Seventh of eight sprinters as the field neared the Keeneland stretch in the $368,238 Phoenix Stakes (G2) Oct. 2, Nakatomi passes six horses through the final quarter-mile to score a repeat victory in America's oldest stakes race.
The Oct. 3 Arqana Arc Sale begins a few minutes after the opening day of the meeting at ParisLongchamp Racecourse has concluded. Among the around 40 horses in training who are set to go through the ring are four entries for this weekend.
Trainer Phil D'Amato will look to add to his success in the Rodeo Drive Stakes (G2T) when he sends out a trio of starters led by grade I winner and 4-5 morning-line favorite Thought Process.
Scandinavia, the son of Justify, enters the 2 1/2-mile Prix du Cadran (G1) with a perfect 5-for-5 season record on the line Oct. 3 at ParisLongchamp Racecourse.
Diva Express, a dead-heat winner of the 2016 Winning Colors Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs, is offered with a colt by Storm Boy as part of the breeding stock component at the Inglis Digital Australia October (Early) Online Sale.
An evenly matched group of juveniles to line up for the Oct. 4 Bourbon Stakes (G2T), which is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T).
Multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Imagination has been retired and is settling in at Mountain View Farm in New York, where he'll begin his stud career next year.
Citing her work in developing enforcement strategies to detect doping as well as to safeguard equine welfare, ARCI chair Domenic DiCera has appointed Amanda English of Oklahoma as chair of the ARCI Drug Testing Standards and Practices Committee.