Maiden Watch: Week of Sept. 8-14

At the Santa Anita autumn meet, which opens Sept. 26, seven coveted Breeders’ Cup bids will be on the line as part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series.

Ragtime and Echo Sound—second and sixth, respectively, in the Aug. 2 Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course—meet again Sept. 20 in the Dogwood Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.

The sale will offer New York-bred weanlings that will be eligible to race for equal purse money as open company horses on the New York Racing Association circuit starting in 2026.

An all-sources handle of $13,026,804 (All figures CA$) ranks the 2025 edition among the top-five Woodbine Mile day handles. The Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1T) generated $2.1 million in wagering, a 23% increase from the 2024 race. 

Poll results from leading horses after week 34 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll are unchanged.

The sale will offer New York-bred weanlings that will be eligible to race for equal purse money as open company horses on the New York Racing Association circuit.

Three grade 1-winning 3-year-old fillies—Scottish Lassie, La Cara, and Good Cheer—have another opportunity for top-level stakes glory when they compete Sept. 20 at Parx Racing in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1).

Distinguished speaker Molly Fletcher will deliver the keynote address at the Horse Racing Women’s Association 2025 conference Oct. 8-9 in Lexington. One way the HRWA is making the event more accessible is through the Pay It Forward initiative.

Dollars and Sense with Frank Angst