A pair of Chad Brown-trained runners at Belmont Park, Running in Time and Nevada, were impressive from off the pace last week and headline the Oct. 13-19 edition of Maiden Watch.

After retiring in 2021, Neil Howard, who trained Summer Squall to win the 1990 Preakness Stakes (G1), will return to oversee a 16-horse string as private trainer for CamHaven Farms.

Michelle Yu Hanson and Hannah Hamelback will co-host Thoroughbred Charities of America's Bash at the Breeders' Cup presented by the Green Group at 6 p.m. Oct. 30 at Manchester Reserve in Lexington.

Early into the second day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale Oct. 20, Donato Lanni, agent for Lundergan Stables, stretched to $800,000 for a filly from the last crop of the influential sire Uncle Mo.

Broodmare sires statistics for Fasig-Tipton's The November Sale and the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

The British and Irish foal crop has declined by a further 2.4% this year, according to Weatherbys' official Return of Mares for 2026. 

Ransom the Moon is a multiple grade 1 winner by Malibu Moon. He has sired four black-type winners so far, including seven-time stakes winner Allnight Moonlight.

The Racing Officials Accreditation Program welcomed a record 76 participants to its 2026 Steward and Judge Accreditation School Sept. 27-Oct. 4 in Lexington.

Grade 1-winning millionaire Creative Cause, who has sired 27 black-type stakes winners, and Copper Bullet, who has sired four stakes winners from modest crops, will join the Clear Creek Stud stallion roster for the 2027 breeding season.

With 11 days until the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Forever Young and Sovereignty are tied atop the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll.