Multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Imagination has been retired and is settling in at Mountain View Farm in New York, where he'll begin his stud career next year.
The American Pharoah Stakes (G1) Oct. 3 at Santa Anita Park is Southern California's first two-turn dirt stakes race for 2-year-old males aiming to earn a "Win and You're In" berth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1).
OwnerView today announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2026 New Owner of the Year Award, sponsored by 1/ST RACING, which honors a new Thoroughbred owner who has been successful in the sport and has had a positive impact on the industry.
Citing her work in developing enforcement strategies to detect doping as well as to safeguard equine welfare, ARCI chair Domenic DiCera has appointed Amanda English of Oklahoma as chair of the ARCI Drug Testing Standards and Practices Committee.
The Champagne Stakes (G1) returns to a familiar locale Oct. 3 when it will be contested at Belmont Park for the first time since 2022. The one-turn mile contest generally attracts the circuit's top 2-year-olds and this year is no exception.
Megan McCarthy, a third-year equine veterinary student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the recipient of the Dr. William H. Sweeney Memorial Scholarship.
Coach Pope, a son of Tapit, won by an easy 12 1/2 lengths last time out at Churchill Downs. He faces four other challengers that won their last starts, two of them by 6 lengths or more.