The Challenge, presented by Gainesway

Get to know Agate in Born in the Purple, a BloodHorse series featuring Breeders’ Cup contenders by past winning sires. The daughter of 2014 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Karakontie is entered in the Juvenile Turf (G1T). Presented by Gainesway Farm.

In this week’s On Racing, rookie riders do win Breeders’ Cup races, but none with a backstory quite like Adrian Escobedo’s.

The son of Dubawi is 7-5 in the morning line to repeat in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T). He faces stiff competition from top American turf runners, led by Deterministic and Rhetorical.

At the conclusion of the Oct. 29 fourth session of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, a total of 1,018 horses had changed hands for 33,199,500 guineas. The average price was 32,612 guineas and the median was 15,000 guineas.

In 2027 some of Hughes’ rivals may well improve past him as they step up in distance, but right now, his data look like that of a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner.

The future stallions will be available for inspection Nov. 2. Their stud fees will be announced at a later date.

Dubai World Cup (G1) and Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) winner Magnitude has been scratched from the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), according to a post from the Breeders’ Cup on X.

On the Oct. 29 episode of BloodHorse at the Breeders’ Cup: Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins set the scene for the Breeders’ Cup, BBN Racing’s Brian Klatsky talks Bracket Buster, Kilwin, and Telescopic.

Further Ado’s two most visually-impressive wins of career have come in his two starts at Keeneland, including an 11-length romp in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1).