Brad Kimbrell, who worked for 16 years with The Jockey Club before retiring from his position as president of InCompass Solutions Jan. 1, 2020, died Sept. 19 in Lexington. He was 62.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing.

Black Type Thoroughbreds finished victoriously Sept. 20, during the second day of selling from Book 4 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, after launching a final bid at $450,000 for the Connect filly consigned as Hip 2637 by Paramount Sales.

Louis Kennedy of Mountain View Stud offered the Inns Of Court half brother to seven winners out of an Unfuwain half sister to Gutaifan from the family of Mustashry and Ventura Storm, the first group 1 winner by Zoffany.

Pleasant Acres Stallions in Florida announced Sept. 20 the arrival of the Magic on Tap, a graded stakes winning son of Tapit, for the 2023 breeding season with a $5,000 fee.

Having finished first or second in 14 of his 17 career starts, he looks to the Sept. 24 Greenwood Cup (G3) at Parx Racing to post three straight wins for the first time.

The undefeated Flightline was voted a unanimous No. 1 for the second consecutive week in the latest Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings, a weekly rating of the top 10 horses in contention for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 5 at Keeneland. 

Graded stakes winner Cezanne, a $3.65 million purchase as a juvenile three years ago, was euthanized after developing a fungal infection that was discovered in June.

Total wagering handle and purse money paid out both showed increases as Emerald Downs wrapped up its 27th season of live racing Sunday.

Sixty-one horses (four of them alternates) were entered for the opening six-race card of the Monmouth-at-Meadowlands all-turf meet that gets underway Friday, Sept. 23.