Breeders’ Cup Watch: Nashville Derby Upsetter Returns in Hill Prince

October 10, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Caroline St BeatMadaket Stables and Steven Bouchey’s New York-bred Caroline St. Beat was an emphatic winner on short rest in the Grade 2 Nashville Derby on September 5 at Kentucky Downs, and will look to continue his upward trajectory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Hill Prince, a 1 3/16-mile inner turf route for sophomores, at Belmont Park.

Trained by Miguel Clement, the son of Tiz the Law has made a rapid ascent through the ranks from a state-bred maiden-winner to Grade 2 victor in just five starts. He debuted successfully going 1 1/16 miles last August at Saratoga Race Course, and rallied with aplomb to edge clear by 2 1/4-lengths ahead of a one-length second to Jaxer in the state-bred Notebook cutting back to one mile in November to close out his juvenile campaign.

Caroline St. Beat returned in July with a hard-fought second by a neck to Chummers in the state-bred Rick Violette, the two foes brushing together and battling on through the lane before Chummers completed the course in 1:40.61. One month later, Caroline St. Beat would be entered in a Saratoga state-bred allowance tilt going 1 1/16-miles on August 29, as well as the Grade 2 Nashville Derby at 1 5/16 miles one week later at Kentucky Downs.

It appeared any intention to head to the Bluegrass State was abandoned when Caroline St. Beat took on elders in the Saratoga allowance, pouncing from seventh-of-11 and grinding away with a five-wide bid to land a half-length score over Sammy C Note in a final time of 1:42.48. But just one week later, Caroline St. Beat did not scratch from the Nashville Derby, and defeated nine rivals when he tracked 2 1/2 lengths off the pace and tipped out to drive home a 1 1/2-length winner over Glacius. The win garnered a field-best 92 Beyer Speed Figure.

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“All the credit goes to the owners for being bold enough to do it,” Clement said. “He’s a very tough horse. He eats remarkably well, he’s got great bone, and physically, he’s very impressive to look at. If there’s a horse in the barn that could handle that kind of training and shipping, he would be the prime candidate to do something that bold.”

The consistent chestnut has delivered a strong effort in each of his five outings, and has quickly built a lofty bankroll of $1,175,875 thanks in great part to the lucrative Nashville Derby score.

Clement said Caroline St. Beat has been a consummate professional since Day One.

“He’s doing great. We’ve always loved him and think very highly of him,” Clement said.

Bred by Lawrence Goichman, Caroline St. Beat was purchased for $100,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Preferred New York-bred Yearling Sale and is out of the multiple stakes-winning Scat Daddy mare Myhartblongstodady.

Manny Franco, aboard for Caroline St. Beat’s first four starts, climbs back aboard from post 6.

Willow Pond Sable’s Lennox the Grey [post 4, Antonio Fresu] also enters off a graded stakes victory after defeating the Clement-trained The Big Con by a nose in the Grade 3 Old Dominion Derby on September 7 at Colonial Downs.

Trained by Arnaud Delacour, the Liam’s Map gray is nearly perfect in three starts at Colonial for his conditioner, who took over the colt’s training following two starts with Catherine Day Phillips last summer at Woodbine Racetrack. Debuting for Delacour in July, Lennox the Grey was a neck second with a prominent trip in a one-mile turf allowance in July ahead of a deep-closing 3 1/4-length win from 9 1/2 lengths back in a similar tilt on August 1.

Lennox the Grey faced his farthest test to date in the nine-furlong Old Dominion Derby, and set a pressured pace through splits of 24.57 seconds, 50.80 and 1:15.54 under Mychel Sanchez. He dispatched the pestering Chambersville – who reopposes here – before digging in gamely and staving off the rush of The Big Con in a final time of 1:49.77, earning a career-best 84 Beyer for the win.

A $130,000 purchase at the Keeneland September Yearling Sake, Lennox the Grey is out of the Awesome Again mare Satisfaction, a half-sister to Grade 1-winner Dancing Forever that produced graded stakes-placed stakes-winner Miss Yearwood and Grade 2-placed winner Tuggle. The deep family also includes Satisfaction’s half-sister Castanet, who produced Grade 3-winner Carrumba – dam of this year’s Grade 1 Kentucky Derby and Grade 1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets-winner Golden Tempo.

Owner Marc Keller and trainer Bobby Riabudo teamed up to find stakes success on October 2 with Scalene in the Bertram F. Bongard here, and will look to continue their run of good form with the Munnings colt Print [post 1, Ricardo Santana, Jr.].

The chestnut was last seen winning a 1 1/16-mile optional claiming tilt on August 29 at the Spa, where he made a strong rally from seventh-of-8 and 6 1/2 lengths off the pace for the willing victory in a final time of 1:40.92 under regular pilot Ricardo Santana, Jr., earning a career-best 88 Beyer.

Print gave a good account of himself against graded company just 22 days prior to that effort in the Spa’s Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame, where he endured a bumpy beginning and trailed in last-of-7 before swinging five-wide and showing good courage to land fourth just 2 1/2 lengths back of the victorious Bottas.

“In the Hall of Fame, we were only beaten about 2 1/2 lengths, and we had trouble in that race,” Ribaudo said. “I think he’s improving.”

A Kentucky homebred for Keller, Print is out of the Grade 3-placed Artie Schiller mare Promotional, who produced the stakes-placed Daunt for these connections. Promotional is also a half-sister to dual Grade 1-winning multimillionaire Marketing Mix.

Ribaudo said the colt’s breeding should serve him well as he faces his farthest test to date.

“The family says long, even though his better races have been at a mile and a sixteenth,” Ribaudo said. “That dam, she was a mile and three-eighths horse, and she’s a half to Marketing Mix, so it’s a great family. I don’t think the distance will be a problem.”

Completing the field are last-out Gio Ponti runner-up and stakes-winner Third Coast [post 9, Jose Lezcano] for trainer Tom Proctor; Old Dominion Derby third-place finisher Chambersville [post 8, Javier Castellano] for trainer Ken McPeek; restricted Listed Saranac-winner Heeere’s Johnny [post 3, Dylan Davis] for trainer Ray Handal; allowance-level victor Versailles Road [post 7, Edgard Zayas] for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher; and maiden-winners Protect and Defend [post 2, Smauel Marin] for Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey and Bull Shoals [post 5, Kendrick Carmouche] for conditioner Jena Antonucci.

The Hill Prince is slated as Race 10 on Saturday’s 11-race program, which also includes the inaugural running of the $175,000 Bricks and Mortar in Race 8. First post is 12:05 p.m. Eastern.

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Breeders’ Cup Watch: T Kraft

October 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment

T Kraft posts career-best performance to win G3 Vosburgh on October 1st.

LRE Racing’s T Kraft earned both his first graded stakes win and a spot in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint with a “Win and You’re In” berth provided by his nose triumph in the Grade 3, $250,000 Vosburgh, a seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up at Belmont Park.

Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, T Kraft took advantage of a slow break from expected speed presence Contrary Thinking, and set a pressured pace under Junior Alvarado through splits of 23.26 seconds, 46.16 and 1:10.24 over the fast footing, digging in gamely in the final furlong to repel the challenge of the deep closing Crazy Mason by a nose in a final time of 1:22.78. T Kraft earned a career-best 100 Beyer Speed Figure.

“He looks good and he came out of his race great,” said Leana Willaford, Mott’s Belmont Park assistant. “He’s a very cool horse and Lee [Einsidler, owner] is such a wonderful guy.”

T Kraft graduated at sixth asking last January at Aqueduct Racetrack, the start of a three-race win streak that was capped by a neck score in the six-furlong Jimmy Winkfield last March. This year, his 6-2-1-0 record includes a dead-heat second with Senior Officer in the Grade 1 Forego in August at Saratoga Race Course ahead of his Vosburgh score.

“He was our winter star here one year and then stepped up with more difficult company and he’s a very honest horse,” Willaford said. “He gives you everything.”

Einsidler commented after the race that he would enjoy taking T Kraft to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint on October 31 at Keeneland provided the 4-year-old son of Connect is 100 percent in his training in the interim.

T Kraft improved his lifetime record to 16-5-2-0 with $518,554 in total purse earnings. He was a $110,000 purchase at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale and is out of the winning Johannesburg mare Margarita Friday, making him a half-brother to 2024 Breeders’ Cup Sprint-winner and that year’s Champion Male Sprinter Straight No Chaser.

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Breeders’ Cup Watch: Plans for Far Bridge and Tawny Port

October 8, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Belmont turf stakesLSU Stables’ Far Bridge returned from a more than six-month layoff to finish a strong second to Minaret Station in the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic on Thursday at Belmont. There, the 6-year-old English Channel horse waited for racing room at the top of the lane and made a strong inside run, while impeded late when Minaret Station came over on El Cordobes, who was pinched back in the process.

“A very good effort off a long, long layoff. It was a roughly run race, especially in the stretch,” Loriuel said. “I don’t know if it would have changed anything, but it would have been better to have a cleaner trip. He ran very well.”

Far Bridge has notched three Grade 1 scores, taking the 2023 Belmont Derby Invitational and the following year’s Sword Dancer and Joe Hirsch Turf Classic. He added the Grade 2 Bowling Green to his ledger last year and is undefeated in five starts on the Gulfstream Park turf, including back-to-back scores in the Grade 3 Pan American in 2025-26.

Lorieul noted there are a number of options for the talented bay, including the 10-furlong Grade 2, $500,000 Man o’ War on November 28 here as well as more exotic options overseas.

“The owners wanted to consider the Japan Cup and down the line maybe the Pegasus [World Cup Turf] at Gulfstream would be the long-term goal,” Lorieul said. “He loves Gulfstream and he’s unbeaten there, so why not? He had a long layoff all spring and summer and we have a fresh horse for the winter, so that’s not a bad thing.”

Far Bridge has banked in excess of $2.6 million through a 22-10-4-3 record.

Breeders’ Cup Watch for Tawny Port?

Peachtree Stable’s Tawny Port finished a 3 3/4-length second to Godolphin’s European shipper Arabian Crown in Saturday’s Grade 1 Canadian International at Woodbine.

“Another one! We got beat last time with Deterministic by a Godolphin horse. It’s starting to get a little bit aggravating, but that’s OK,” said Lorieul, with a laugh, in reference to a runner-up try by Deterministic to Godolphin’s Notable Speech in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile last month. “Tawny Port ran very well yesterday because, on paper, the Euros were the ones to beat. He got a good trip, but he drifted out a little bit mid-stretch with the Juddmonte horse [Purview] coming out, so he had to jump back on the inside. I don’t think it would have changed anything as the winner was much the best and he had first run.

“He cooled out good yesterday and is back to Saratoga,” Lorieul added. “He has similar options to Far Bridge, but let’s see how he comes back.”

Cheyenne Stables’ Ozara ran sixth in Saturday’s Grade 2 Dance Smartly at Woodbine. The 5-year-old graded stakes-winning Lope de Vega mare won the Listed Miss Liberty in her seasonal debut in May at Monmouth Park but has been sixth in four starts since.

“She ran very well off the bat this year and we haven’t been able to get her back the way we’ve been expecting,” Lorieul said.

Bach Stables’ Chief of Peace impressed with a first-out maiden score in August at the Spa but landed 10th in Saturday’s Grade 2 Pilgrim here.

“The race was a bit against us. He was a touch keen on the backside, and they walked,” noted Lorieul of the moderate tempo. “We were hoping for a bit more pace. He’s a horse that doesn’t have a great turn-of-foot; he just lengthens, so the race was a bit against him.”

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Breeders’ Cup Watch: 2yo Filly Dotsy

October 7, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Trainer John Grabowski surveyed a shedrow of nine trainees this week at his Finger Lakes Racetrack base, turning his attention to a juvenile gray filly by Tacitus. On Saturday, Grabowski would lead her through the Belmont Park paddock and onto the racetrack with a cautious optimism that his early assessment of her would come to fruition in the Grade 1, $500,000 Frizette.

Those dreams became a reality when the precocious Dotsy loomed large in the turn of the one-mile Frizette and kicked clear with large strides under Kendrick Carmouche to coast home first and provide her conditioner with his first stakes win, shedding light on a passionate and diligent barn that has flown under the radar in Farmington since 2012.

2yo Filly Dotsy a once-in-a-lifetime horse for Finger Lakes conditioner John Grabowski

“She’s doing great and is on her way home to Finger Lakes – I am still on Cloud Nine,” Grabowski said by phone on Sunday. “My phone is absolutely blowing up and it’s unbelievable. What an incredible experience – once in a lifetime.”

In the Frizette, Dotsy was a close-up third through the first half-mile as Girls Wear Pearls marked splits of 22.98 seconds and 45.75 seconds over the fast footing. Patiently handled by Carmouche, Dotsy angled out to the five-path in the turn to loom large alongside the pacesetter and the favored Libby Lloyd before advancing to take a one-length lead at the stretch call. Her trainer stood watch near the finish line, imploring his beloved filly for more as she edged clear and gamely turned back the oncoming Rum Twist to score by 2 3/4 lengths in a final time of 1:36.07.

“Kendrick looked like he had a ton of horse, and I just know her,” said Grabowski, a winner of 117 races from 620 starts. “When she made the lead, I really, truly felt that she was just playing with them. I know that sounds overconfident, but that’s what it looked it. Her ears were going forward and she was doing it easy. She seemed to really enjoy it and it was an unbelievable race for her.”

Owned by Thomas Paluck’s TSP Enterprises, Dotsy has been a standout to Grabowski – a former jockey with 3,401 wins in the saddle – since Day One. The filly made his shortlist at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale, where he signed a $37,000 ticket for the 10th foal produced from the Fusaichi Pegasus mare Coqui – a half-sister to Grade 3-winner Voodoo.

While even the most astute of horsemen cannot predict the future, Grabowski said every prospect that enters his barn does so with the grandest of hopes and aspirations.

“You always dream it. Every horse you buy, you always dream it,” he said. “I went down to Ocala to visit her and watch her train when she was being broke, and she had such a fluid gait to her, and such a long stride. Jesse Hoppel broke her for us and did such a fantastic job. We breezed her against some tough company, and she did it just like she did this race this weekend – she just toyed with everything she came up against. I was very confident going to Saratoga, especially having her in that restricted race. I knew and hoped she was far superior to those horses.”

That August 26 debut at Saratoga Race Course came in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden restricted to juvenile fillies that had sold or RNA’d for $65,000 or less in their most recent auction. She entered from a series of sharp works this summer, including a bullet five-furlong move in 1:00.10 on July 27 at Finger Lakes.

With Carmouche in the irons, she stalked in fifth after a slow start, but improved willingly throughout to take command with a four-wide move and tucked in down the lane for a four-length victory going away in a final time of 1:18.15, another first for Grabowski as he celebrated his initial victory at Saratoga.

Carmouche, a veteran rider with seven Grade 1 wins and 4,235 trips to the winner’s circle, has been atop some of the finest horses in the sport, and described Dotsy as “a monster” following the Frizette score.

“Kendrick told me that after he breezed her, too,” Grabowski said. “He called her a freak. That made me feel great, because you think you have a good one, but until you get a rider’s opinion like that, especially from someone like Kendrick… he’s such a good judge of what he’s on top of.”

For her Frizette score, Dotsy earned a $30,000 entry credit to the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on October 30 at Keeneland and 10 Kentucky Oaks qualifying points. She is Breeders’ Cup nominated, and the Juvenile Fillies requires both a pre-entry fee of $30,000 due on October 19 and an entry fee of the same amount on October 26.

Grabowski said having half of the related fees covered by the “Dirt Dozen” program is an enticing proposal.

“We’re definitely considering it,” Grabowski said. “We’ve got to get her home, really evaluate her and make sure we’re going forward to do this. But yes, definitely considering it. That would be another incredible experience, absolutely.”

For now, Grabowski will thoroughly enjoy the monumental accomplishment he and his team achieved yesterday to become racing’s newest Grade 1-winning stable.

“To even be around a horse like that is so incredible, let alone train her,” Grabowski said. “It’s so surreal. I’m so grateful to Mr. Paluck that he gave me a shot a few years ago. We’ve had quite a bit of success, but nothing like this. Having a horse like this, in my shedrow? Incredible.”

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Breeders’ Cup Watch: Forever Young Trains

October 6, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Forever Young resumes serious preparations for G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic with open gallop on the Belmont Park main track

Susumu Fujita’s Forever Young, the reigning Japanese Horse of the Year and Champion OIder Dirt Horse, returned to serious preparations for the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic on October 31 at Keeneland with an open gallop Sunday over the Belmont Park main track.

Trained by Yoshito Yahagi, the 5-year-old Real Steel horse captured the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup on September 18 here in his first start since a runner-up effort in the Group 1 Dubai World Cup on March 28 at Meydan Racecourse.

Forever Young was piloted in his morning exercise by assistant trainer Yuki Araki, timed from the three-eighths by NYRA Clockers in 15 3/5, 31 1/5 and 45 4/5.

“I just wanted to feel the horse when he goes even pace. I’m happy with it,” Araki said.

Forever Young posted a sharper breeze ahead of his Jockey Club Gold Cup score here, covering five furlongs in 1:02.17. Araki noted that Forever Young will have two more local works before shipping to Keeneland on October 20.

“We have plenty of time for Breeders’ Cup, so we didn’t want a strong breeze this morning,” Araki said. “It was a new challenge [ahead of the Gold Cup], so we gave him a very strong breeze before the race. Obviously, it was five months after the Dubai World Cup, so we wanted him to breeze out. This time [today] was quite different because he ran one race already and fitness should be [good] enough. I’m happy with it.”

While Forever Young exercised on the main track, his stablemate Shin Emperor utilized the walking machine and enjoyed a pick of grass while attended to by his exercise rider Yuto Kumagai.

Araki said Forever Young has exited the Jockey Club Gold Cup in good order and had plenty of energy after the strong gallop.

“Oh yes, I’ve been holding hard,” Araki said, with a laugh. “Maybe his motion is slower than you guys expected, but the thing is, the gap is a very good thing. I felt the pace was even. More than that, I checked the video, and it looks like a normal gallop. I’m really satisfied.

“The strongest one will be before we move to Keeneland,” Araki added, regarding upcoming works. “We keep focusing on that. “

Forever Young cooled out in his customary fashion since arriving in New York with multiple laps along the treelined horse path adjacent to the main track before bath time and a pick of grass.

Forever Young, winner of last year’s Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar, has made 16 starts across 10 racetracks in four countries, posting additional top-flight scores in back-to-back editions of the $20 million Saudi Cup in 2025-26 at King Abdulaziz Racecourse, and the 2024 Tokyo Daishoten in his native country, where he is undefeated through six efforts.

Araki has utilized much of the expansive Belmont Park training facility, including the inner Tapeta track, dirt training track and the quarter-mile Tapeta pony track.

“We always want to change his mind in a better way, so we change the track and let him see a different view and atmosphere. I think it’s going well so far,” Araki said.

Forever Young has banked in excess of $32.3 million through a 16-12-1-3 record.

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Breeders Cup Watch: U. S. S. Valor in the Champagne

October 4, 2026 by Leave a Comment

U,S,S, Valor in Champagne 2026U. S. S. Valor uncorked a powerful stretch run to win the Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne, a one-turn mile for 2-year-olds, in eye-catching fashion on Saturday at Belmont Park.

Heavily favored off a 13 1/4-length second-out maiden victory on September 5 at Saratoga Race Course, U. S. S. Valor broke a step slowly in the Champagne but quickly recovered to race 1 1/4 lengths behind the leaders, Gaudreau, Johnny Hockey and Club Reign, in fifth as the tightly-packed field traveled in two tandems of three through an opening quarter-mile 23.19 seconds and a half in 46.08 over the fast dirt.

The Team Valor Kentucky homebred continued to wait behind horses on the far turn through three quarters in 1:10.18 before he was angled outside by jockey Manny Franco, bumping with Earth Song before lengthening his stride and striking to the front nearing the eighth pole en route to a 6 1/2-length triumph over second choice Gaudreau, who contested the early pace and ultimately finished two lengths ahead of third-place finisher Club Reign.

U. S. S. Valor, the 1-4 favorite in the field of six, returned $2.74 for a $2 win wager and stopped the clock in 1:34.84.

“The way he did it, being behind horses; he was on the bridle, but the right way,” said Franco. “We were bunched up. As soon as he got to the half a mile, I had a chance to drop my hands, and he stayed there for me. When I called him again, he just took off again. He just exploded. He has a lot of talent.”

With the Champagne victory, U. S. S. Valor earned $275,000, a free entry into the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile as part of the “Win and You’re In” program, and 10 points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby standings. Kentucky Derby points were awarded on a 10-5-3-2-1 basis to the top-five finishers.

It was the fourth Champagne triumph for Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey, who previously won the race with Polish Navy [1986], Easy Goer [1988], and Adjudicating [1989].

The Champagne was a rematch of a 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight contested August 8 at Saratoga won by Gaudreau by a half-length. U. S. S. Valor, ridden that day by Tyler Gaffalione, was carried inward at the start before steadily working his way through the field to finish a diminishing three-quarters of a length behind the winner in third. U. S. S. Valor had smooth sailing when going seven furlongs September 5, vying for early supremacy and drawing clear in the stretch while being geared down late by Franco.

“Manny is a great rider, and [in the Champagne] he got him where he wanted him to be – got in a little trouble at the head of the stretch, but he was able to [overcome] that,” said McGaughey. “I think when they get an education like he got in his first race, it helps down the line. The second race was perfect, but Manny and I talked in the paddock and I [thought] for him to learn and to be a good horse, he’s going to need a target, and he got one today.

“I think Manny has turned into an outstanding rider,” McGaughey added. “That was why when it came down to it, I was anxious to get him on him. Tyler was going to be out of town [September 5], so I was glad I worked with [Franco’s] agent [John Panagot], and [that I] was able to get him back today. I have all the confidence in him and I think he’s a top rider and will continue to get even better.”

Breeders’ Cup Up Next for U. S. S. Valor?

McGaughey said he and Team Valor president Barry Irwin will see how U. S. S. Valor exits the Champagne before they decide the colt’s next start. The trainer said U. S. S. Valor has been “more forward” than 2015 Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap and Grade 1 Whitney winner Honor Code and 2019 Grade 1 Travers and Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup victor Code of Honor. Both Honor Code and Code of Honor were second in the Champagne.

“Code of Honor when he ran in [the Champagne] had the outside and he broke bad – he was able to finish,” said McGaughey. “Honor Code had only run the one time and he was still a little bit [green] and had to come from way back and finish. This horse is just not that way. He’s been forward with me the whole time I’ve had him and I think he showed it today.”

Irwin said U. S. S. Valor’s Champagne victory ranks highly among the accomplishments of Team Valor colorbearers.

“We have never really won a top 2-year-old race like this,” said Irwin. “I mean we won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, we won the Spinaway, I’ve won a couple of good ones in Europe, but this is the best, for me.

“I’ve never had a horse anywhere near this quality before, and I’ve had some good horses,” Irwin continued. “He is just beyond words. I can’t believe I bred him, I can’t believe I own him.”

U. S. S Valor is a bay son of 2019 Grade 1 Preakness winner War of Will.

Trainer Chad Brown, who saddled Gaudreau, said his colt was “no match” for the winner.

“I thought I got a great trip,” said Brown. “He broke maybe just a step [slow] and he [Flavien Prat] used him a bit to get up there, but from then on I had a great trip. I was just a little disappointed today when they turned for home that I didn’t shake free from that Club Reign, who was kind of asked a little bit turning for home. Off a 46 half, I think my horse is able to do that in-hand, and I started to be a little concerned that he had to ask him. He did respond when he asked him, but today, much different than the debut of these two horses [Gaudreau and U.S.S. Valor] – now there’s a gap between them today. The winner was clearly much the best today and rolled right by us… I’ve got to go back to the drawing board as a trainer and figure out what happened there and why is this gap between them now?”

Edgard Zayas, rider aboard third-place finisher Club Reign, said he expects his Whit Beckman-trained mount to continue to be a factor in major races.

“I think [Club Reign] ran a huge race,” said Zayas. “He’s definitely a horse who can get better with experience. It was just his second race. The winner is a really nice horse, but I know Club Reign is very classy and has some great wins in his future, for sure. The way he broke out of the gate super sharp and then just got into cruise control and relaxed was impressive. The winner just had a different kick.”

Earth Song finished fourth and was followed home by Johnny Hockey and Raku.

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Online Breeders’ Cup Betting: What to Follow Before Race Day

October 3, 2026 by Leave a Comment

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The road to the 2026 Breeders’ Cup is entering its final stretch. Keeneland will host the World Championships on October 30 and 31, but several important questions remain before the horses reach Lexington. Leading contenders have already strengthened their cases, while the final Challenge races still have the potential to introduce new names or change the outlook in several divisions.

For bettors, that makes the weeks before race day particularly important. Recent performances, remaining prep races, international participation, pre-entries, and eventual post positions all add context to the final fields. Here are the horses and developments worth following as the 2026 Breeders’ Cup approaches.

Forever Young, Sovereignty, and Knightsbridge Make the Classic Essential Viewing

The $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic is already developing into one of the most compelling races of championship weekend. Defending Classic winner Forever Young strengthened his position by winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup on September 18, returning from a lengthy break with a 3¼-length victory.

Sovereignty brings another strong résumé. The reigning Horse of the Year won the Whitney Stakes in August, defeating Nitrogen, while Knightsbridge earned his place in the Classic picture with a dominant 6¼-length Pacific Classic victory.

The current contender list extends well beyond those three. Golden Tempo, winner of the 2026 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, and Dubai World Cup and Stephen Foster winner Magnitude are also among the prominent contenders. Their different routes to Keeneland make comparisons especially interesting.

What matters now is how those campaigns translate to the Classic’s 1¼ miles. Training updates and final race plans deserve close attention because the eventual combination of established older horses and leading three-year-olds could shape both the pace and betting picture.

Nitrogen Has Made the Distaff a Race to Watch

Nitrogen gave bettors another reason to pay attention to the Distaff when she won the Beldame Stakes on September 25. She controlled the race from the front before pulling away to win by 2¾ lengths, adding another major result to an impressive 2026 campaign.

Her earlier performances provide useful context. Nitrogen won the Ogden Phipps by 12¾ lengths in June before stepping outside the female division to face Sovereignty and other males in the Whitney. She finished second there, showing that she could remain competitive against high-level opposition.

Returning to competition against fillies and mares in the Beldame gave her another chance to demonstrate her current form. Her ability to win from the front also makes the eventual makeup of the Distaff field worth watching.

The next question is how the competition around her develops. Final entries and the running styles of her opponents will reveal much more about whether Nitrogen can secure the type of trip that has helped make her one of the division’s leading names.

International Turf Contenders Could Reshape the Keeneland Fields

The Breeders’ Cup is rarely only about horses based in the United States, and several international runners have already earned places through the Challenge Series. Their participation could significantly strengthen the turf races at Keeneland.

Hotazhell secured a Breeders’ Cup berth by winning the Irish Champion Stakes, while Kalpana earned qualification through the Yorkshire Oaks. Notable Speech also earned an automatic Mile berth after winning the Woodbine Mile in September.

Those victories matter, but qualification does not automatically tell bettors exactly what the final fields will look like. Travel plans, race selection, distance, and how each horse’s connections view the Keeneland matchup will help determine whether and where international qualifiers compete.

That makes overseas participation one of the developments worth monitoring into October. Once plans become clearer, bettors can compare European and other international form with the North American contenders already established in each turf division.

October’s Final Preps Can Still Add Major Contenders

The current contender lists are only part of the picture. Several Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” races remain in early October, giving horses one final opportunity to earn automatic berths or strengthen their championship credentials.

Among the races worth following are:

  • Darley Alcibiades: A major Keeneland test for Juvenile Fillies hopefuls,
  • Champagne Stakes: An important New York qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile,
  • Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity: A Keeneland race that can reshape the Juvenile field,
  • Coolmore Turf Mile: A late opportunity for older turf runners targeting the Mile,
  • Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix: A six-furlong Keeneland qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

The juvenile races deserve particular attention because two-year-old form can develop quickly at this stage of the season. A horse outside the leading group in September might emerge with a breakthrough performance in October.

Results alone will not tell the entire story. How a horse handles the distance, competition, and Keeneland itself provides useful context before the championships return to the same venue later that month.

Post Positions and Race Shape Complete the Betting Picture

Pre-entries close at noon ET on October 19, with final entries taken October 26, so the contender picture will become clearer during the final two weeks before the championships. Once the entries are settled, attention can move from identifying contenders to considering how each race might actually unfold. Post position, field size, running styles, and track conditions all affect how appealing an earlier selection looks.

Race shape is especially important. A field containing several horses that prefer to race near the lead could create early pressure, while a race with limited early speed may favor a completely different running style. The draw adds another variable to that equation.

Once the final fields take shape, bettors have much more information to work with. Online Breeders’ Cup betting involves more than reacting to a horse’s biggest victory or latest result, especially when the final opposition, distance, surface, post position, and likely pace change the context around each contender.

Late scratches and weather can still alter the picture, so the analysis should remain flexible through race day. Research done during the preceding weeks provides a strong foundation, but last-minute developments can still change how individual contenders should be viewed.

The Road to Keeneland Still Has More to Reveal

Forever Young, Sovereignty, Knightsbridge, Nitrogen, and other leading contenders have already given racing fans plenty to follow. The remaining October preps can add more names, while international plans and pre-entries will bring the individual championship fields into sharper focus.

By following those developments rather than waiting for the final racecard, bettors can arrive at Breeders’ Cup weekend with a much clearer understanding of how each contender reached Keeneland and what could influence the races once the gates open.

 

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Life Changing a Top Contender in the G1 Spinaway

September 2, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Life Changing, an impressive debut winner locally August 1, will carry high expectations into the Grade 1, $300,000 Spinaway on Saturday, at Saratoga Race Course.

The Spinaway is a seven-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies and offers a “Win and You’re In” berth into the 1 1/16-mile Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, which will be contested October 30 at Keeneland.

Life Changing, trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher for Repole Stable, was backed as the 2-1 favorite for her unveiling and validated bettors’ confidence with a seven-length triumph under jockey Luis Saez to give Pletcher one of five victories that day at the Spa.

“She just popped the gate and did everything professionally,” said owner Mike Repole. “Down the lane, she did everything. She galloped out great. Luis said she had a ton left in the tank. We think she’s really, really special. When you are a 2-year-old in Saratoga and you win your maiden, then you are going against 10 horses who have done the same thing. It’s a step up, but her time was great, Beyer number [84] was great. Todd really loves her, and I think she is going to be a special, special filly.”

Saratoga canopy walk throughLife Changing is by Life Is Good and is out of the stakes-placed dam Smart Shopping, making her a half-sister to 2024 Grade 1 Preakness winner Seize the Grey. She was purchased as a yearling by Repole Stable for $1.025 million at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale.

“We loved her, we loved her sire. I’m a big fan of Life Is Good – [I’m a] shareholder. And we loved the family, [with her being] a half-sister to Seize the Grey,” Repole said. “We didn’t think she would go to $1 million. We thought she would go for $700,000, $800,000. She always trained well on the farm, trained well at Belmont when she was with Stu [Hampson], came up here [to Saratoga] and trained well, and she ran to how she trains.”

Flavien Prat has picked up the mount aboard Life Changing, who drew the outermost post 8. Pletcher is seeking his second consecutive Spinaway victory and record-extending eighth overall, having previously won the race with Circle of Life [1999], Ashado [2003], Adieu [2005], R Heat Lightning [2010], Rachel’s Valentina [2015], Sweet Loretta [2016, dead heat with Pretty City Dancer], and Tommy Jo [2025].

Other Contenders in G1 Spinaway

The Spinaway field includes three additional fillies who are entering the race off a debut victory: Angel of Kirk, Summer Starlet, and Girvy Girl.

In her lone previous outing, Greenwell Thoroughbreds’ Angel of Kirk contested the pace from the outside, took the lead on the far turn, and needed only hand urging to report home a 4 3/4-length winner under Prat for dual Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden race July 11 at the Spa.

“Her debut was really good,” said Cox. “I do think she’s improved since and she’s had plenty of time to improve. Her work [Saturday] was really good [five furlongs in 1:02.23] and I thought she had a nice gallop-out, breezed with an older maiden.

“I think she’s on it,” added Cox. “She’s always been good, from the time we started breezing her. She was one that we kind of thought would be a Saratoga type of filly as soon as we started training on her. Most of the time, that doesn’t work out, but in her case it did – she kept stepping up every week and working well.”

Angel of Kirk, a $500,000 Keeneland September yearling, is by Yaupon and out of Crazy Sweet, who was third in the Grade 2 Presque Isle Masters. Her third dam, Buckaroo Zoo, was a stakes winner who placed in a pair of graded stakes before producing Boltono, the dam of Grade 1 Vosburgh Invitational winner The Lumber Guy.

With Prat electing to ride Life Changing, Angel of Kirk will now have the services of Manny Franco from post 7.

Summer Starlet [post 2, Ricardo Santana] was professional in her debut, racing in seventh early before making an outside charge to claim the lead at the three-sixteenths pole and drive clear to a 6 1/2-length win traveling 6 1/2-furlongs on August 8 here.

Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen trains Summer Starlet, who is owned by BC Stables, Wattswood Stables, Bob Albritton, Jay Graham and David Baggett. She sold for $335,000 at Keeneland last September and is a half-sister to Grade 2-placed Coach Prime. Her distant family includes Minardi, Tale of the Cat, Fed Biz, and Red Carpet Ready.

James F. Schurman, Paul Braverman, Mark Corrado, and Albert Ciuffetelli’s Girvy Girl [post 5, Micah Husbands] blew out a maiden field by 15 lengths on July 18 at Gulfstream Park before being shipped to Saratoga by trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. She has breezed four times over the Saratoga main track, including a four-furlong move in 47.66 seconds on Sunday.

The first-out winners will be taking on Stress Relief and Harper’s Corner, who respectively captured the Grade 3 Adirondack and Listed Schuylerville earlier in the Saratoga meet.

Stress Relief [post 4, Junior Alvarado], a Joel Politi homebred, debuted in June at Churchill Downs, dueling for the lead before running away to a five-length victory in the five-furlong maiden event.

The dark bay daughter of Not This Time subsequently joined Kinnon LaRose’s string at Saratoga with an eye on the 6 1/2-furlong Grade 3 Adirondack on August 2. In that race, she stalked the pace in fourth, moved into contention approaching the quarter pole while racing three wide, and claimed the lead from Luminous Beauty with one furlong to travel under jockey Junior Alvarado’s left-handed urging en route to a 3 1/2-length triumph.

The Adirondack was the first graded stakes win for LaRose, a native of Ogdensburg, N.Y. who played basketball at Siena University and Sacred Heart University before going on to a career in racing. LaRose worked for Tom Amoss before taking over as lead trainer upon Amoss’ retirement from training this spring.

“She ran a great race in the Adirondack,” said LaRose. “It was the first time Junior rode her in a race, and he rode her perfect. She came out of the race well and we have gotten [three] works back in her. She’s a very straightforward, classy filly. She came out of the race well, has been eating well, so, knock on wood, everything is going well to this point.

“Hopefully, she handles [the Grade 1 competition well],” LaRose added. “You come up to Saratoga and run in a Grade 1, it’s a great opportunity for us. She is going to have to step up. There are some good fillies in there, and I think she is competitive enough to compete in there. That’s the beauty of coming to Saratoga: you run against the best horses in the country, and we’re honored to be in there.”

Like Stress Relief, Harper’s Corner [post 6, Paco Lopez] was a debut winner who captured a Saratoga stakes race in her second start. Trained by Cathal Lynch for Charles L. Biggs, Harper’s Corner buckled at the start but recovered to clear on the lead and never looked back, winning a five-furlong maiden race by 7 3/4 lengths in June at Laurel Park.

Shipped north from the Fair Hill Training Center for the six-furlong Schuylerville on July 3, Harper’s Corner once again dictated terms up front before drawing away, this time to a 5 1/4-length score. Voyager, second in the Schuylerville, returned to win a Saratoga maiden special weight by a nose August 1 and is point to the Grade 1 Natalma at Woodbine.

Cha Cha Baby [post 3, Mychel Sanchez] will make her third start overall and first for trainer Butch Reid, Jr. and owner LC Racing in the Spinaway.

While racing for Gary Capuano and D. Denise Hazard, she made two starts at Delaware Park, finishing second to then-stablemate Whitten Way in June before posting a nine-length graduation on July 21. Whitten Way returned to win Delaware Park’s Blue Hen on August 8.

Completing the Spinaway field is Bandmaster [post 1, Jose Lezcano], fourth in the Adirondack for trainer Oscar Barrera, III.

The Spinaway was carded as Race 11 on Saturday’s 12-race program, which also includes the Grade 3, $225,000 With Anticipation for 2-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles on the turf in Race 2. First post is scheduled for 12:05 p.m. Eastern

Saratoga Live presents daily coverage and analysis of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit NYRA.com/TV.

Source: Jon Forbes for NYRA.com

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Leading Charge Upsets 2026 Travers Stakes

August 31, 2026 by Leave a Comment

The winners of this year’s Triple Crown events featured in a stellar field of top 3-year-olds assembled for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million DraftKings Travers at Saratoga Race Course, but it was Wathnan Racing’s lightly-raced Leading Change who announced his presence in the division with a statement score over Grade 1 Preakness-winner Napoleon Solo in the prestigious 10-furlong route for sophomores. Grade 1 Kentucky Derby and Grade 1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets-winner Golden Tempo rallied stoutly to finish third.

Trained by dual Eclipse Award-winner Brad Cox, the blossoming Leading Change has made a rapid ascent to the upper echelon of his generation, maintaining a flawless ledger through three starts with his half-length victory.

The son of Gun Runner made his career bow just 12 weeks ago with an open-lengths graduation in June at Churchill Downs, and entered the Travers from a neck victory in the Grade 3 Indiana Derby on July 11 at Horseshoe Indianapolis where he faced winners and tried two turns for the first time. His prior starts were awarded respective Beyer Speed Figures of 92 and 95, the latter matching the figure returning rival Golden Tempo earned when winning the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby in May.

“We’ve always thought he was a big-time talent,” said Cox, who celebrated his second Travers victory following Essential Quality’s win in 2021. “He showed it before today in his first two starts and he was able to get it done today. I said coming into it that he’s light on seasoning, but we were hoping he could make up for it with talent, and he was able to do it.”

Wathnan Racing also campaigns the Cox-trained Grade 1-winner Commandment, who skipped this race in favor of the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby on September 19, but Cox said that decision did not influence their choice to enter Leading Change here.

“Honestly, no. He ran two big numbers to start his career, and we liked the idea of giving him time after the Indiana Derby,” Cox said. “The timing made a lot of sense with the Travers. I think this is a solid group of 3-year-olds but there was no one to really be scared of based on the two figures that he’d run. He was obviously able to come out on the right end of it.”

In the Travers, Leading Change faced a stacked group of nine well-seasoned rivals, but ran like a consummate professional in the victory engineered by the red-hot Manny Franco, who celebrated with ecstatic jubilation as he crossed the wire and earned his second Travers victory, an exclamation point on a career summer at the Spa where he currently ranks third in the jockeys’ standings. He enjoyed additional top-flight scores this meet with My Gun’s Loaded in the Alabama presented by Keeneland Sales and with Survie in the Grade 1 Christophe Clement Turf.

“All I can say is, ‘wow,’” an emotional Franco said moments after the race. “I just want to say thanks to Brad Cox, the owners, my agent John Panagot. This is amazing. And the horse, he deserved this. I had the trip that I wanted. I wanted to wait behind those two horses and by the three-eighths pole, he jumped on the bridle and I said, ‘oh boy, OK.’ It was a matter of getting to the outside and when he hit the outside, he leveled off and he was game.”

Leading Change, a son of Gun Runner, was fleet-footed from post 2 and had enough natural speed to clear the field, but Napoleon Solo, who broke to his immediate outside, was asked for his signature speed while drifting out under Hall of Famer John Velazquez to assume command through the opening quarter-mile in 23.66 seconds over the fast footing.

Franco was patient aboard Leading Change, maintaining their inside position to keep close watch in second while the wide-running Sea Strike followed the run of Napoleon Solo through the first turn to range up into a shared second, with Emerging Market and Baby Vino another length behind them. The remainder of the field was strung out down the backstretch, as Golden Tempo was well behind in ninth with only Grade 1-winner Renegade, who lunged at the start, beaten through the half-mile in 47.95.

A group of six rivals began to bunch up at the front, all awaiting the right moment to strike as Napoleon Solo ticked along through three-quarters in 1:12.62. Sea Strike was the first to take aim at the pacesetter, and ranged up wide midway through the turn as Franco began to test the waters with his willing partner. Sea Strike loomed large straightening for home after one mile in 1:37.03, but Napoleon Solo was far from done and dug in for the fight while Franco angled Leading Change around the top pair with a strong hand ride before going to a right-handed stick.

Golden Tempo’s Travers

The favored Golden Tempo made his signature move from deep to make headway down on the rail and was within striking range at the eighth pole, while Napoleon Solo put away Sea Strike and was again a clear leader. Golden Tempo idled briefly as he ran up the inside of Sea Strike and was steadily making up ground late, but Franco implored Leading Change for more inside the final sixteenth and his charge responded, willing himself in front in the shadow of the wire to edge the stubborn Napoleon Solo in a final time of 2:02.98.

Golden Tempo landed a hard-trying third 1 3/4 lengths back of the top pair while one length better than the rallying The Puma. Emerging Market, Sea Strike, Baby Vino, Renegade, Ocelli and Silent Tactic completed the order of finish.

Franco, the leading rider on The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) circuit in 2018-19, 2023 and 2025, said the trip he worked out was exactly what he had hoped for.

“We wanted to be forward, behind Napoleon Solo and Sea Strike, I just sit on the rail the whole way around,” Franco explained. “Going to the five-sixteenths, my horse was going forward, and I felt that I got horse under me. We turned for home, I put him on the outside and he just leveled out. He was digging in. I was happy with the way he finished up.

“This is incredible what he accomplished today,” added Franco, whose first Travers win came in 2020 with Tiz the Law. “It’s just his third race today. The sky is the limit for him.”

Case Clay, racing manager for Wathnan Racing, said what Leading Change lacked in experience, he made up for with raw talent.

“He had to win on talent over seasoning. He’s not as seasoned a horse as the other horses. If he was going to win today, it was going to be on talent,” Clay said. “Yes, physically he is a stretchy, two-turn, big, good looking horse that looks like he could have gotten 10 furlongs, so, the day after the Belmont, he won the seven-furlong race at Churchill Downs, then Brad thought, ‘let’s go Indiana Derby, first time around two turns, see if that works, and then 10 furlongs,’ so he won on talent over seasoning today.”

Cox added there are no immediate plans for Leading Change.

“We’ll check him tonight and make sure he’s in good order after the race,” he said. “We’ll ship him back to Kentucky and go from there.”

Leading Change, a half-brother to the Cox-trained Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks-winner Shedaresthedevil, was bred in Kentucky by WinStar Farm and was purchased for $800,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. He earned $687,500 for his Travers triumph while returning $22.76 on a $2 win wager at 10-1 odds.

The Chad Summers-trained Napoleon Solo made his third straight appearance in Grade 1 company, and entered from a half-length second to Baby Vino in the NYRA Bets Haskell on July 18 at Monmouth Park. Summers commended the effort from the dual Grade 1-winner, and said there is plenty to be excited about in the future with the son of Liam’s Map as he ponders what his best distance may be.

“He showed me about a mile and a quarter, minus 50 yards,” Summers said, adding he will consider Napoleon Solo for both the Breeders’ Cup Classic and Dirt Mile. “Look, he tries. He always tries. Is it something that we’re opposed to doing in the right circumstances? No. Keeneland, with the shorter stretch, a little bit of a different circumstance. You got to keep that in mind. Obviously, the long stretch in Saudi [Arabia], the long stretch in Dubai, but he’ll be a 4-year-old at that point. Right now we’ll just look ahead to the next start, but [we’re] proud of the effort he gave today.”

Velazquez, aboard Napoleon Solo for the first time in the afternoon, also questioned the gray’s affinity for longer distances, while satisfied with the gritty performance today.

“He ran great. He put in a really good effort today. Maybe the mile and a quarter is a little far for him, maybe, I don’t know,” Velazquez said. “He ran a really good race. He was a little more aggressive than I wanted him to be. I put him all the way to the five path in the first part of the race. By the time he got to the backstretch, he came back to me. After that, [Sea Strike] got to him at the five-eighths pole, and he got in the bridle again. So, I just kind of sat against him, wait, wait, wait. When I asked him, he did run. Somebody else ran better than me. He put up a good fight. The other one was better than me. That’s it.”

Cherie DeVaux, trainer of the popular Golden Tempo, said her star pupil was hindered by a lack of pace while still proving his talents to run a valiant third.

“He was far back. It just didn’t work out with the lack of pace,” DeVaux said. “He had too much to do. He came back fine and that’s what is important.”

The colt’s regular pilot, Jose Ortiz, offered similar sentiments.

“He broke good. I was far back obviously, and he started making a good run,” Ortiz said. “I saw a good opening on the inside and I went for it. He responded very well. He put up a very good run and we fell short. That’s the main thing.”

Tyler Gaffalione, aboard the mutuel second choice Renegade in place of the injured Irad Ortiz, Jr., said being pinched back at the start likely did not hinder the colt’s effort for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher.

“Got a good bump out of the gate. I don’t think it took much out of him,” Gaffalione said. “Had a good position, where he likes to be, just had a hard time making up ground today.”

Live racing resumes Sunday at Saratoga with a 10-race card featuring the $200,000 Yaddo in Race 9. First post is 1:10 p.m. Eastern.

Saratoga Live presents daily coverage and analysis of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/tv-schedule/.

source: Mary Eddy for NYRA.com

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Remaining BCBC Qualifiers in October 2025

October 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Winning into the Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge, featuring a $10,000 buy-in, has become of the top handicapping tournaments that horseplayers want to win into, but time is running out this year.

Here is schedule of the remaining 2025 BCBC Qualifiers. Qualifiers for the Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge are also every Friday, Saturday & Sunday on Horseplayers.com!

BCBC Qualifiers

 

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