Working Oct. 17 at Santa Anita Park toward expected starts in the Breeders' Cup were American Pharoah Stakes (G1) runner-up Net Par and a quartet of runners for trainer Phil D'Amato: Gold Phoenix, Thought Process, Sorrento Sky, and Majestic Oops. 

A number of horses aimed at the Oct. 30-31 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland breezed over the fast main track Oct. 17, including Magnitude for trainer Steve Asmussen, and Fully Subscribed, Kathynmarissa, and Segesta for trainer Chad Brown. 

Sydney Petty and Aidan Gass are the winners of the 2026 TAKE2 Junior Rider Award, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America.

Sir Prancealot, currently California's sixth-leading sire in 2026, will move from Rancho San Miguel to Eclipse Thoroughbred Farm for the 2027 breeding season after prominent owner/breeder Nick Alexander purchased the 16-year-old Tamayuz stallion.

Minnie Hauk put a frustrating run of form behind her to hold off Believed and earn Aidan O'Brien a 22nd group 1 winner of the season in the Oct. 17 British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse.

A number of horses aimed at the Oct. 30-31 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland breezed over the fast main track Oct. 17, including Magnitude for trainer Steve Asmussen, and Fully Subscribed, Kathynmarissa, and Segesta for trainer Chad Brown. 

Andrew Balding described Kalpana as a "horse of a lifetime" after the four-time group 1 winner ended her career on the track in the British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes (G1) Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse.

Beaten by 2 1/4 lengths by Calandagan in last season's Champion Stakes (G1), Ombudsman turns the tables in emphatic fashion, sprinting away to register a 3 3/4-length verdict in this year's running Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse.

Talk of New York came of age on British Champions day with a dominant win in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse. Almeraq, Mount Atlas land other group 1s on the British Champions day card.

A meticulous 12-month plan bore fruit in the richest possible way when Tempted dug deep to cause a massive upset in toppling Ka Ying Rising in the Oct. 17 The Everest (G1), avenging her defeat to him in the event last year.