After Buttah's next race Sept. 26, his connections might even be craving some Kentucky classics, such as Keeneland's famous burgoo and bread pudding as the Vosburgh Stakes (G3) is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race.
The ninth of 12 days at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale grossed $18,775,000, including private sales, an 18.1% increase from last year's session.
Nevada Beach, the 2025 Goodwood Stakes (G1) winner, looks to add a second victory, which comes with a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In berth to the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Potente, the son of Into Mischief and a $2.4 million sales yearling, died in August after rapidly declining health. He won this year's San Felipe Stakes (G2) and was runner-up in the Santa Anita Derby (G1).
Lindy Farms' Irish-bred Queen of Hawaii is primed for a rebound effort in search of her first American stakes score in the Sept. 27, $200,000 Winter Memories Stakes (G3T), a 1-mile Widener turf test for sophomore fillies, at Belmont Park.
A total of 74 yearlings sold for CA$1,119,200, with gross sales up 9.2% over 2025. The average rose 7.9% to CA$15,151, while the median increased 17.5% to CA$11,750. The results were achieved from 96 yearlings offered, compared with 100 in 2025.
Defending Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Forever Young, who captured the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) Sept. 18, has been installed as the 5-2 favorite for the second of two future wagers on this year's $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Red Bullet, who upset 2000 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Fusaichi Pegasus in the Preakness Stakes (G1), died Aug. 7 in Ocala, Fla., according to a report from Horse Racing Nation.