The British Horseracing Authority is "strongly urging" government to consider the impact on horse racing of a potential rise in machine games duty to 40% after a betting industry analyst warned almost three-quarters of betting shops would be closed.
On Oct. 2, just three weeks after her winning debut at Horseshoe Indianapolis, Serenas Ghost registered a clear victory in the $388,250 Jessamine Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland.
Emphatic was not to be denied in the Alcibiades Stakes (G1) Oct. 2 at Keeneland, as she sprinted out early from the rail, held the lead throughout, and inched away from a closing Summer Starlet to remain undefeated in three races.
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.