Elaine Peck's Rhapsody Farm had a banner day with its weanlings by first-crop sires at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale Oct. 12. A colt by multiple grade 1 winner Dornoch topped the sale, bringing $260,000 from East Lake Racing.
New owner Gary Showalter and trainer Tom Foley bought the grade 3-winning son of Quality Road and hope to restart his stallion career at Showalter's new farm near Horseshoe Indianapolis.
Plan B worked like a charm for Ballyhimikin Stud when a well-related Blue Point colt progressed from a 215,000 guineas foal to a 600,000 guineas yearling Oct. 12 during the opening session of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.
On the Oct. 12 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Kate Hunter highlights the horses coming from Japan to compete in the Breeders' Cup, Eureka Downs general manager Mike Weiss on racing's return to Kansas for the first time in nearly 20 years.
Top five freshman sire Flightline will have his 2027 stud fee set at a later date, while Liam's Map's fee has been raised to $80,000. Grade 1 winner Deterministic, a son of Liam Map, will join Lane's End's roster next year.
A US$279,277 Showtime colt headed a selective but solid edition of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Horses in Training Sale on Oct. 12, with international buyers playing a prominent role.