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Teachintherelease entered last year's edition of the $300,000 West Virginia Sam Huff Breeders' Classic at Charles Town as an overwhelming favorite and pulled clear in a dominant 14 1/4-length victory. It's hard to believe, but the 6-year-old gelding has only gotten better since.
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California trainer Jeff Mullins had two leading reasons to claim the 10-year-old gelding Jetovator for $20,000 last Saturday at Santa Anita.
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Atitlan, winner of the Grade 2 John Henry Turf Championship on Sept. 26 at Santa Anita, will not start in the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Oct. 31 at Keeneland, trainer Richard Mandella said earlier this week.
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Weekend GamePlan for Oct. 10, 2026: Picks for Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, Hill Prince, California Flag
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Jamie Spencer, a former champion jockey in Britain and Ireland, has moved to California and will begin riding at Santa Anita on Saturday.
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Trainer Mark Casse is hoping it will be Souper Saturday at Gulfstream Park when he sends out key contenders Souper Quest and Souper Zonda in the afternoon's co-features, the Chasing Artie and Daring Kathy handicaps. The two $60,000 overnight events, to be decided at five furlongs and 1 1/16 miles, respectively, on the turf, drew full and well-matched fields.
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In the last five years, Big City Lights has established a fine reputation as a main-track sprinter in California, winning six stakes. What's missing is an extensive background on turf, making the 7-year-old horse's first appearance at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course in Saturday's $100,000 California Flag Handicap for statebreds at Santa Anita even more intriguing.
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Dixie Law has had a productive 3-year-old campaign for trainer Dale Desruisseaux. She returns from a freshening at 1 1/16 miles in Saturday's $125,000 Ontario Damsel, one of three Tapeta stakes on the Woodbine card along with the Sophomore and Silver Creek.
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Trainer Josie Carroll, born in the Toronto area, saddles morning-line favorite Luster in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland. Grant Forster, who hails from the Vancouver area, sends out morning-line second choice Faithful Departed. Nine others were entered in the QE II, a Grade 1 over 1 1/8 miles offering a $750,000 purse.
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If he takes a step forward Saturday, Caroline St. Beat looms the horse to beat in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Hill Prince Stakes for 3-year-olds going 1 3/16 miles over Belmont Park's inner turf course.
