesway freshman sire Drain the Clock was represented by his first stakes winner Oct. 16 when Drain the Shot earned a maiden-breaking win in the $76,000 Oklahoma Classics Juvenile Stakes at Remington Park.
In this week's On Racing, Steve Cauthen's best finish in the Breeders' Cup as a jockey was a second-place effort in the 1985 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T). This year, as racing manager for Dixiana Farm, he hopes to secure an elusive Breeders' Cup win.