Amalfi Sunrise, one of the top 2-year-old fillies on the West Coast, is likely to be retired after a month-long bout of pneumonia, trainer Simon Callaghan said Sept. 28.

Earthlight lit up a packed Rowley Mile when extending his unbeaten run to five in a very cosmopolitan renewal of the Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes (G1).

The Belmont Park crowd was treated to a true battle of wills Sept. 28, as Raymond Mamone’s Imperial Hint battled back in deep stretch to win the $300,000 Vosburgh Stakes (G1) over Firenze Fire. 

Gov. Brereton C. Jones of Airdrie Stud was the 88th Honor Guest by the Thoroughbred Club of America and was honored Sept. 27 at Keeneland.

With his last race six months ago, Nicholas Alexander’s homebred Pee Wee Reese flew down the rail in the stretch of the $201,053 Eddie D Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park to pick up his second graded score and first grade 2 event. 

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With his last race six months ago, Nicholas Alexander’s homebred Pee Wee Reese flew down the rail in the stretch of the $201,053 Eddie D Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park to pick up his second graded score and first grade 2 event. 

Becky Thomas is pleased to announce that Dr. William (Bill) McGuire, Ph.D. will join Sequel New York as the Assistant Manager. 

One start after losing his rider in the Del Mar Futurity (G1), Eight Rings made amends with a front-end score in the $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes (G1) Sept. 27 at Santa Anita Park.

Bast successfully stretched out to two turns as the daughter of Uncle Mo outlasted grade 3 winner Comical in the $300,000 Chandelier Stakes (G1) Sept. 27 at Santa Anita Park, earning jockey John Velazquez a milestone win in the process.

A competitive field lines up for the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) Sept. 29, with five entrants that contended 3-year-old classics earlier in the season, including West Coast invader Mucho Gusto, who has been dubbed the 8-5 morning-line favorite.

Two days before a mandatory payout is scheduled, the 20-cent Rainbow 6 was solved for a jackpot payoff of $2,211,783.62 at Gulfstream Park Friday.

Disqualified from first in her debut, Crystalle looms as one of the betting choices in the $200,000 Miss Grillo Stakes (G2T) Sept. 29 at Belmont Park.

The commission adopted new thresholds for 18 medications and added four to its list of prohibited substances.

One filly stands head and shoulders above her 10 rivals in the Sept. 28 Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) on form and ratings having given Juddmonte Middle Park (G1) favorite Earthlight a fright in France on her last outing.

Calder Race Course’s attempt to switch its Thoroughbred racing permit in South Florida for a summer jai alai permit is still pending a hearing in late October to determine whether it is entitled to the jai alai permit.

With Breeders’ Cup five weeks away, the first Saturday of autumn is a prime window for final preps, and the “Big Three” fall tracks—Belmont Park, Churchill Downs and Santa Anita Park—have multiple stakes programs with important preps lined up. 

One start after Ollie’s Candy edged Secret Spice by a head to win the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) July 28 at Del Mar, those two rivals will meet again in the $200,000 Zenyatta Stakes (G2) Sept. 29 at Santa Anita Park.