Having won the last three graded stakes held in Kentucky, Brad Cox trains the morning-line favorite in both of the Keeneland fall meet's first two graded stakes Oct. 2.
Grade 2-level sprinters kick off the stakes action Oct. 3 at Keeneland, starting with males on the turf in the Woodford Stakes (G2T) in the sixth race, followed a race later by females on dirt in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2).
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 208 main entries for The November Sale, the company's selected mixed sale to be held Nov. 2 in Lexington, days after the Breeders' Cup World Championships. The single-session sale will begin at 2 p.m. ET.
Zulu Kingdom will have an opportunity to secure a special spot in Keeneland racing history when he starts from the outside in an expected field of nine in the Turf Mile Stakes (G1T) Oct. 3 at the Lexington track.
In this clip from the Sept. 28 episode of BloodHorse Monday: C2 Racing Stable's Mark Cornett discusses what would lead to a decision to run Goodwood Stakes (G1) winner Forged Steel in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Oak Leaf Stakes (G2) for juvenile fillies, Rodeo Drive (G2T) for older females on the turf, and Chillingworth (G3) for female sprinters are on tap during Oct. 3 card, which features the American Pharoah Stakes (G1).
Undefeated Hughes tops the four juveniles Bob Baffert has entered in the American Pharoah Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita, a race named for the 2015 Triple Crown winner Baffert trained.