AJ Will Win Stables' millionaire Barbadian Runner, a $5,000 yearling, seeks a second consecutive victory in the headline event of the 41st edition of the Jim McKay Maryland Million, the Maryland Million Classic.

Trainer Horacio De Paz will send out five contenders led by Twenty Six Black on the Oct. 24 Empire Showcase Day card at Belmont Park, which offers 10 stakes exclusively for horses foaled in New York State valued at a combined $2.1 million in purses. 

Two of Australia's most exciting 3-year-olds will attempt to upstage an accomplished older generation when Warwoven and Blind Raise take their places in the Oct. 24 Cox Plate (G1).

James "Jim" Everatt, who with his wife, Janeane, established Shannondoe Farm and became a prominent Thoroughbred breeder in Canada, died Oct. 15 at his residence in St. Thomas, Ontario. He was 86.

Thanks to new money from the provincial government, the Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program's Mare Purchase Program has a total budget of $750,000 for the 2026-27 fall/winter season, up from $400,000 in 2025-26.

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announces Oct. 22 that 45 Thoroughbred aftercare organizations have been awarded accreditation for 2026.

A year after skipping the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), Chad Summers has targeted the World Championships this year with his now Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Napoleon Solo.

Keeneland has supplemented a total of five horses to its two November sales with Dothraki Sea, in foal to Flightline, and a 50% fractional interest in grade 3 winner Stellify joining Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 3.

Ocala Stud's 2027 stallion roster is headed by Kantharos, who is returning to the Sunshine State and will stand for $8,500, live foal stands and nurses.

With the local community rallying behind it, Eureka Downs has returned to horse racing. Now, that community aims to make it a success.