According to her rider, Barnavara is a filly who wears her heart on her sleeve. In contrast, the man on top may well have had his heart in his mouth in the dying strides as Barnavara conquered the Prix de l’Opera (G1).

Making his stakes debut for trainer Michael McCarthy, Stark Contrast took the lead in deep in the stretch and scored by a length in the $100,000 Zuma Beach Stakes (G3T) going a mile Oct. 5 at Santa Anita Park.

Final Score, a speedy son of Not This Time, took the $400,000 Bourbon Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland Oct. 5 by 1 1/2 lengths, earning an automatic fees-paid berth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) Oct. 31 at Del Mar.

Late Illinois Governor Jim Edgar’s Thoroughbreds will be dispersed October 11–12 in Indiana, offering buyers the chance to secure horses from one of the Midwest’s most respected breeding programs.

Natural Rise tries to become the first horse to complete the Dirt Triple Crown for 3-year-olds, which was introduced in 2024, in the Japan Dirt Classic at Oi Racecourse Oct. 8.

Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company announced Oct. 5 that bloodstock agent Will Douglass will join OBS as their International representative. A native of England, Douglass began his career as a bloodstock agent in January 2010 under Charlie Gordon-Watson.

After setting a quick pace, Calumet Farm homebred Gin Gin was able to outlast a late charge by Nitrogen and pull the upset in the $650,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 5.

Sara Elbadwi & Richard Migliore look back at the G1 Frizette & G1 Champagne at Belmont at the Big A.

According to her rider, Barnavara is a filly who wears her heart on her sleeve. In contrast, the man on top may well have had his heart in his mouth in the dying strides as Barnavara conquered the Prix de l’Opera (G1).

Making her first start in the United States, Resolute Racing’s Village Voice displayed an impressive turn of foot down the lane and swept by her rivals to win the $175,000 Waya Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack.