Hong Kong hero Ka Ying Rising earned confirmation of his global superstar status and a comparison to his trainer’s former champion Better Loosen Up in storming to victory in the Oct. 18 The Everest (G1) at Randwick Racecourse.

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., announced Oct. 17 new partnership with MyRacehorse that brings together the passionate supporters of two organizations dedicated to celebrating the sport of Thoroughbred racing.

On Racing

Closing weekend of the Keeneland fall meet kicks off with the $400,000 Valley View Stakes (G2T) Oct. 24, which drew an overflow field of some of the top 3-year-old turf fillies in the country.

With 15 days until the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), multiple grade 1 winner Journalism turned in his penultimate work the morning of Oct. 17 at Santa Anita Park.

Trainer Kenny McPeek posted on the social media platform X Oct. 17 that he would allow fans to see the recently retired Thorpedo Anna at his Keeneland barn Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. to noon ET for photographs.

Gun Runner, a 12-year-old son of Candy Ride, is the sire of 15 millionaires and 11 career grade 1 winners.

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher on Oct. 17 sent out a quartet of workers targeting the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1)—Fierceness, Mindframe, Antiquarian and Locked—on the Oklahoma dirt training track at Saratoga Race Course.

Blue Grass Farms Charities’ sixth annual Relics and Rarities from the Bluegrass Region online auction will run from noon, Oct. 23-7 p.m., Oct. 26.

Trainer Kenny McPeek posted on the social media platform X Oct. 17 that he would allow fans to see the recently retired Thorpedo Anna at his Keeneland barn Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. to noon ET for photographs.