The University of Louisville Equine Industry Program hosts a fall speaker series focusing on the most current topics in the horse racing industry. There are three different panels that will be held over the course of three months.

Benefiting from victories in the Belmont Stakes (G1) and the Travers Stakes (G1), Godolphin’s 3-year-old Essential Quality has finished No. 1 in the final voting of the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings.

A colt by Midnight Storm topped the first session October 12 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s Selected Sale of Yearlings going for $170,000 to Elusive Thoroughbreds.

There was more fierce competition on day two of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale-Book 2 in Newmarket, proceedings reached a boiling point around 3 p.m. when Hazelwood Bloodstock brought the Kingman colt out of Reem to the Park Paddocks ring.

You can reach the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar from the parking lots of Oaklawn Park. Staton Flurry, a major part of the group that owns Distaff (G1) contender Shedaresthedevil, is breathing proof of that.

Thursday, Oct. 14 marks the 14th year for Make-A-Wish Day at Keeneland when local horse farms pair with local wish kids for a fun day at the track, and raise funds to make more life-changing wishes come true.

Run for the Ribbons will hold the 1st annual Food Fight Fundraiser at Cedar Lock Farm in Morriston, Fla., Oct. 23 at 5 p.m ET, featuring a chili cook-off, live music, raffles, and door prizes.

A participant who knowingly, or without conducting proper due diligence, ships, assists in the shipping of, or knowingly participates in the sale or transfer of a horse that is transported by cargo ship may be sanctioned by PNGI.

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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday directed the ICE, CBP, and USCIS to stop mass worksite raids and to take actions to promote a fair labor market.