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Fire and Wine led every stride of the Breeders’ Stakes at Woodbine to win by four lengths, closing the Canadian Triple Crown for Jalon Samuel.

Twelve sessions grossed 536,737,900 dollars for 2,856 yearlings, passing the world record the same sale set a year ago.

The New York Racing Association has cancelled Saturday and Sunday racing at Belmont Park and will bring all six of the weekend’s graded stakes back on Thursday 1 October.

Keeneland’s tenth session grossed 14,219,000 dollars, up 13.16 percent on the same day last year, and took the September Yearling Sale to 525,899,500 dollars with two sessions left to sell.

Nine days of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale have grossed 511,680,500 dollars, more than the whole of the twelve day auction last year, with three sessions still to sell.

Keeneland closed Book 4 of its September Yearling Sale on Tuesday, led by an 850,000 dollar Yaupon colt who goes to Bob Baffert.

Keeneland moved into Book 4 of its September Yearling Sale on Monday with gross up 9.41 percent and the median up 20 percent, led by an 825,000 dollar Yaupon colt.

Keeneland closed Book 3 of its September Yearling Sale on Sunday with a session up 5.54 percent and a Nyquist colt bred by Three Chimneys Farm on top at 1.2 million dollars.

The Puma, scratched from the Kentucky Derby on the morning of the race, swept three wide at Parx on Saturday to hold Further Ado by a half length and win the first Grade 1 of his career.

Arthur B. Hancock III, who left Claiborne Farm to build Stone Farm and raised three Kentucky Derby winners there, died at home in Paris, Kentucky on Friday at the age of 83.