The fee for Horse of the Year Gun Runner was dropped to $50,000 from $70,000. The son of Candy Ride’s first-crop yearling average this year was $267,750.

After taking the overall lead following his 4 1/2-length win in the Awesome Again Stakes (G1) Sept. 26, WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International, and SF Racing’s Improbable has finished No. 1 in the final Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings.

Any amount of anxiety would have been perfectly understandable ahead of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, but in the event it would have been almost entirely unwarranted.

In Oct. 14 filings, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and several Kentucky Thoroughbred tracks petitioned the Kentucky Supreme Court to rehear arguments on historical horse racing.

Despite the significant challenges facing the sport during COVID-19, it is paramount that racing authorities continue to proactively address pressing issues to ensure racing’s sustainability over the longer term.

The COVID-19 pandemic that disrupted and shifted the sales schedule this year pushed auction houses, consignors, and buyers to quickly adapt to the use of technology, a panel for the University of Louisville Equine Industry Program discussed.

Graded stakes-winning 3-year-old fillies Venetian Harbor and Four Graces lead a field of 10 in the Raven Run Stakes (G2) at Keeneland, where a good effort from one or both could propel them into the Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1).

Last year’s Al Basti Equiworld Gimcrack Stakes (G2) and Pommery Champagne Stakes (G2) winner, Threat, has retired from racing and will stand at Haras du Mont Goubert in France for the 2021 breeding season.

The New York Racing Association will increase purses at Belmont Park in a number of overnight conditions effective Oct. 18, bringing the value of its open claiming and maiden claiming races to the highest levels in the country.

The connections of Justify have filed a writ of mandate in California seeking to prevent the California Horse Racing Board from conducting a hearing on the horse’s post-race test findings after the 2018 Santa Anita Derby (G1).

The son of Maclean’s Music set a stakes record in the Hopeful Stakes (G1) and won the Oct. 10 Champagne Stakes (G1) gate-to-wire by 5 1/2 lengths.

The Hokkaido farm confirmed Oct. 14 it will stand the son of Blame, an undefeated grade 1 winner and millionaire. His fee will be announced later.

A rundown of television and radio coverage for the upcoming weekend compiled by America’s Best Racing.

Kameko, the QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (G1) hero who had been a leading contender for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) at Ascot Oct. 17, will not run in the QIPCO-sponsored event, his connections outlined Oct. 14.

In advance of the upcoming California Fall Yearlings Sale at Los Alamitos, Fasig-Tipton has announced COVID-19 protocols that will be in place in accordance with California regulations.

In advance of the upcoming California Fall Yearlings Sale at Los Alamitos, Fasig-Tipton has announced COVID-19 protocols that will be in place in accordance with California regulations.

Six-figure bids came thick and fast Oct. 13 as Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale continued to buck the market trends seen elsewhere during a sales season that has supplied more than its share of challenges.

Six-figure bids came thick and fast Oct. 13 as Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale continued to buck the market trends seen elsewhere during a sales season that has supplied more than its share of challenges.

A filly sired by red-hot stallion Not This Time was purchased by Tonja Terranova, agent, for $225,000 to top the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s Selected Sale of Yearlings Oct. 13.

A filly sired by red-hot stallion Not This Time was purchased by Tonja Terranova, agent, for $225,000 to top the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s Selected Sale of Yearlings Oct. 13.