West Point Thoroughbreds' Counting Stars is already favored to earn the Eclipse Award as outstanding 3-year-old filly, and now she faces older rivals for the first time in the Oct. 4 Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.
An evenly matched group of juveniles line up for the Oct. 4 Bourbon Stakes (G2T), which is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T).
In this week's On Racing, the emphasis on youth at this time each year is relentless. But let the congregation pause for a moment to give thanks for those tireless campaigners who have taken their people on long and glorious rides.
On Oct. 2, just three weeks after her winning debut at Horseshoe Indianapolis, Serenas Ghost registers a clear victory in the $388,250 Jessamine Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland.
Emphatic was not to be denied in the Alcibiades Stakes (G1) Oct. 2 at Keeneland, as she sprinted early from the rail, held the lead throughout, and inched away from a closing Summer Starlet to remain undefeated in three races.
The Oct. 3 Arqana Arc Sale begins a few minutes after the opening day of the meeting at ParisLongchamp Racecourse has concluded. Among the around 40 horses in training who are set to go through the ring are four entries for this weekend.
The British Horseracing Authority is "strongly urging" government to consider the impact on horse racing of a potential rise in machine games duty to 40% after a betting industry analyst warned almost three-quarters of betting shops would be closed.