The Tattersalls October Part 2 yearling sale in Newmarket, England, concluded its fourth of six selling days on Thursday with a $90,216 Celtic Swing-Lasting Chance filly the session-topper. Eamon Tyrrell bought the filly from Jamie Railton, agent, at a session that sold 122 lots for about $2,006,554 and an average of about $16,448. . . . Cherry Mix, a close second to Bago in the Arc de Triomphe, has been purchased from the Lagardere Family by Godolphin for an undisclosed price, according to the Godolphin website.

Twelve horses, including the 2003 Steeplechase Eclipse Award winner, McDynamo, have been nominated to the $175,000 Breeders' Cup Steeplechase on Oct. 23.

McDynamo won all three of his steeplechase starts last year, including a 15-length score in the Breeders' Cup Steeplechase, but has not run in 2004 because of a hock injury. He is currently training up to the 2 5/8-mile BC Steeplechase, which will be run at Far Hills, N.J.

Yes It's True will stand his first season at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky., for a $25,000 fee in 2005, the farm has announced. Yes It's True, an 8-year-old Is It True-Clever Monique horse who relocated from Florida this year, has had 10 winners from his first crop this year. . . . At Tuesday's final consignor-preferred session at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s fall mixed sale, three Yes It's True weanlings brought $85,000 each to top the day's trade: a colt out of Our Resurgence, a colt out of Sejm's Smile, and a daughter of Taba Dance.

Churchill Downs Inc. has lowered its earnings forecast for the third quarter to a net loss of 29 cents a share because of costs associated with its attempts to get slot-machine legislation passed in Florida and California and a writedown of its Ellis Park holding, the company said. Churchill had earlier forecast a net profit of 33 cents to 38 cents a share for the third quarter.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Monday that would allow tracks in foreign countries to commingle their bets into U.S. pools without paying a 30 percent withholding tax on each wager. The bill has been sent to President George W. Bush, who is expected to sign it.

The most immediate impact of the bill would be to allow Canadian bettors to wager into American pools. Canadian tracks currently set up separate pools for American races because of the tax.

The last visible evidence of racetrack in Omaha, Neb., came tumbling down Friday morning as wrecking crews began demolition of the grandstand. The structure had stood empty since the track ran its last live race in late summer of 1995.

Much of the property at the track, which operated for more than 50 years and was regarded as one of top tracks in the Midwest in its day, has been converted for private business use and as a part of the University of Nebraska-Omaha campus. The remaining property is scheduled to be developed in the coming years.

Yes It's True was a popular sire at Monday's opening consignor-preferred session at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's fall mixed sale in Ocala, Fla. As of 5 p.m., the company reported a top price of $90,000 for a weanling Yes It's True-Cool Gamba filly that Cloverleaf Farms II and Brent Fernung, agent, sold to Son Stables, and Yes It's True weanling colts out of Banker's Bet and Appealing Northrop brought $80,000 and $75,000. . . .

Barry Schwartz, the chairman of the New York Racing Association, will step down effective Dec. 31 after four eventful years at the helm of one of the country's most powerful racing companies, Schwartz announced on Friday.

A member of NYRA's board will be elevated to the chairman's position, Schwartz said. The association will also name a president and chief executive officer in the next several weeks.

The House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday night that includes a provision that would allow racetracks in Canada and other foreign countries to begin commingling their wagers into U.S. pools, horse racing lobbyists said Friday.

The provision would repeal a 30 percent withholding tax on all wagers made into U.S. pools. The current tax prevents most foreign countries, including Canada, from sending their wagers into U.S. pools, because each wager would be subject to the tax no matter how large or small, or whether the bet was a winner or loser.

A construction worker employed by the Suitt Construction Company died Thursday afternoon from injuries suffered on the job at Gulfstream Park.

Desmond Wickham, 35, was reportedly struck by a forklift while working in the barn area near the north side of the track.

Wickham was the second construction worker to die on the job in Hallandale Beach, Fla., in as many days. Wednesday, Mario Orozco was killed while working on a sewer line not far from the racetrack.