Ashford Stud’s promising first-crop sire Mendelssohn has been making waves stateside and trainer Roger Teal was equally impressed when picking up Camas Park Stud’s youngster on the second day of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. 

Jordan Fishman, charged in a large-scale horse-doping scheme to distribute misbranded and adulterated drugs, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty during a video conference before United States District Court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil Oct. 6.

Mr. Amore Stable’s Firenze Fire returns to Belmont Park Oct. 9 in pursuit of a title defense in the $250,000 Vosburgh Stakes (G2), a race that could send him back to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

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 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1)

Order of Australia was an extreme long shot when he won the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) at Keeneland but won’t be overlooked when he returns to the track for the Keeneland Turf Mile (G1T), a “Win and You’re In” for this year’s Breeders’ Cup.

No Never No More, a son of the late Scat Daddy who is closely related to No Nay Never, will stand at Pleasant Acres Stallions near Morriston, Fla., for the 2022 breeding season with a $2,500 fee, the farm announced Oct. 6.

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit, first held in 2019 the day before the start of competition at the Thoroughbred Makeover, will take place as a hybrid event on Tuesday, Oct. 12.

Duke of Marmalade, a multiple group 1 winner on the track for Aidan O’Brien as well as the sire of top-level stars Big Orange, Simple Verse, and Star of Seville, has been retired from stud duties at Drakenstein Stud in South Africa. 

The son of Storm Cat was euthanized Oct. 3 due to the infirmities of old age. He has been buried at Ramsey Farm.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 259 entries for The November Sale, the company’s selected mixed sale to be held in Lexington Nov. 9. The single-session sale will begin at 2 p.m. ET.