The chestnut filly Above Average pulled away down the stretch for a 2 3/4-length victory in the British Columbia Oaks at Hastings Racecourse. 

Sept. 17, at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Knockgriffin Farm led a Constitution colt up to the sales pavilion, the $100,000 pinhook saw biding go wild over the internet and phone, stopping at $900,000 with Pin Oak Stud victorious.

A 2020 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, the native of Alberta enjoyed great success over a career that included devastating injuries. He overcame back problems, which required extensive surgery in the late 1990s.

Sara Elbadwi & Richard Migliore look back at the results of Saturday’s Grade 3 Jockey Club Oaks at Aqueduct.

Luhr won multiple leading rider titles in different jurisdictions and a highlight of his career was a victory in the 1982 Tampa Bay Derby on Harbor View Farm’s Reinvested, who would go on to finish third in the Kentucky Derby (G1) that year.

Mt. Brilliant Farm saw their homebred Justify colt get Day 6 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale rolling after he drove bidding up to $600,000 on Sept. 17.

After dueling through the stretch Accidental Hero edged ahead of Sunbird to win the British Columbia Derby (G3) at Hastings. The top two were exiting the Aug. 26 Canadian Derby (G3) at Century Mile, where they were third and fifth, respectively.

Comer had his training license suspended for three years, from January 1, 2024, and was ordered to pay €840,754 in fines and costs after 12 of his horses tested positive for the anabolic steroids methandienone and methyltestosterone. 

In April, the UK government published its long-awaited proposals for gambling reform in a white paper, which estimated the likely impact of what it described as “frictionless checks” on the gambling industry.

Kitasan Black was the busiest stallion at Shadai Stallion Station for the 2023 breeding season, covering 242 mares. Shadai stood 32 stallions for the 2023 season.