Glen Hill Farm's People Watching turned the stretch run of the $100,000 Autumn Miss Stakes (G3T) into a thriller, rocketing from off the pace to run her rivals down and secure her first graded stakes victory Oct. 25 at Santa Anita Park.
NBS Stable's Ground Support earned her second career graded score with a dominant victory in the first division of the Oct. 25 $200,000 Glen Cove (G3T), a 7-furlong Widener turf sprint for sophomore fillies, at Belmont Park.
The spring of 2026 is the spring of Cosmic Crusader after Bob Peters' remarkable and durable gelding stormed to victory in the Cox Plate (G1) Oct. 24 at Flemington.
Making his first start on dirt, Red Lane Thoroughbreds' Jas made good on the expectations of the Asmussen family Oct. 25 when he outdueled Staunch in the stretch of the $195,000 Street Sense Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.
Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable's Golden Tempo returned to the Keeneland main track around 8:10 am Oct. 25 for a light jog the opposite way around under Enrique Miranda, assistant to trainer Cherie DeVaux.
Anyone believing the 5 1/2 lengths that Drumbeat put on his Zetland Stakes (G3) rivals was the bigger deal at Newmarket's Future Champions meeting will have had that reinforced with a smooth Criterium de Saint-Cloud (G1) success.
Dual grade 1 winner and likely Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) favorite Hughes led four of Bob Baffert's Breeders' Cup runners on the Churchill Downs work tab Oct. 25.
Queenstown added another chapter to Galileo's remarkable legacy when landing the Prix Royal-Oak (G1) at Saint-Cloud Oct. 25, becoming the late Coolmore super sire's 105th individual group/grade 1 winner.
Among the top prospects is 4-year-old The Lost King, a son of Kingman from the family of Oaks (G1) winner Talent. He boasts strong form credentials, having recently finished second behind Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) winner Talk of New York.