Richard Golden co-founded Northview Stallion Station with Allaire duPont and Tom Bowman following the close of Windfields Farm in order to keep many of Windfields’ stallions in the Maryland.

Champion New Zealand mare Avantage will return to the place of her birth after the nine-time group 1-winning Fastnet Rock 6-year-old created one more record before heading off to the breeding barn, selling for NZ$4.1 million.

Four Derby winners from other states converge at Remington Park Sept. 26 as part of an eight-horse field for the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3).

Entrepreneur Tawana Bain and horse racing businesswoman Anita Ebert have joined the Kentucky Derby Museum board of directors.

The NTRA confirms that Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the United States, has for the first time begun approving debit card deposit transactions with U.S. licensed and regulated advance-deposit wagering companies. 

Book 4 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale concluded Sept. 21, showing healthy receipts of $20,569,000, a marked increase from the previous year of $12,131,500. 

The Racing Medication & Testing Consortium announced Sept. 21 that it has granted full laboratory accreditation to the University of Kentucky Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory.

Even following Medina Spirit’s announced defection from the $1 million Pennslyvania Derby (G1), a grade 1-winning 3-year-old colt remains on the Sept. 25 card at Parx Racing. That colt is Jackie’s Warrior in the $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (G2).

Godolphin’s Essential Quality, the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1) winner, retained the No. 1 position for the third consecutive week in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings.

Trainer Wayne Potts has been fined $2,000 by New York stewards and will serve a 20-day suspension for the transfer to him of a claimed horse at Saratoga Race Course in a violation of the state’s rules. His suspension runs from Sept. 30 to Oct. 19.