More than a year after announcing its arrival, NYRA Bets still hasn’t hit the starting gate in New Jersey.

Before establishing his brilliance as a sire, Not This Time was a high-class racehorse for Albaugh Family Stables. Now, Albaugh Family Stables is taking its shot with one of Not This Time’s sons.

The foundation selected Chance McKeever and Mark Schrenger as scholarship recipients for the world-renowned training program.

One of the progeny of promising Darley Europe stallion Night of Thunder sells Sept. 11 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale on the second day of Book 2. Hip 865 is a colt out of the stakes-producing Irish-bred mare Pretty Paper.

Godolphin yearling manager Paul Seitz accepts the TOBA National Breeder of the Year honor for Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin during the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association awards Sept. 6 at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky in Lexington.

This fall, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Ky., will host screenings of “Backside,” a compelling, observational documentary by Raul O. Paz-Pastrana that honors the primarily immigrant workforce quietly sustaining the horse racing industry.

The gray or roan colt (Hip 413) becomes the first seven-figure purchase early during the Sept. 10 session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Gainesway consigned the colt that was purchased by Mayberry Farm.

The Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers’ Club has selected David Hanley as its 2025 Ted Bates Farm Manager of the Year.

Fred Maas, a multi-talented sports executive, is the latest member of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club’s board of directors. 

Veteran Finger Lakes trainer Paul Barrow secures 1,000th victory of his career Sept. 9.