The state's richest night of Thoroughbred racing for Oklahoma-breds, the Oklahoma Classics, has been drawn for racing Oct. 16. The card is led by the Classics Cup Handicap at 1 1/16 miles.

D I Wire looks to add more black type to his resume when he returns to Finger Lakes Oct. 12 to run in the $176,238 New York Breeders' Futurity.

Jockey Ramon Vazquez and trainer Bruce Kravets notch their 4,000th career victories Oct. 8.

The Aga Khan Studs announces the retirement of Daryz, five days after the 4-year-old won a second consecutive running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1).

After displaying the same brilliance at two turns as he exhibited in a trio of one-turn tests, the focus of this year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) will begin with undefeated dual grade 1 winner Hughes and his Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) at Keeneland.

Emerald Necklace Stakes

Fasig-Tipton has released the first batch of supplemental entries for its upcoming November Sale to be held Nov. 2 in Lexington.

A Night of Thunder colt out of the well-related Capture The Heart went the way of Ace Stud at 2.2 million guineas. The seven-figure youngster was consigned by Luca and Sara Cumani's Fittocks Stud. 

Don Pierce was a prominent member of Southern California's strong jockey colony in the 1960s and 1970s. He won many of California's premier races multiple times, including five consecutive wins in the Los Angeles Handicap.