Morning-line 6-5 favorite Nest is a three-time grade 1 winner and previous winner at Keeneland in the 2022 Ashland Stakes (G1).

Sara Elbadwi & Greg Wolf look ahead to ahead to the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes and Grade 1 Frizette Stakes.

Amidst Waves, a nose winner of the Bolton Landing Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, is the 3-1 morning-line favorite in a field of 10 for Keeneland’s Oct. 8 $250,000 Indian Summer Stakes, a 5 1/2-furlong sprint on the grass for 2-year-olds. 

Dietrich and Annabel von Boetticher’s Gestut Ammerland, one of Germany’s most famous breeding operations, is to close and all of its stock will be dispersed at Arqana’s Breeding Stock Sale, the Vente d’Elevage, in December.

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Colton Thacker to the list of speakers presenting at the Pedigree & Conformation Clinic on Monday, Oct. 23 at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, Ky.

The New York Race Track Chaplaincy on Oct. 6 hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and opened the doors to its new Chaplaincy Center at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

Briland Farm’s 2022 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Secret Oath has been retired from racing due to a minor ankle injury, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Oct. 6 at Keeneland.

Moira, the queen of Woodbine and the reigning Canadian Horse of the Year, will face one of her toughest challenges of the year in the Oct. 8 CA$750,000 E. P. Taylor Stakes (G1T) at Woodbine.

Inspiral looks to land a fifth group 1 and to possibly provide Frankie Dettori with a landmark 500th success at Newmarket in the Sun Chariot Stakes (G1).

The fleet-footed Dreamfyre, 2-for-2 sprinting on the dirt, tries a new surface and distance in the Oct. 8 $200,000 Surfer Girl Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park.