Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. was unseated shortly after the start of Keeneland's final race Oct. 22 and suffered a broken left ankle that will require surgery, taking him out of the saddle indefinitely.
R. Lee Lewis and Lexi Lewis' grade 1-placed Rum Twist posted a half-mile breeze Oct. 22 in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), with NYRA clockers timing her covering the distance in :47.25 over the Belmont Park main track.
Smart purchases last year paid off handsomely for Woods Edge Farm during the last session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale. A pair of yearling colts bought last year as pinhook prospects resold for a combined $770,000.
Horseshoe Indianapolis Racing & Casino will adjust with the upcoming time change effective Oct. 28. Regular racing programs will move to a 1:30 p.m. ET post time, a change from the traditional 2:10 p.m. post time.
Keeneland has added three supplements to its Championship Sale: a 2.5% fractional interest in Upstart; a lifetime breeding right in Life Is Good; and a 50% ownership interest in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) pre-entrant Citrus Springs.
For the last three years, Thoroughbred racing's Horse of the Year has arisen from somewhere other than the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). That figures to change this year.
Aidan O'Brien has narrowed down his Futurity Trophy Stakes (G1) team to three as he bids to land a hammer blow in the trainers' title race in Britain's final group 1 of the year Oct. 24 at Doncaster Racecourse.
AJ Will Win Stables' millionaire Barbadian Runner, a $5,000 yearling, seeks a second consecutive victory in the headline event of the 41st edition of the Jim McKay Maryland Million, the Maryland Million Classic.