Stakes Roundup

Gear Jockey got the lead at the top of the stretch in the Ainsworth Turf Sprint (G2T) at Kentucky Downs and was all out to hold on for the victory, earning a “Win and You’re In” Breeders’ Cup berth.

With a sustained inside rally through the uphill stretch at Kentucky Downs, Private Creed posted a clear victory over Playlist in the $1 million Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G2T) Sept. 9 at Kentucky Downs.

A small group of hips in the September Yearling Sale at Keeneland have been produced by the mating of “power couples”—a top-class sire and dam—and go through the ring Sept. 11-12.

About one year after capturing the Dueling Grounds Oaks, Vergara returned to the Kentucky Downs winner’s circle Sept. 9 with a plucky score in the $1 million Ladies Marathon Stakes (G3T).

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Auguste Rodin re-established himself as the best of the Classic generation with a win in the Sept. 9 Irish Champion Stakes (G1) while Tahiyra and Diego Velazquez earn Breeders’ Cup berths with their wins on the card.

Yearling averages only tell part of the market story with first-crop yearling sires.

A field of nine lightly-raced 2-year-olds topped by impressive maiden winner Boltage will line up for the $100,000 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes (G3T) closing weekend of the Del Mar summer meet.

Over the past few decades, Japanese buyers have made the nearly 17-hour flight across the North Pacific to attend the ‘World’s Yearling Sale’ held at Keeneland in September in Lexington.