The shipment of Thoroughbred athletes via cargo ship is one of those accepted practices that needs to change; it is antiquated and inhumane.

Alpinista capped a fine weekend for Sir Mark Prescott in style, winning the Sept. 26 Preis von Europa (G1) in Cologne.

Acacia Courtney and Jonathon Kinchen look back at the winners of the Grade 2 Kelso and Grade 3 Athenia from Belmont.

Siblings to recent classic winners are an exceedingly rare commodity at public auction, but prospective purchasers will get the opportunity to buy not one, but two such yearlings during day one of the Sept. 28 Goffs Orby Sale.

Julian Lloyd, long-term manager of Kirsten Rausing’s Staffordstown yearling operation, has announced his retirement at the end of the year, with his role set to be divided between John Oxx as director and Paddy Moloney as manager. 

Arlington Park, opened in 1927 and host to some of racing’s most memorable moment, ran what’s likely to be its final program Sept. 25 and faces a date with the wrecking ball.

Canadian sprint superstar Pink Lloyd recorded his second consecutive Bold Venture Stakes (G3) victory Sept. 25 at Woodbine.  

Two group 1-winning stallion prospects were created in the space of 24 hours, and it might not even be the best weekend Newgate Farm has experienced over the last 12 months.

Arindel’s Octane put in a gutsy front-running performance Sept. 25 in the $400,000 In Reality, the open division finale of the 2021 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes, while Outfoxed romped in the $400,000 My Dear Girl for fillies.

Fern Circle Stables and Three Chimneys Farm’s King Fury scored a knockout in the inaugural running of the $275,000 Bourbon Trail Stakes for 3-year-olds Sept. 25 at Churchill Downs, romping by 13 lengths.