James L. Gagliano will retire as president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club effective Jan. 1, 2027, it was announced Sept. 28 by Everett R. Dobson, chair of The Jockey Club.

Fiber Sonde, an unraced son of Unbridled's Song and a half brother to champion sprinter Speightstown, was West Virginia's general leading sire from 2018-23.

The daughter of Too Darn Hot was born early last week at Coolmore's Hunter Valley and she has already been exploring her new home.

Keeneland will welcome many of the world's top horses and competitors to Lexington beginning Oct. 2 for a spectacular month of Thoroughbred racing that celebrates the track's 90th anniversary and culminates with the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Amy Marnane has been appointed chairperson of the Breeze-Up Consignors Association, succeeding Brendan Holland after 11 years in the role. Marnane will be supported by Thomond O'Mara of Knockanglass Stables, who takes over as vice chairman.

Highfield Investment Group also owns a 1,000-acre breeding and racing farm called Highfield Stock Farm.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 1,615 entries for its Kentucky October Yearlings Sale, to be held Oct.19-22 in Lexington. The four continuous sessions, conducted Monday-Thursday, will begin each day at 10 a.m. ET.

Silent Tactic brushed off his huge loss in the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) in late August to run one of the best races of his life to win the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) Sept. 27 at Remington Park.

For more than half a century, the University of Arizona's Global Symposium on Racing has operated on a relatively simple premise: Horse racing works better when the people shaping its future talk to one another.

Racing returns at Tokyo Racecourse this weekend for the first time since June 21 and features the Oct. 4 Mainichi Okan (G2) over 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles), one of the most important prep races for the Tenno Sho Autumn (G1) Nov. 1 at Tokyo.