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. 

EquiLottery Games, the leading live sports lottery game developer, announced today that it reached an agreement with the NBA that will see EquiLottery launch a new, officially-licensed lottery draw game based on the outcomes of NBA games.

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. 

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 have 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.

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 accomplished her first North American victory by holding off late-running Court Return to take the CA$600,000 E. P. Taylor Stakes (G1T) Oct. 18 at Woodbine.