Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill buys Flag Day (Hip 79), dam of graded stakes winner Hall of Fame, a son of Gun Runner. The mare is in foal with a full sibling of Hall of Fame. She is part of the complete dispersal of Earle Mack's breeding stock.
Sovereignty appears a near certainty to earn a second Horse of the Year title, plus an Eclipse Award in the older dirt male category, based on voting results in the final National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll.
There were some lofty reputations on the line Oct. 30 in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), and in their own way, each of the main contenders emerged with credit. Their connections can look forward to what might happen in 2027.
Eve of War, the dam of Pennsylvania Derby (G1) winner and Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) runner-up The Puma, leads the opening hours of the first session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale in selling for $2.4 million Nov. 3.
Last year's champion 2-year-old and two-time group 1 winner Puerto Rico has been retired to stand at Coolmore's Castlehyde Stud for the 2027 breeding season.
Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill buys Flag Day (Hip 79), dam of graded stakes winner Hall of Fame, a son of Gun Runner. The mare is in foal with a full sibling of Hall of Fame. She is part of the complete dispersal of Earle Mack's breeding stock.
The Santa Anita autumn meet came to a close Nov. 1 with Juan Hernandez as the leading jockey, Doug O'Neill as the top trainer, and Hronis Racing as the leading owner.
Mountain View Farm announces Nov. 3 that Newgrange, a five-time graded stakes-winning son of Violence with more than $1 million in earnings, will join the stallion roster at the Gansevoort, N.Y., farm.
Above the starting stalls at Keeneland this weekend were the words "Breeders' Cup World Championships." This meeting is designed to be the pinnacle of the sport, the best taking on the best. Sovereignty is the best.
Early during the opening day of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm struck for a filly by Good Magic from the immediate family of grade 1 winners Dornoch, Mage and Baeza. Pope signed the ticket at $1.05 million.