Wonderful Tonight completed a rare group 1 double, progressing from a top win at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) meeting just two weeks earlier to run away with the Oct. 17 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse.

Apparently a six-day delay did little to help the New York Racing Association round up a full field for the $150,000 Knickerbocker Stakes (G2T).

Wonderful Tonight completed a rare group 1 double, progressing from a top win at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) meeting just two weeks earlier to run away with the Oct. 17 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse.

Hollie Doyle described her group 1 breakthrough as “a dream come true” after Glen Shiel gamely denied Brando to win the Oct. 17 QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse by a nose.

Alan King’s love affair with Ascot continued Oct. 17 as the trainer known for his success over jumps added his latest big-race victory on the flat thanks to Trueshan’s devastating performance in the British Champions Long Distance Cup (G2).

Eighty-one veterinary students from 10 North American veterinary colleges attended the fifth annual Cavalcade Student Education Event Day.

Eighty-one veterinary students from 10 North American veterinary colleges attended the fifth annual Cavalcade Student Education Event Day.

Leading New York third-crop sire Central Banker will stand for a reduced fee.

Delk will be responsible for, among other things, identifying yearlings and horses of racing age for purchase and monitoring and advising on their development and race plans.

Stunning Sky would not be denied Oct. 16 as she delivered a focused outside rally in deep stretch to eliminate Princess Grace’s clear advantage and score a half-length victory in the Pin Oak Valley View Stakes (G3T) on the turf at Keeneland.

Seven fillies and mares will vie for top honors in the CA$600,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes (G1T), while eight starters chase top prize in the CA$300,000 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (G1T) Oct. 18 at Woodbine.

Magical is back for more. In a year when her long-time nemesis Enable underwhelmed, the Aidan O’Brien-trained mare has had arguably her best season to date with three group 1 wins to her name already.

Wayne Clem, Christy Holden, and Matt Lyons have been named finalists for the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards’ Leadership Award—Breeding. A winner will be announced Nov. 5 during at virtual ceremony scheduled for 12:00 p.m. ET. 

Sackatoga Stable’s New York-bred Tiz the Law recorded his final breeze at Belmont Park Oct. 16 in preparation for the Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland. The son of Constitution registered six furlongs in 1:12.26 over a fast main track.

Mark Casse, who has won three of the past four and five of the past seven editions of the Glorious Song, has a legitimate shot to add to his impressive trophy haul courtesy of Souper Sensational.

The Lexus Raven Run (G2) at Keeneland, Autumn Miss (G2T) at Santa Anita Park, Glorious Song at Woodbine, and Floral Park at Belmont Park head up the Oct. 17 action.

The seventh race at Keeneland Oct. 17 will likely draw more spectators than the usual maiden special weight. Among the field’s 12 juvenile fillies will be Wicked Bisou, half sister to champion Midnight Bisou.

The simmering rivalry between Beauty Generation and Golden Sixty turns up a notch Oct. 18 as they face off for the second time in the Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy (G2) with bigger things on the horizon.

Apparently a six-day delay did little to help the New York Racing Association round up a full field for the $150,000 Knickerbocker Stakes (G2T).

Keeneland has announced that Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) candidate Crazy Beautiful along with the dams of Breeders’ Cup hopefuls Jackie’s Warrior and Mutasaabeq are among the 14 horses supplemented to the November Breeding Stock Sale.