American Pharoah will stand for an unchanged fee of ¥4 million at the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association's Shizunai Stallion Station in 2027, following a successful first season at the stud.

Keeneland has cataloged 125 horses to the November Horses of Racing Age Sale to be Nov. 12, the day after the conclusion of the November Breeding Stock Sale. The sale will begin at noon ET.

Inspired by Mark Twain characters, owner/turf writer Gary West named stakes-placed Tom Sawyer and maiden Huckleberry Finn.

Five-time Eclipse Award winner Irad Ortiz Jr. captured his third graded stakes of Keeneland's fall meet with a win in the Franklin Stakes (G2T) Oct. 11, leaving no doubt that he is back in elite riding form after being sidelined for 55 days.

The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program Championships was held from Oct. 1-4 at Stable View in Aiken, S.C. The show saw participation from 300 entries.

With just over two weeks until the Breeders' Cup World Championships, Sovereignty maintains a six-point lead over Forever Young in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll.

Porter on Pedigrees looks at some of the successful, late-career crops of the now pensioned Medaglia d'Oro.

Commonwealth Sire Stakes

This week's Podcast Playback looks at quotes of interest from racing podcasts Oct. 7-13 that include Mike Weiss on Eureka Downs, Alex Henry on Japan's Breeders' Cup hopefuls, and Elliott Walden on his new podcast.

After years of conflict over the implementation of rules under the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, key Texas horse racing stakeholders are optimistic that a path exists to restore interstate simulcasting in the state.