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.

Minnie Hauk put a frustrating run of form behind her to hold off Believed and earn Aidan O'Brien a 22nd group 1 winner of the season in the Oct. 17 British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse.

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.

Sir Prancealot, currently California's sixth-leading sire in 2026, will move from Rancho San Miguel to Eclipse Thoroughbred Farm for the 2027 breeding season after prominent owner/breeder Nick Alexander purchased the 16-year-old Tamayuz stallion.

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.

Billy Loughnane said he wanted to go jumping around Ascot with joy after being crowned the youngest champion jockey in more than a century.

Paul Verderosa looks ahead to the Raven Run Stakes & the Perryville Stakes at Keeneland.

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.