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Soul of and Angel responded well to shortening up to seven furlongs and won the $210,000 Princess Rooney Invitational Stakes (G3) Sept. 21 at Gulfstream Park, earning a fees-paid berth in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1).

Asked for speed at the start by jockey Jaime Torres, Seize the Grey fought all the way on the front end and won the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) going away at Parx Racing.

Bentornato dueled for the early lead from the rail and then fended off a determined stretch bid from 17-1 longshot Sunny Breeze to record a neck victory in the $400,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds Sept. 21 at Parx Racing.

The gross, average, and median were all up compared to last year's sale. A total of 2,888 yearlings sold over 12 days, resulting in a gross of $427,800,000, including privates sales.

There is something about racing at Churchill Downs that seems to bring out sparkling performances from My Mane Squeeze. The 3-year-old filly, who won the Eight Belles (G2) there in the spring, added a second graded win Sept. 21 in the Dogwood (G3).

Although it wasn't as easy as her three other grade 1 victories this year, Thorpedo Anna's class came through with a narrow score in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) Sept. 21 at Parx Racing.

Ocean Club joined the ranks of graded stakes winners when she prevailed in a three-way blanket finish to take the Noble Damsel Stakes (G3T) Sept. 21 during the Belmont at the Big A fall meeting.

Continuing his excellence in long-distance dirt races, Michael Foster's brilliant marathoner Next romped in the $200,000 Greenwood Cup Stakes (G3) on Pennsylvania Derby Day, Sept. 21, at Parx Racing.

Millionaire Mr. Money sired his first winner when Money Bouquet broke her maiden Sept. 21 at Gulfstream Park.

Talented import Buckaroo showed he is a force to be reckoned with this spring when demolishing his rivals in The Underwood Stakes (G1) at Caulfield Racecourse Sept. 21.

Favored Roses for Debra, boxed in leaving the turn of the $300,250 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (G2), found daylight inside down the stretch and accelerated to catch overseas shipper Pandora's Gift by a neck in track-record time.

California-based trainer Phil D'Amato is hoping his first trip to Parx Racing will be a memorable one. The 48-year-old was on the Parx backstretch the morning of Sept. 20 watching his 3-year-old colt Stronghold gallop over the main track.

Momentum for an already record-breaking auction continued all the way to Book 6 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 20, as total sales were up 15% from the corresponding 2023 session.

Ned Toffey of Spendthrift Farm has been named the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers' Club 2024 Ted Bates Farm Manager of the Year. The committee believes Toffey's dedication, success, loyalty, and kindness to those around him are unmatched.

"The Ride of a Lifetime—The Smarty Jones Story" is scheduled to be shown for the first time during the evening of Sept. 20 at a party celebrating the Sept. 21 Pennsylvania Derby (G1) and Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx Racing.

An extensive investigation by trainer Jorge Duarte Jr. identified contamination from a freelance hot walker he used at Delaware Park.

The United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that legal challenges to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act have little likelihood of success.

Multiple stakes winner My Shea D Lady highlights the catalog for the Inglis Digital USA September Sale.

The New York Racing Association mourns the recent passing of Pat Mahony, who spent more than 50 years in the racing industry, many leading NYRA's mutuels department, and was known nationally as a leading expert in wagering operations.

Mystik Dan has resumed under-tack training at Kenny McPeek's Magdalena Farm near Lexington as the Kentucky Derby (G1) winner attempts to get back in form after a disappointing eighth-place finish in the Belmont Stakes (GI).