Ben’s Cat, whose 26 stakes victories include three in the Maryland Million, had his final work Oct. 15 for “Maryland’s Day at the Races,” set for Oct. 22 at Laurel Park.

Ben’s Cat, whose 26 stakes victories include three in the Maryland Million, had his final work Oct. 15 for “Maryland’s Day at the Races,” set for Oct. 22 at Laurel Park.

Craig Dollase, who recently received 19 horses from Mick Ruis, worked one of them Oct. 15 at Santa Anita Park: Del Mar Debutante (gr. I) winner Union Strike. Grade I winner Melatonin was also on the tab.

Time and Motion wore down Hawksmoor and held off Harmonize with a perfect run Oct. 15, edging her rivals to claim her first grade I in the final strides of the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Lane’s End (gr. IT) at Keeneland.

Time and Motion wore down Hawksmoor and held off Harmonize with a perfect run Oct. 15, edging her rivals to claim her first grade I in the final strides of the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Lane’s End (gr. IT) at Keeneland.

Jockey Tyler Baze got a good feeling Nick Alexander’s Enola Gray would take to a new surface for her first grass start Oct. 15, when the Grazen filly warmed up and traveled up the Santa Anita Park hillside turf course.

China Horse Club and WinStar Farm’s Theory parlayed his success from a standout debut win at Saratoga Race Course into the graded stakes ranks Oct. 15 with another impressive score in the $200,000 Futurity Stakes (gr. III) at Belmont Park.

Stout-hearted filly Jameka made a powerful and sustained rally down the stretch to win the Aus$3 million Caulfield Cup (Aus-I) by three lengths over males Oct. 15, stamping herself as a horse to watch for the Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) next month.

French Derby (Fr-I) winner Almanzor for a second straight time got the best of Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) winner Found, winning the £1.3 million QIPCO Champion Stakes (Eng-I), the centerpiece of QIPCO British Champions Day Oct. 15 at Ascot.

Filly phenom Minding tallied a seventh top-level win Oct. 15 when holding off Ribchester by a half length in the £1.2 million Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Eng-I) on British Champions Day at Ascot.

As most of the barns at Los Alamitos Race Course only started to rustle with activity during the early morning Oct. 15, California Chrome stood like a sentinel at the top of the longest stretch run in North America.

Saratoga Special (gr. II) winner Gunnevera will be pointed to the Delta Downs Jackpot (gr. III) instead of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I), trainer Antonio Sano said Oct. 14.

Octagonal, Australia’s Horse of the Year in 1996, was euthanized at Godolphin Woodlands Oct. 15, according to Darley.

Australian champion and young stallion Vancouver will reverse shuttle from Coolmore Australia to Coolmore’s Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky. for the 2017 breeding season.