Sweetwater Downs closed out the 2026 Wyoming racing season (Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing) with record-setting prize money highlighted by the richest race in Wyoming history, the $300,000 Sweetwater Downs Futurity for Quarter Horses.
Goffs unveils the catalog for its November Foal Sale Oct. 13, and it can now be viewed online. It features 1,028 foals to be offered from Nov. 16-19 at Kildare Paddocks.
The Last Dance, runner-up in this year's Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas, G1), has been added to the catalog for the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale and will be offered on the opening evening of the sale Dec. 5.
Fall race meets at Keeneland, Belmont Park, and other tracks are ongoing, and a premier steeplechase event, the Far Hills Race Meeting in New Jersey, is set for Saturday, Oct. 17. Radio, TV, and streaming coverage is planned.
Johnny Mac Smith, whose work with the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and with the Keeneland yearling inspection team made him a celebrated equine veterinarian, died Oct. 10 at his Woodford County, Ky. home after a battle with liver cancer.
Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst, sponsored by NTRA, looks at the harmful economic impact from Texas' decision to not participate in the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.