Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic & The Woodward at Belmont at the Big A.

Hit Show was all heart over the sloppy track at Churchill Downs Sept. 28, running down a game Cooke Creek to win the $500,000 Lukas Classic Stakes (G2).

Two exciting finishes on the turf enlivened California Crown Day Sept 28 at Santa Anita as Johannes won the City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2T), and First Peace won the California Crown Eddie D. Stakes (G2T).

It wasn’t the easiest of trips for Zulu Kingdom (IRE) but in the end it propelled him to where any talented 2-year-old wants to be. Namely, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

Third in his stakes debut last time out, Dresden Row proved a force on the Woodbine main track, springing a 10-1 upset victory in the Sept. 28 CA$135,000 Durham Cup (G3).

It wasn’t the easiest of trips for Zulu Kingdom (IRE) but in the end it propelled him to where any talented 2-year-old wants to be. Namely, the Breeders’ Cup.

The Bob Baffert runners came to play, but it was Subsanador (ARG), trained by Richard Mandella, who emerged victorious in a thrilling inauguration of the $1 million California Crown Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park Sept. 28.

A physical evaluation discovered bone bruising, which will force the Belmont Stakes (G1) winner to miss an anticipated start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).

Reigning Australian champion juvenile Broadsiding picked up where he left off last season when he produced a barnstorming display to win the Sept. 28 Golden Rose Stakes (G1) on seasonal debut in the Rosehill Gardens 1,400-meter event. 

The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association’s Breeders Sales of Louisiana held its 2024 Yearling Sale followed by a mixed session Sept. 27 at the Louisiana Equine Sales and Event Center in Opelousas, La.