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Stone Farm and Upland Flats Racing's Swore battles back along the inside to prevail in the $150,000 Lonesome Glory Handicap (NSA-G1), a 2 1/2-mile steeplechase for older horses during the Belmont at the Big A meet. 

After competitive graded stakes losses in his only two races of 2025, Dresden Row lines up as the 6-5 morning line favorite in the CA$150,000 Durham Cup (G3) Sept. 20 at Woodbine. 

Multiple graded stakes-winning trainer Richard Robert Root died Aug. 25. He was 82.

Keeneland has announced that Taylor Made Sales Agency will offer a share in Not This Time at the second edition of the Keeneland Championship Sale, to be held in the Del Mar paddock Oct. 29, two days before the Breeders' Cup.

Topping the Sept. 17 ninth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale was a colt by Midshipman purchased by Wesley Ward for $270,000 from the consignment of Nursery Place, agent.

Jamie Insole was a man on a mission at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, with the Urloxhey Stables joint-trainer featuring among the buyers at the Kentucky bonanza via a daughter of sire-on-fire Justify. 

David Fiske, racing manager for Winchell Thoroughbreds, doesn't have a solid explanation for Magnitude's performance in the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, a third-place finish in a field of five and more than 20 lengths behind Sovereignty.

After finishing third in the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1) Aug. 23 off a 4 1/2-month layoff, grade 2 winner Barnes ships back east to Parx Racing for the $400,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) Sept. 20.

While May Day Ready is sure to attract plenty of attention at the windows off her victory in the Lake Placid Stakes (G2T), Opulent Restraint looks to be the one to beat in the cut back to a mile in the Sept. 20 $175,000 Winter Memories Stakes (G3T).

Del Mar announces the renaming of the Cary Grant Stakes to The Chosen Vron Stakes, honoring the exceptional California-bred runner who retired last year after a sparkling five-year career that saw him win 19 of 25 starts.

After racing in the shadows of either Sovereignty or Journalism throughout the spring and summer, Baeza and Gosger have the chance at the spotlight in their absence in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing Sept. 20.

Haulin Ice is the perfect poster horse for Arkansas' breeding program, and is on the cusp of dethroning Nodouble—who last raced in 1970—as the highest-earning Thoroughbred bred in the state.

The 1-2-3 finishers from last month's Seaway Stakes (G3) at Woodbine venture south to contend for the $300,000 prize in the Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (G2) Sept. 19.

This week's racing on radio and television schedule, compiled by America's Best Racing.

The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities will hold its 59th International Conference of Horseracing Authorities Oct. 6 in Paris, France at Le Méridien Paris Arc de Triomphe.

The Princess Rooney Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park has seen its grade and purse gradually reduced since it was moved from Calder Race Course a dozen years ago, but the race has experienced a renaissance in its impact on the female sprint division

The strength of the market carried through the end of Book 4, with a colt (Hip 2469) by leading freshman sire Yaupon topping the Sept. 16 session of Keeneland's September Yearling Sale, selling for $560,000 to Mike McCarty.

Mauro Lucas and Nathan McCauley hit a pinhooking home run at Keeneland's September Yearling Sale when they sold the top-priced filly (Hip 2597) of the Sept. 16 session for $535,000 to Winter Creek Stables. She was consigned by Taylor Made.

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., announces the arrival of Major Blue, the final horse owned by legendary Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

The Princess Rooney Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park has seen its grade and purse gradually reduced since it was moved from Calder Race Course a dozen years ago, but the race has experienced a renaissance in its impact on the female sprint division