For the fourth year in a row more than 200 pre-entries have been accepted for the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Breeders' Cup unveils the official race order, post times, and wagering menu for the 42nd Breeders' Cup World Championships Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. 

The second Keeneland Championship Sale to be held Oct. 29 at Del Mar has supplemented a 25% ownership interest in grade 1 winner and millionaire Mullikin, a contender for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

With less than two weeks before the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup, no changes occurred in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll Oct. 21.

On the Oct. 20 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Kate Hunter previews the Japanese Breeders' Cup runners, trainer Will Walden talks Rhetorical, and Jes Sikura highlights Hill 'n' Dale's Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale consignment.

Trainer Dale Romans discusses Bobrovsky's training plans, which will not include any breezes, ahead of the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T).

So You Think (NZ), a ten-time group 1 winner turned successful Coolmore sire, has died after succumbing to a short illness while receiving treatment at Scone Equine Hospital in New South Wales. He was 19. 

Also working six furlongs on the main track Sunday, all for trainer Bob Baffert, were Nysos (1:11 3/5), Nevada Beach (1:11 4/5), and Citizen Bull (1:12 3/5).

Making his final breeze at Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma Training Track Oct. 19 before shipping to California Oct. 22, Sovereignty went five furlongs in 1:01.39.

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1)-winning team of Mickael Barzalona, Francis Graffard, and Aga Khan Studs continued their awesome autumn when Calandagan landed the Champion Stakes (G1) Oct. 18 at Ascot Racecourse.

With 15 days until the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), multiple grade 1 winner Journalism turned in his penultimate work the morning of Oct. 17 at Santa Anita Park.

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher on Oct. 17 sent out a quartet of workers targeting the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1)—Fierceness, Mindframe, Antiquarian and Locked—on the Oklahoma dirt training track at Saratoga Race Course.

The Challenge, presented by Gainesway

Unlike other races this fall at Del Mar, plans do not call for computer-assisted wagering groups to be excluded from win wagering inside two minutes to post during the two-day Breeders' Cup.

Keeneland announced Oct. 16 that the catalog for the second Championship Sale is live and features a curated selection of elite racehorses, breeding stock, stallion shares, and breeding rights.

FanDuel TV will present live coverage of the announcement of the pre-entered fields for the Breeders' Cup at noon ET Oct. 25. Pre-entered fields also will be available on the Breeders' Cup website, official mobile app, and social media.

Nyquist, a son of Uncle Mo with 10 career grade 1 winners, has four potential starters in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Darley also announced the retirement of elite sire Medaglia d'Oro from stud duty.

Mindframe, a 4-year-old son of Constitution, is scheduled to enter stud at Claiborne near Paris, Ky., at the conclusion of his racing career. To date, the dark bay or brown colt has compiled a 5-2-0 record from eight starts and earned $1,844,580.

The Breeders' Cup will once again offer two distinct live broadcasts, each tailored to deliver the right content on the platforms fans prefer.

Mike Campbell's gut told him he would follow the lead of his grandfather and father by becoming a trainer. The former jockey never anticipated the awful turn that would lead him to that second career and, now, a second trip to the Breeders' Cup.