After the short, sharp shower of seven-figure bids that arrived late on day two of the Arqana August Sale in Deauville, strong trade was maintained throughout the Aug. 19 concluding session as big prices continue to rain down.

The Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium is Oct. 2-5 at the Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington.

The first graded stakes victory of Higher Power’s career proved eye-catching enough to voters as the 4-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro debuted in the 10th position in this week’s National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll.

On Aug. 19 on the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga Race Course, William S. Farish homebred Code of Honor, a chestnut son of Noble Mission, posted his final workout in preparation for the grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1).

The world’s highest-rated horse, Crystal Ocean, will face eight rivals in the Aug. 21 Juddmonte International Stakes (G1) at York.

The three winners of stakes in the 3-Year-Olds and Up Sprint—Dirt Division are among the nominees for the fourth leg of the MATCH Series, which shifts to Parx Racing in Pennsylvania Labor Day, Sept. 2.

Winston C came to hand for trainer Jonathan Sheppard and his Pennsylvania-based crew early in the summer, and he polished off a solid field in Saratoga Race Course’s A. P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase S. (NSA-G1) July 25.

Denford Stud has confirmed that Coronet will be retired as a valuable broodmare prospect following a final outing in October’s QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1) at Ascot.

Jack Whitaker, the iconic sports broadcaster whose coverage of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown earned him many accolades, died Aug. 18 at his home in Devon, Pa.. He died of natural causes at age 95, according to CBS Sports.

Ole Nielsen’s Explode made the 90th edition of the CA$250,000 Canadian Derby (G3) at Century Mile one to remember Aug. 18. The gelding was promoted to first following aninquiry which upheld a claim of foul lodged against Journeyman in the stretch. 

Old Bones Racing Stable and Todd Marshall’s Prince Earl found a seam in a wall of horses on the Del Mar turf to upset the $201,755 Del Mar Mile Handicap (G2T) Aug. 18. The score was his first stakes victory.

A weather delay at Ellis Park couldn’t keep Steve Asmussen’s team and jockey Tyler Baze out of the winner’s circle Aug. 18 as they swept the day’s co-features: the Ellis Park Juvenile Stakes and Ellis Park Debutante Stakes.

Merriebelle Stable’s Blue Prize backed her heavy favoritism Aug. 18, battling down the stretch with Vexatious to notch her seventh stakes win in the $100,000 Summer Colony Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Trainer Chad Brown’s dominating Saturday at the races wasn’t dampened by soggy weather at Saratoga Race Course, with Dunbar Road posting a win in the Aug. 17 Alabama (G1) just after Regal Glory shared honors with Varenka in the Lake Placid (G2T).

Now that Coronet has finally acquired the habit, she seems reluctant to return to the role of bridesmaid, comfortably adding Deauville’s Aug. 18 Darley Prix Jean Romanet (G1) to last month’s Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1) score.

Japan’s Blast Onepiece, trained by Masahiro Otake, was cut to as short as 16-1 for this year’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after warming up with a neck victory over Sungrazer in the 1 1/4-mile Sapporo Kinen (G2) under Yuga Kawada.

Once again it was Ecurie des Monceaux and its productive ‘P’ family that stole the show at the Arqana August Yearling Sale, with two closely related lots making seven-figure sums one after another late in the Aug. 18 second session.

Ashbrook Farm and BBN Racing’s grade 1 winner Concrete Rose will miss the rest of the season due to a hairline fracture in her right foreleg. On Aug. 18, trainer Rusty Arnold confirmed the fracture is expected to heal “100%.”

Earthlight roared home in front of Queen Mary Stakes (G2) heroine Raffle Prize to take the Aug. 18 Darley Prix Morny at Deauville for trainer André Fabre.