The Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners has announced that David Osborne, the Kentucky House Speaker and Thoroughbred owner, is its 2026 recipient of the Louisville-based organization's signature Warner L. Jones Jr. Horseman of the Year Award.
Hit Show, the 2025 Dubai World Cup winner and a career earner of more than $9.5 million, will try to win the Hagyard Fayette Stakes for the third year in a row Oct. 24 at Keeneland Race Course.
The Challenge, presented by Gainesway, looks at Kentucky Derby (G1) winners Sovereignty and Golden Tempo both being pre-entered in this year's Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
At the end of the fourth session, a total of 1,096 horses had changed hands for gross receipts of $65,920,000, including private sales. The gross was down from last year's record-setting total of $72,071,000.
2026 has been a nonstop thrill ride for the team behind dual classic winner Golden Tempo, and that’s definitely true for his groom, José Hernández who says that the months since have been the best times of his 13-year career working with horses.
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.