Look Back: Riva Ridge was named the 1971 champion 2-year-old male

When the field for the $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2) breaks from the gate Oct. 9 at Keeneland, it will include a pair of talented sprint females in Frank’s Rockette at the rail and Bell’s the One on the outside. 

Biomechanics experts joined the eighth session of the Thoroughbred Owner Conference series Oct. 5 to talk about how the science of biomechanics can be used to identify top racehorses.

Oct. 7 featured the launch of the 55th International Conference of Horseracing Authorities, organized by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. The 2021 Conference examines global racing’s evolution and future challenges.

Oscar Nominated has been relocated to Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch near Warner Springs, Calif., owner Frederick Larsen announced Oct. 6. He will stand for a $5,000 fee in 2022.

Dufresne will look to make amends following a lackluster effort in her stakes debut when stepping into graded company in the $150,000 Matron Stakes (G3T), a six-furlong inner turf sprint for juvenile fillies Oct. 9 at Belmont Park.

Godolphin’s Essential Quality moved back into first place by three votes over stablemate Knicks Go in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings, a weekly poll of the top 10 horses in contention for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).

Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation awards $100,500 in grants to 12 organizations.

A blue-blooded and powerfully-built son of Sea The Stars became the first lot to break the seven-figure barrier at the latest renewal of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Oct. 6 when Charlie Gordon-Watson went to 1.2 million guineas.

There was a time earlier this year when owner and co-breeder Stephen Cainelli joked about finding a plastic surgeon for Gufo.