Grants Pass Downs kicks off its first ever commercial race meet Sunday, Sept. 22.

Connections of Circus Maximus told of their relief Sept. 19 after the 3-year-old’s victory over Romanised in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (G1) was upheld by a panel of three appeal stewards in Paris. 

Surprising Soul runs best when he is fresh, and after a four-month holiday he pulled a 17.60-to-1 surprise Sept. 19, setting all the pace in Belmont Park’s $150,000 Lonesome Glory Handicap (NSA-G1) and running away to a 3 3/4-length victory.

The four-race losing streak by Significant Form to close out the 2018 season seems a distant memory as the daughter of Creative Cause has turned things around this season.

Maryland-rooted Sagamore Farm is keeping a focus on its home state with an entry Sept. 21 at Laurel Park, where He Hate Me runs in the $250,000 Xpressbet Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3).

Lexington was experiencing a damp September just one year ago with a record 10.42 inches of rainfall, but the weather in Horse Country has done a complete 180 this year.

The son of Greatness will stand at Wind N’ Spring Farm near Charles Town.

Horse welfare and public perception will be the main focus of International Conference of Horseracing Authorities, organized by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, Oct. 7 in Paris.

Test Stakes (G1) winner Covfefe tops a compact field of six 3-year-old fillies in Saturday’s $125,000 Dogwood Stakes—the featured event on an 11-race program at Churchill Downs, as she preps for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

In conjunction with Tom Hall’s Look Back feature in BloodHorse Daily, BloodHorse.com each Thursday presents historic race stories from the pages of the magazine.