Carracci, a winning and group 3-placed son of Quality Road, was sold for 320,000gns to lead the opening session of Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale Oct. 23.

John Stewart continued a yearling buying spree he started in September after landing a $500,000 gray/roan colt by Justify Oct. 23, opening day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale.

Last year’s Epsom Derby (G1) winner Desert Crown has had to be put down after failing to recover from the serious fetlock injury he suffered on the Newmarket gallops in August.

Highlights from Day 1 of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale

MarketWatch Interview: Nathan McCauley

Martin Stevens takes a look at the stories behind this year’s Weatherbys Return of Mares, which features breeding records for every Thoroughbred broodmare in Britain and Ireland.

The Weatherbys Return of Mares to Sept. 30, 2023, just published, shows the number of live foals registered to date in The General Stud Book for England and Ireland totals 13,438; up from 13,275 in 2022 and 12,920 in 2021.

Romagna Mia made the most of her North American opportunities with a late running score in the Oct. 22 $300,000 Dowager Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland.

Proxy, the 5-year-old son of Tapit, breezed 5 furlongs in 1:02 on a fast track at Keeneland with regular jockey Joel Rosario in the saddle. 

Sunway delivered David Menuisier a first group 1 victory in three years when holding off odds-on favorite Alcantor to land the Criterium International (G1) Oct. 22 at Saint-Cloud under Oisin Murphy.