Mountain View Farm announces Nov. 3 that Newgrange, a five-time graded stakes-winning son of Violence with more than $1 million in earnings, will join the stallion roster at the Gansevoort, N.Y., farm.
Eve of War, the dam of Pennsylvania Derby (G1) winner and Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) runner-up The Puma, leads the opening hours of the first session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale in selling for $2.4 million Nov. 3.
Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill buys Flag Day (Hip 79), dam of graded stakes winner Hall of Fame, a son of Gun Runner. The mare is in foal with a full sibling of Hall of Fame. She is part of the complete dispersal of Earle Mack's breeding stock.
Last year's champion 2-year-old and two-time group 1 winner Puerto Rico has been retired to stand at Coolmore's Castlehyde Stud for the 2027 breeding season.
Early during the opening day of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm struck for a filly by Good Magic from the immediate family of grade 1 winners Dornoch, Mage and Baeza. Pope signed the ticket at $1.05 million.
Above the starting stalls at Keeneland this weekend were the words "Breeders' Cup World Championships." This meeting is designed to be the pinnacle of the sport, the best taking on the best. Sovereignty is the best.
Point of Law leads home a Ciaron Maher-trained trifecta in the AU$10 million Melbourne Cup (G1) Nov. 3. Maher trained five of the top six finishers of the 3,200-meter race.
Grade 1 winner Saudi Crown has been retired from racing and will stand at Darby Dan Farm in 2027, according to a post from owner FMQ Stables and confirmed by Darby Dan's John Phillips.