Owner and breeder Ron Hagen died Sept. 12 in Kent, Wash. He was 81.

Grade 1 racing returns to Japan in the Sprinters Stakes (G1T) Sept. 27 at Nakayama Racecourse.

Trainer Clive Cox and owner Jason Goddard muscled their way past Aidan O’Brien and the Coolmore partners and into the spotlight thanks to the victory by Orthodox in the Middle Park Stakes (G1) Sept. 26 at Newmarket Racecourse.

Dubai Honour and Goliath, two of Europe’s classiest old stagers, are the headline acts for the Sept. 27 Preis von Europa (G1) going 2,400 meters at Cologne, with both having shown they retain plenty of talent in recent outings.

Grade 1 racing returns to Japan in the Sprinters Stakes Sept. 27 at Nakayama Racecourse.

Sun Goddess did justice to what was billed as the juvenile race of the season when running out an apt winner of the Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) Sept. 26 on a sun-soaked Rowley Mile at Newmarket Racecourse.

In this week’s On Racing, John Henry’s legacy sets a lofty bar for the entrants in the Sept. 26 race named in his honor, the John Henry Turf Championship Stakes (G2T), at Santa Anita Park.

A filly from the first crop of 2023 champion 3-year-old male and Lane’s End stallion Arcangelo sold to Donato Lanni, agent, for $170,000 to post the top price of the 11th session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 25.

The Asian Racing Federation has announced its final decisions this week on Australia’s black type for the 2026-27 season, featuring 10 upgrades of existing black-type races and five downgrades.

Keeneland announced Sept. 25 that grade 1 winner Expensive Queen (IRE), who captured the April 11 Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland, has been entered in Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 3.