Faversham, a multiple winner and full brother to two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome, has been retired from racing to stand at Daehling Ranch in Northern California. His 2021 fee will be $2,000.
This week's racing schedule for radio and television, compiled by America's Best Racing.
A California-bred son of Stay Thirsty was sold for $200,000 to top the Oct. 19 Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale at Los Alamitos Race Course that was relocated due to COVID-19 restrictions at the original location.
Quality Road's graded stakes-winning son Cowboy Culture will enter stud in 2021 at Whitney Farms near Monrovia, Ind.
The New York State Gaming Commission heard from jockeys, stewards, and heads of multiple Thoroughbred organizations during a two-hour virtual conference Oct. 19 to discuss the potential changes to whip rules in New York.
Swiss Skydiver continues to inch up the ranks in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top 3-Year-Old Poll.
Get Smokin has spent the majority of 2020 trying, and falling just short, of adding a graded stakes victory to his resume. But the hard-knocking son of Get Stormy laid all his cards on the table Oct. 18 and won the Hill Prince Stakes (G2T).
Filly out of Malibu Moon mare Moon River Gal
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The celebrations in Normandy following the victory of Sottsass in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) have barely died down but the combination of his sire Siyouni and his breeder proved irresistible at the Arqana October Yearling Sale.
Dionne Johnson, Lynnelle Fox Smith, and Michele Holbrook have been named finalists for the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards' Administration Award. A winner will be announced Nov. 5 during at virtual ceremony scheduled for 12:00 p.m. ET.
Auction to be held at Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Horse Park Oct. 27
Clive Cox and Adam Kirby have paid Commonwealth Cup (G1) winner Golden Horde the ultimate compliment by saying he belongs in the same league as their previous star sprinters following his retirement through injury.
This month's Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines (G1) winner Wooded has been retired to stand at Haras de Bouquetot in France.
Godolphin announced the retirement of the world's top turf performer in Ghaiyyath, who will retire to Darley's Kildangan Stud in Ireland after showing signs of soreness following a routine piece of work.
Astute and the $750,000 yearling Private Mission won at Santa Anita Park, while four other fillies with potential made it to the winner's circle at other tracks.
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Smooth Like Strait collected his third graded stakes victory for owner and breeder Cannon Thoroughbreds in the $202,000 Twilight Derby (G2T) Oct. 18 at Santa Anita Park.
Robert Cole, Alexis Kolasa, and Aaron West have been named as finalists for the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards' Newcomer Award. A winner will be announced Nov. 5 during at virtual ceremony scheduled for noon ET.
Trainer Tom Bush knows he's been handing Get Smokin some tough assignments against the top 3-year-old turfers.
Helium romps by 4 1/4 lengths against a field of juveniles as the 7-5 favorite.
Trainer Nick Gonzalez, whose wife, assistant trainer Martha Gonzalez, recently passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer, watched Silent Poet, bred and owned by Stronach Stables, put on a show over six furlongs at Woodbine.
Three-year-old Blame Debbie fought all the way to the wire Oct. 18 at Keeneland and finally earned her first graded stakes victory by a head in the $125,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager Stakes (G3T) over 1 1/2 miles.
Son of Galileo is a full sibling to stakes winners Serpentine, Wedding Vow, Beacon Rock, Bye Bye Baby, and Bound.
The pace scenario may not have been in Devamani's favor in the $145,500 Knickerbocker Stakes (G2T), but everything else seemed to be.
Peter Brant, Mrs. M. V. Magnier, and Mrs. Paul Shanahan's Etoile held off late-running Court Return to accomplish her first North American victory in the CA$630,000 (US$477,666) E. P. Taylor Stakes (G1T) Oct. 18 at Woodbine.
On the recommendation of its Racing Committee, the American Association of Equine Practitioners board of directors voted to support the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act (H.R. 1754/S. 4547).
Trainer Charlie Hills says, "(We) have got great respect for the Breeders' Cup and what they've done, but (Battaash is) finishing the year on a high and we'll keep him safe and sound for next season, which we're already looking forward to."
Sam-Son Farm's homebred Say the Word rallied down the outside of Woodbine's homestretch to score his first stakes victory in the CA$300,0000 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes Presented by Pattison (G1T) Oct. 18.
Following a Midlantic sale at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium that saw figures on par with the pre-pandemic 2019 auction, the Fasig-Tipton regional sale circuit now moves to California with the Oct. 19 one-day Fall Yearlings Sale.
The weather may have been foggy during the morning of Oct. 18 at Santa Anita Park, but trainer Bob Baffert's disposition was as bright and sunny as could be after watching Maximum Security zip around the track.
Golden Sixty and Beauty Generation will both be pointed toward the Dec. 13 Longines Hong Kong Mile (G1).
With Daring Tact improving to 5-for-5 after the Shuka Sho (G1), the filly's connections are looking ahead to the Japan Cup (G1) for her next start.
With Craig Lewis having conditioned both the sire and the dam of Warren’s Showtime, it was fitting that the 3-year-old filly marked the 1,000th career victory for her trainer when she surged home to take the $101,000 Autumn Miss Stakes (G3T) Oct. 17.
A solid performance in the $200,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes (G2) for 3-year-old fillies Oct. 17 at Keeneland earned Venetian Harbor a trip to the Nov. 7 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) back at the Lexington track.
Live Oak Plantation's 2-year-old filly Souper Sensational kept her record perfect in two starts with a stunning score Oct. 17 at Woodbine while giving Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse a record ninth title in the Glorious Song Stakes.
Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Swiss Skydiver and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Authentic returned to the work tab Oct. 17 for the first time since their exciting stretch duel Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course.
Turf Paradise and the Arizona Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association have agreed to resume live racing at the Phoenix-based oval with an 84-day meeting running from Jan. 2 through May 1, 2021.
The romance of the Australian turf has always been idealized in its role as a great leveler, with a system of predominantly handicaps—even at the highest level—acting as an equalizer that embodies Australia's egalitarian self-identity.
The New York Racing Association, Inc. announced COVID-19 health and safety protocols for jockeys during the 18-day Aqueduct fall meet, which will open on Friday, Nov. 6 and run through Sunday, Dec. 6.
Steve Avery, David Kyle, and Helen Otero have been named finalists for the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards' Dedication to Breeding Award. A winner will be announced Nov. 5 during at virtual ceremony scheduled for 12:00 p.m. ET.
Qatar Racing's QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Kameko will be retired to stand at Tweenhills Stud in Gloucestershire at the end of 2020.
Graded-stakes placed and distance-loving Siberian Iris is a strong contender to Blame Debbie in the Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes (G3T).
Francis-Henri Graffard's patient approach with The Revenant was handsomely rewarded Oct. 17 when the French raider upset odds-on shot Palace Pier to win the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Sponsored by QIPCO (G1) at Ascot Racecourse.
Addeybb put in a performance befitting of the occasion to finally land his first top-level race in Britain with a frighteningly-good effort, taking the Oct. 17 QIPCO Champion Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse.
Wonderful Tonight completed a rare group 1 double, progressing from a top win at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) meeting just two weeks earlier to run away with the Oct. 17 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse.
Hollie Doyle described her group 1 breakthrough as "a dream come true" after Glen Shiel gamely denied Brando to win the Oct. 17 QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse by a nose.
Alan King's love affair with Ascot continued Oct. 17 as the trainer known for his success over jumps added his latest big-race victory on the flat thanks to Trueshan's devastating performance in the British Champions Long Distance Cup (G2).
Eighty-one veterinary students from 10 North American veterinary colleges attended the fifth annual Cavalcade Student Education Event Day.
Leading New York third-crop sire Central Banker will stand for a reduced fee.
