Phone Booth is set for the Oct. 3 Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland, a Win and You’re In for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Paul and Zillah Reddam return to Kentucky with another 2-year-old colt on a major fall target. ##BC2026

U. S. S. Valor and Gaudreau meet again Oct. 3 in the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park after finishing 1-3 in the same Saratoga maiden Aug. 8. The rematch puts two 2-year-olds back on the same stage. ##BC2026 ##TC2027

Counting Stars faces older fillies and mares for the first time in Keeneland's $650,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) on Oct. 4. The 3-year-old won two grade 1 races against her own division this summer at Saratoga. ##BC2026

Verifire is the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the Phoenix Stakes (G2) at Keeneland, where Brad Cox goes for a fourth straight graded stakes win in Kentucky. Nakatomi, Hymn, and Pros and Cons are among his rivals. ##BC2026

Grade 1 winners Nobals and Eclatant top Keeneland’s Oct. 3 Woodford and Thoroughbred Club of America, both worth $400,000. The sprint stakes open the day’s action with Breeders’ Cup implications. ##BC2026

Libby Lloyd goes from a 10-length maiden win to the $500,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) on Oct. 3 at Belmont Park. Chad Brown, Linda Rice, and George Weaver are all represented in the field. ##BC2026

Forever Young closed as the 5-2 favorite in Pool No. 2 of the Breeders' Cup Classic Future Wager for the $7 million Classic. The latest pool also included Sovereignty, Magnitude, and Knightsbridge. ##Handicapping ##BC2026

This week’s BloodHorse Monday covers Forged Steel’s Goodwood Stakes (G1) win with Mark Cornett and Hawthorne’s bankruptcy with reporting from Frank Angst. ##BC2026 ##Video ##BloodHorsePlus

Champion Super Corredora returned with a win in the Zenyatta Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita, earning a fees-paid berth to the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1). It was her first start since her championship juvenile season. ##BC2026

Champion female sprinter Shisospicy is back training toward a Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint defense after missing a Belmont Park start with a fever. Jose D’Angelo said Bentornato remains on course as well. ##BC2026

Cabo Spirit, Sorrento Sky, and Bishops Bay are being aimed for Breeders’ Cup starts after Sept. 26 graded wins at Santa Anita. Atitlan also remains under consideration for the Turf. ##BC2026

ALERT: Forged Steel earned a Breeders’ Cup Classic berth with his Sept. 26 win in the Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita. The Saffie Joseph trainee followed his Hollywood Gold Cup with another graded win in California. ##BC2026

Bishops Bay stayed sharp at a mile Sept. 26, winning the Ack Ack (G3) at Churchill Downs by a head over Coal Battle. The Brad Cox trainee is now 5-for-7 at the distance. ##BC2026

Super Corredora returns Saturday in Santa Anita's G2 Zenyatta Stakes, with John Sadler saying the champion comes in with "mental freshness." Listenupshance and Maximum Bourbon meet again in the G2 Santa Anita Sprint Championship. ##BC2026

Haffner rebounded from his National Stakes loss with a win in the Sept. 26 Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket. Aidan O'Brien said the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf is possible for the Justify colt. ##BC2026

King of Gosford leads six in Saturday’s G2 City of Hope Mile at Santa Anita, with a fees-paid Breeders’ Cup Mile berth on the line. Cabo Spirit, El Potente, and Detain are among the opposition. ##BC2026

Champion Nitrogen won the Sept. 25 Beldame Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park and remains on course for the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) at Keeneland. Mark Casse trains the D J Stable runner. ##BC2026

Senior Officer looks well-placed in the Sept. 26 Vosburgh Stakes after a dead-heat second in the Forego at Saratoga. A quick look at the field and the main form lines at Belmont Park. ##Handicapping ##BC2026

Half siblings Vodka Vodka and Om N Joy head to Santa Anita this weekend for Connie and Jerry Baker and their partners, each chasing a Breeders’ Cup berth in the Goodwood and Zenyatta. ##BC2026

The Flower Bowl returns to Belmont Park as a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race for the Filly and Mare Turf. Chad Brown-trained Kathynmarissa is the morning-line favorite in the grade 2 turf test. ##BC2026