Sagamore Farm homebred Give No Quarter turned in an eye-catching performance while stretching out to a mile in his second career start Sept. 17 at Presque Isle Downs, romping by 22 ½ lengths against maiden special weight competition.

Record-setting sprinter Klassy Briefcase, a resident of Georgetown, Ky.-based Thoroughbred retirement organization Old Friends, died Sept. 18. The Medieval Man mare was 28.

New Jersey-bred Klassy Briefcase won 18 of 42 career starts, earning $362,959. She won eight stakes races and placed in an additional four.

Al Kazeem, a three-time Group 1 winner this season, will begin his stud career in 2014 at Queen Elizabeth II’s Royal Studs in Sandringham, England.

The Keeneland Advisory Board of Directors has elected Ian Banwell, Luther Deaton Jr., Pope McLean Jr., Daisy Phipps Pulito and Bill Shively as new members, effective immediately.

Meeting semi-annually during Keeneland’s April and October race meets, the board represents a cross-section of Thoroughbred industry members, as well as notable community figures.

Harry Burgoyne Scott Jr., owner of Shandon Farm near Lexington, Ky., died Sept. 16 at the age of 87.

Scott was a third-generation horseman, beginning with his grandfather Daniel W. Scott, who owned 1925 Kentucky Derby third-place finisher Son of John.

Foals by stallions who are nominated to the New York Stallion Stakes Series will be automatically eligible for all races in the series without an individual nomination fee beginning with the foal crop of 2015, the New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc., announced on Monday. Under the current system, a nomination fee must be paid for both stallion and foal.

Take Charge Lady was among the most remarkable racemares of her generation, scoring three Grade 1 victories in as many seasons of racing while bankrolling more than $2.48 million. And nearly a decade after last setting foot on the racetrack, she continues to make headlines in the Thoroughbred industry.

During his highly successful and admirable racing career, Bertrando twice came into deep stretch on the lead in a Breeders’ Cup race only to be beaten by a foreign-trained horse. It is all but forgotten that it was Bertrando who finished second in Arazi’s brilliant Breeders’ Cup Juvenile tour-de-force in 1991, and two years later, Arcangues paid the highest price in Breeders’ Cup history when his late surge deprived Bertrando of victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Grade 1 winner Liaison will enter stud next year at B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., and will participate in the farm’s ‘Share The Upside’ program.

The Jockey Club projects another year of declining foal crops, but at a much slower rate than in previous years. According to the breed organization’s annual Live Foal Report, released Friday, 22,001 foals of 2013 have been reported to The Jockey Club as of Sept. 9. That marks a 2.2 percent decrease from the 22,500 reports received last year by this time, marking the smallest decrease since 2007.

The organization estimates that the number of live foals reported so far is approximately 90 percent complete. Ultimately, the 2013 registered foal crop is projected to reach 23,000.