At the end of trade on opening day of Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky October Yearlings Sale, 265 horses sold for $15,294,000, including private sales, a 12% decrease from last year's corresponding session. The average also saw a dip from $60,993 to $57,713.
The seventh annual Grayson Grass Challenge brought in a total of $8,723 for the Grayson-Jockey Club Equine Research this year at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
Ombudsman, who currently rates second on the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, is being pointed to a start in the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) Oct. 31 at Keeneland, according to Racing Post.
On the Oct. 19 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Godolphin USA's director of bloodstock Michael Banahan discusses Sovereignty's readiness for the Breeders' Cup, Knightsbridge's pending race decision, and some of the team's top European runners.
The Kentucky Horse Park has announced that its next installment of the EquineEd series for Tuesday, Nov. 10, will feature Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Cherie DeVaux.
Recent group-winning results and pleasing sale prices at this point last year provide Charles Briere and his Fairway Consignment with plenty of encouragement ahead of this week's Arqana October Yearling Sale, held Oct. 20-23.
David Eustace is eyeing a run at December's Hong Kong International Races for Light Years Charm after he capped the English trainer's best day in Hong Kong with victory in the HK$5.35 million Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (G2) at Sha Tin Oct. 19.
Why It Worked: Hall Stables, which formerly owned the mare Ready to Unleash, is enjoying the prospect of two of her foals potentially starting in the upcoming Breeders' Cup.