Fiber Sonde, an unraced son of Unbridled's Song and a half brother to champion sprinter Speightstown, was West Virginia's general leading sire from 2018-23.
Keeneland will welcome many of the world's top horses and competitors to Lexington beginning Oct. 2 for a spectacular month of Thoroughbred racing that celebrates the track's 90th anniversary and culminates with the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Amy Marnane has been appointed chairperson of the Breeze-Up Consignors Association, succeeding Brendan Holland after 11 years in the role. Marnane will be supported by Thomond O'Mara of Knockanglass Stables, who takes over as vice chairman.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 1,615 entries for its Kentucky October Yearlings Sale, to be held Oct.19-22 in Lexington. The four continuous sessions, conducted Monday-Thursday, will begin each day at 10 a.m. ET.
For more than half a century, the University of Arizona's Global Symposium on Racing has operated on a relatively simple premise: Horse racing works better when the people shaping its future talk to one another.
Silent Tactic brushed off his huge loss in the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) in late August to run one of the best races of his life to win the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) Sept. 27 at Remington Park.
Racing returns at Tokyo Racecourse this weekend for the first time since June 21 and features the Oct. 4 Mainichi Okan (G2) over 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles), one of the most important prep races for the Tenno Sho Autumn (G1) Nov. 1 at Tokyo.