At the end of the fourth session, a total of 1,096 horses had changed hands for gross receipts of $65,920,000, including private sales. The gross was down from last year's record-setting total of $72,071,000.
2026 has been a nonstop thrill ride for the team behind dual classic winner Golden Tempo, and that’s definitely true for his groom, José Hernández who says that the months since have been the best times of his 13-year career working with horses.
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. was unseated shortly after the start of Keeneland's final race Oct. 22 and suffered a broken left ankle that will require surgery, taking him out of the saddle indefinitely.
R. Lee Lewis and Lexi Lewis' grade 1-placed Rum Twist posted a half-mile breeze Oct. 22 in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), with NYRA clockers timing her covering the distance in :47.25 over the Belmont Park main track.
Smart purchases last year paid off handsomely for Woods Edge Farm during the last session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale. A pair of yearling colts bought last year as pinhook prospects resold for a combined $770,000.
Aidan O'Brien has narrowed down his Futurity Trophy Stakes (G1) team to three as he bids to land a hammer blow in the trainers' title race in Britain's final group 1 of the year Oct. 24 at Doncaster Racecourse.
Keeneland has added three supplements to its Championship Sale: a 2.5% fractional interest in Upstart; a lifetime breeding right in Life Is Good; and a 50% ownership interest in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) pre-entrant Citrus Springs.
Horseshoe Indianapolis Racing & Casino will adjust with the upcoming time change effective Oct. 28. Regular racing programs will move to a 1:30 p.m. ET post time, a change from the traditional 2:10 p.m. post time.
For the last three years, Thoroughbred racing's Horse of the Year has arisen from somewhere other than the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). That figures to change this year.