Every race, every runner, in numbers

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The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) will officially recognize and support the 2026 Canada’s National Arabian Championship, scheduled for Aug 6‑15 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. This marks the event’s fifth year under its current management.

Quick thinking, teamwork, and training from Equine Guelph’s Large Animal Emergency Rescue (LAER) program enabled responders to rescue 29‑year‑old retired police horse Dottie, who became unable to rise on a snowy, icy winter morning. The horse was safely stabilized and transported for care.

Robinson Outreach at RiverCross Ranch in Springbank, Alberta, received a gift—a bay gelding named Cheyene—donated by the Helping Alberta Wildies Society. Cheyene, rescued from a campground near Sundre four years ago, will now enjoy a permanent home at the ranch.

Ten races will be run at Seoul on Saturday, starting at 10:35 and wrapping up at 17:55. The day opens with a 1,000‑metre Class 6 Special Weight A for juvenile maiden fillies offering a ₩45 million purse, featuring (5) WILD CAVIAR, who captured her trial and finished third on her debut over the same distance on October 4.

Ten races will take place at Busan on Friday, running from 10:45 am to 5:55 pm, and it’s shaping up as the most competitive meeting of the weekend. The first contest is a Class 6, 1,000‑metre Special Weight for KRW 45 million juvenile maidens, featuring six debutants among eleven runners, with (2) FLY SKY currently the market favourite.

With the Grand Prix Stakes approaching in just over a month, Seoul staged the weekend’s final prep after Busan’s last run, and Musket Day (aka Musket Man) validated his staying power by claiming the 2,300‑metre Class 1 Race 7 as the 2.7‑favorite on Ruan Maia. The card also featured Song Kyeong‑Yun riding six winners and Eunseong securing his first victory in four years.

Winner Clear secured his first Group‑3 victory in the Kookje Shinmun Cup over 1,400 metres, halting Roshe's unbeaten run. The colt had amassed six straight wins by a combined 46 lengths and returned after a ten‑length triumph in June's G3 Owners' race.

Point of Law, ridden by Ethan Brown, won Australia's "race that stops a nation".

Jockey Ryan Moore and trainer Aidan O'Brien made history by winning the Breeders' Cup Turf on Benvenuto Cellini.

Wales' top-rated horse, Haiti Couleurs, captured his first Grade 1 victory in the Remembering Envoi Allen Champion Chase at Down Royal, Lisburn.

Ludlow racecourse has had to cancel a third meeting of the 2026‑27 jumps season due to the summer drought.

Bucchero (by Kantharos), sire of champion Book'em Danno, graded‑stakes winner Queen Maxima and graded‑placed Buccherino, will stand the 2027 breeding season at Ironhorse Stallions, Waldorf Farm in Valatie, NY for a $20,000 live‑foal fee. The fee and location were announced in a release Friday morning.

Cheveley Park Stud announced that dual Group 1 winner Vandeek will stand for a reduced fee of £12,500 in 2027, down from £15,000 over his first two seasons. His first foals will appear at sales in the coming weeks, with nine catalogued at Goffs and 36 at another venue.

Iffraaj and Raven’s Pass have been retired from stud duties and will spend their retirements at Dalham Hall Stud and Kildangan, respectively. Iffraaj sired 14 Group 1 winners, including Ribchester, Chrisellium, Rizeena and future leading sire Wootton Bassett, while Raven’s Pass was the Breeders’ Cup Classic champion.

After a perfect 4‑start juvenile campaign that included Grade‑1 wins in the Breeders’ Futurity and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Ted Noffey entered the Dwyer Stakes as the winter favorite for the Kentucky Derby. Trainer Todd Pletcher is hoping the colt can deliver his third Derby‑winning performance.

NSW driver Will Rixon notched his 1,000th career triumph on Max Delight, trained by David Aiken, in the Group 3 The Bidgee at Wagga. The achievement arrives during what appears to be his strongest season to date.

Veteran pacer Max Delight (Bettors Delight) proved age is just a number by taking the $100,000 Group 3 Bidgee at Wagga on Friday, the opening race of the NSW Carnival of Cups run by Harness Racing NSW. He held off a strong challenge from three‑year‑old Palladium to seal the victory.

After the late scratch of his star filly Seaside Boulevard left Jack Painting disappointed, his other runner Little Sassy Boy (Bettors Delight) turned things around by seizing the $75,000 TAB Regional Championship at Wagga, sprinting on the outside to victory. The horse had previously posted strong runs in the heats held three days earlier.

Trainer Mick Stanley seems to have found another effective pacer as two‑year‑old Lanikai Warrior (Soho Lanikai) seized the lead at the start and held it throughout the Blue Pegasos Terraflex Super Maiden at Wagga on Friday. Bred and owned by Stanley’s father Ian, the colt showed a sharp turn of speed that hints at future promise.