Recent group-winning results and pleasing sale prices at this point last year provide Charles Briere and his Fairway Consignment with plenty of encouragement ahead of this week's Arqana October Yearling Sale, held Oct. 20-23.
David Eustace is eyeing a run at December's Hong Kong International Races for Light Years Charm after he capped the English trainer's best day in Hong Kong with victory in the HK$5.35 million Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (G2) at Sha Tin Oct. 19.
Why It Worked: Hall Stables, which formerly owned the mare Ready to Unleash, is enjoying the prospect of two of her foals potentially starting in the upcoming Breeders' Cup.
Magical Trickster put a spell on the competition, winning the Oct. 18 Frost King Stakes at Woodbine. The victory also served to give his sire, grade1 winner Collusion Illusion, his first black-type stakes winner.
Paramount Sales is bringing championship blood to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale Oct. 19-22, offering three yearlings with direct family ties to Breeders' Cup contenders.