Grade 2 winner and grade 1-placed Simplification, a 7-year-old son of Not This Time, will stand the 2027 season at Rockridge Stud near Hudson, N.Y. He will stand for a fee of $5,000.
Catalog updates don't get much bigger than the one for Spangled Banner, a daughter of Tiz Wonderful who will be offered Nov. 7 at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The update notes U. S. S. Valor's victory in the Champagne Stakes (G1).
At the end of the day Friday, a total of 246 horses had changed hands for gross receipts of $23,395,200, including post-ring sales. The average price was up 4.9% from last year's corresponding session to $95,102.
In this week's On Racing, most trainers based in California came away from the 43rd Breeders' Cup Championships Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland with a few minor placings and bags of meaningless souvenirs.
Ciaron Maher is confident Godolphin's star sprinter Tempted can continue her outstanding form when she contests the Nov. 7 Champions Sprint (G1) at Flemington Racecourse.