Juddmonte's Segesta is one of the leading contenders in a wide-open field of 11 fillies and mares who will line up Oct. 3 for the $800,000 First Lady Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland.
Having won the last three graded stakes held in Kentucky, Brad Cox trains the morning-line favorite in both of the Keeneland fall meet's first two graded stakes Oct. 2.
Grade 2-level sprinters kick off the stakes action Oct. 3 at Keeneland, starting with males on the turf in the Woodford Stakes (G2T) in the sixth race, followed a race later by females on dirt in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2).
In this clip from the Sept. 28 episode of BloodHorse Monday: C2 Racing Stable's Mark Cornett discusses what would lead to a decision to run Goodwood Stakes (G1) winner Forged Steel in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Zulu Kingdom will have an opportunity to secure a special spot in Keeneland racing history when he starts from the outside in an expected field of nine in the Turf Mile Stakes (G1T) Oct. 3 at the Lexington track.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 208 main entries for The November Sale, the company's selected mixed sale to be held Nov. 2 in Lexington, days after the Breeders' Cup World Championships. The single-session sale will begin at 2 p.m. ET.
Oak Leaf Stakes (G2) for juvenile fillies, Rodeo Drive (G2T) for older females on the turf, and Chillingworth (G3) for female sprinters are on tap during Oct. 3 card, which features the American Pharoah Stakes (G1).
Undefeated Hughes tops the four juveniles Bob Baffert has entered in the American Pharoah Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita, a race named for the 2015 Triple Crown winner Baffert trained.