In the fall 2026 issue of The Jockey Club Newsletter, Chairman Everett Dobson provides updates on smaller field sizes and foal crops, modernizing systems, traceability, marketing the sport, and supporting regional racing.

Team Valor International's Champagne Stakes (G1) winner U. S. S. Valor (8-1) headlines the first of six opportunities to bet on 2027 Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders in advance when Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Oct. 28.

Irvin S. "Irv" Naylor, the National Steeplechase's leading all-time owner, died Oct. 20 at the age of 91.

Recent Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) winner Knightsbridge will race in the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), trainer Bill Mott said the morning of Oct. 26 at Keeneland.

Howard Belvoir, one of the greatest trainers in Washington racing history, died Friday at age 82 of heart failure.

Team Valor International's Champagne Stakes (G1) winner U. S. S. Valor (8-1) headlines the first of six opportunities to bet on 2027 Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders in advance when Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Oct. 28.

National and international horse racing media outlets will direct their coverage to Keeneland all week long as contenders make final preparations for 14 races comprising the 43rd Breeders' Cup World Championships Oct. 30-31.

It would be more than enough for any breeding operation to come up with a superstar runner such as Nitrogen, but she represents only part of the collection of stakes winners for whom D. J. Stable is responsible this season.

Overskate Stakes

The trajectory of Listenupshance's career changed this spring when Run Fast Racing trusted its hundreds of subscribers to make a decision on his next start, and now a few months later they find themselves in the Breeders' Cup.