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Sovereignty and Forever Young each received 12 first-place votes in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Sovereignty holds a one-point edge heading into the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Golden Tempo and Knightsbridge lead 19 BloodHorse Maiden Watch Hot Prospects entered for the Oct. 30-31 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland. The group includes Ways and Means, Further Ado, and Miss Monica. ##BC2026

The Jockey Club reports 48% of foal crops from 2008-2023 fall out of its records after racing. Maiden claiming horses and low-purse runners are the hardest to trace in the off-track Thoroughbred population. ##OTTB

Gimme a Nother heads to the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Keeneland off four straight wins for Graham Motion. She is the latest South African-bred runner to give Motion a Breeders' Cup starter. ##BC2026

Entries are set for nine Breeders' Cup Saturday races Oct. 31 at Keeneland, including the Classic, Distaff, Mile, Sprint, Turf, Dirt Mile, and Turf Sprint. ##BC2026

Entries are set for five Breeders' Cup World Championship races Oct. 30 at Keeneland. Friday's lineup includes the 2-year-old divisions and rounds out the first day of the championships. ##BC2026

Fully Subscribed returned to the track Oct. 26, her first day back since her final breeze two days earlier, as she trains toward the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1). ##BC2026

Fasig-Tipton’s Eastern Fall Yearlings Sale opens Oct. 27 in Timonium, closing out the North American yearling market. The catalog lists 269 horses, and the sale includes a $500,000 bonus for any 2028 Preakness winner sold there.

Blue Bolt is set for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf at 1 1/4 miles rather than taking on males. Juddmonte also plans to run Qirat in the Mile for Andrew Balding. ##BC2026

Arctic Tsar sold for 390,000 guineas to race in Hong Kong, and Scythe brought 250,000 guineas from Bonnie and Tommy Hamilton’s Silverton Hill Stables at Tattersalls. Two notable moves from the Autumn Horses in Training Sale.

ALERT: Sovereignty and Golden Tempo headline a field of eight dirt runners entered for the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Oct. 31 at Keeneland. Forever Young and T O Password are also in. ##BC2026

Defending winner Ethical Diamond returns in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Turf on Oct. 31 at Keeneland. Bay City Roller and Burnham Square are among the main rivals. ##BC2026

ALERT: Notable Speech heads to Keeneland seeking a second straight Breeders' Cup Mile after his Woodbine Mile win. The lineup includes Deterministic, Formidable Man, Rhetorical, Zulu Kingdom, and Ask Ikigomi. ##BC2026

Kathynmarissa heads the U.S. field for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T) at Keeneland. Blue Bolt, Precise, and Diamond Necklace are among the European runners entered for Oct. 31. ##BC2026

Bacio returns to Keeneland off his Nunthorpe Stakes win as the Turf Sprint favorite. He meets a deep Breeders’ Cup field that includes Shisospicy, Cy Fair, Comanche Brave, Starlust, and Lugal. ##BC2026

Further Ado heads a deep Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Keeneland. Forged Steel, Full Serrano, Owen Almighty, Chunk of Gold, and Lord Fons add depth to the $1 million Grade 1. ##BC2026

Ways and Means heads the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint for Chad Brown as she tries for her first win at the meeting before heading to the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Bob Baffert starts Explora and Nooni. ##BC2026

Aidan O'Brien goes for a fifth straight Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf win at Del Mar. Joseph O'Brien could stop the run with Folsom Blues among the main rivals. ##BC2026

Sun Goddess heads to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland on a five-race stakes streak for Aidan O’Brien. The Sioux Nation filly adds another proven Ballydoyle runner to the field. ##BC2026

Emphatic, Miss Monica, and Manuka Honey bring perfect records into the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Oct. 30 at Keeneland. Dotsy is also entered off her Alcibiades Stakes win. ##BC2026

Brickyard Belle is unbeaten in two starts and on course for the Oct. 30 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland for Miguel Clement. She followed a Saratoga debut win with the Matron Stakes at Belmont Park.

BloodHorse Monday previews the European Breeders’ Cup runners with Racing Post’s Scott Burton and adds a look at AI in racing and sales with Charlie Gavin of Chivalry AI. Sean Collins and Louie Rabaut host. ##BC2026 ##TC2027 ##Video ##BloodHorsePlus

Pat Day reflects on his four Breeders’ Cup Classic wins and the rides that still shape his life and career. The Hall of Fame jockey looks back on victories with Wild Again, Unbridled, Awesome Again, and Cat Thief. ##BHBackTrack ##BC2026

HISA is expanding its jockey nutrition and hydration program to more racetracks after earlier rollouts at Keeneland, Santa Anita Park, and Parx Racing. The program has been developed with the Jockeys' Guild.

The Jockey Club chairman Everett Dobson updated several initiatives in the fall 2026 newsletter, including field size, foal crops, traceability, regional racing, and 2027 SNP parentage testing for foal registration. ##OTTB

Tom Goff has been appointed independent chair of the Thoroughbred Group, succeeding Julian Richmond-Watson. The Blandford Bloodstock founding partner will also step down from the ROA board.

Irv Naylor, the National Steeplechase Association’s all-time leading owner, died at 91. His career spanned racing, business, and philanthropy.

ALERT: Pacific Classic winner Knightsbridge is being pointed to the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic, Bill Mott said Oct. 26 at Keeneland. The Godolphin runner is set for the Nov. 1 target. ##BC2026

Churchill Downs has U. S. S. Valor at 8-1 as the top individual choice for Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1. The Champagne Stakes winner heads the first 2027 Derby futures book, which opens Oct. 28. ##Handicapping ##TC2027

Breeders’ Cup week at Keeneland is covered from the post position draw through all 14 races on NBC, USA Network, Peacock, and FanDuel TV. The full TV and radio schedule is here. ##BC2026

Washington Racing Hall of Fame trainer Howard Belvoir has died at 82. His 63-year career included 2,192 wins and three Washington Horse of the Year runners.

D J Stable goes into the Breeders' Cup with depth behind Distaff (G1) favorite Nitrogen. Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) winner Haffner and other Keeneland hopefuls give the operation a broad hand this week. ##BC2026

Run Fast Racing subscribers voted on Listenupshance’s route in the spring, and that decision now has him pointed to the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) through the True North Stakes (G3). ##BC2026

Australian-bred Primetime Emmy heads to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint off an uncommon path. The Extreme Choice filly, bred on Northern Hemisphere time, is trying to become the first Australian-bred to win a Breeders' Cup race. ##BC2026

People Watching rallied from off the pace to win the Autumn Miss (G3T) at Santa Anita on Oct. 25, her first graded stakes victory. The race also gave jockey Katie Davis her first graded win.

Ground Support earned her second graded win in the first division of the Oct. 25 Glen Cove (G3T) at Belmont Park. Lion Lake took the second division for 3-year-old fillies.

Cosmic Crusader rallied from last to win the Cox Plate (G1) Oct. 24 at Flemington for Bob Peters. Proxima Dea also stayed unbeaten through six starts with her Spring Champion Stakes (G1) win.

Golden Tempo was back on the Keeneland main track around 8:10 a.m. Oct. 25 for a light jog under Enrique Miranda, assistant to Cherie DeVaux. The dual classic winner remains on track for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). ##BC2026

Jas won the $195,000 Street Sense Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs in his dirt debut, outdueling Staunch and earning 10 Kentucky Derby points. Steve Asmussen trains Red Lane Thoroughbreds' runner. ##TC2027

Drumbeat followed his Zetland Stakes win with a smooth Criterium de Saint-Cloud (G1) score for Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore. He beat Giant Sequoia and Darkness Falls and is now 12-1 for the 2027 Derby.

Purchased for $2,500 as a yearling, millionaire Chunk of Gold is being pointed to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile for owner Terry Stephens and trainer Ethan West. ##BC2026

Hughes led four Bob Baffert Breeders’ Cup workers at Churchill Downs on Oct. 25. Rhetorical also went a half-mile for Will Walden as final preparations continued. ##BC2026

Queenstown won the Prix Royal-Oak (G1) at Saint-Cloud to become Galileo’s 105th individual group or grade 1 winner. The Aidan O’Brien runner added another top-level scorer to the late sire’s record.

A Kitasan Black colt out of Plainchant brought ¥230,000,000 to top the weanling session of the Northern Farm Mixed Sale in Japan. The sale was held Oct. 19.

The Lost King heads the early prospects for the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale after recent placings behind Talk of New York. BloodHorse looks at the improving runners who stand out in the four-day market.

Sovereignty breezed 4 furlongs in :48 1/5 at Keeneland in his final work before the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). Bill Mott said, "We were really pleased." ##BC2026

Going to Sky won the Kikuka Sho (G1) at Kyoto, ending Lovcen’s bid to sweep the Japanese Triple Crown. The win gave Yutaka Take his sixth victory in the race.

Not This Time leads the 2026 North American sire race, and Into Mischief may need a strong Breeders' Cup to close the gap. The $7 million Classic is central to that math. ##BC2026

Not This Time leads the 2026 general sires list, and Liam's Map is moving toward the top 10. This magazine feature looks at how the half brothers are extending the family reach through their second careers. ##BC2026

Barbadian Runner repeated in the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic, winning by 4 3/4 lengths at Laurel Park for AJ Will Win Stables. Forest Boyce rode the Maryland-bred.