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Minnie Hauk's performance in the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, combined with wins in three consecutive Group 1 races for females in Britain and Ireland from early June to mid-August, are the main reasons the 3-year-old filly will be favored to win Saturday's Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf at 1 1/2 miles at Del Mar.
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Stalwart sire Medaglia d’Oro’s pensioning was announced in October by Darley. But as the 26-year-old son of El Prado enjoys the early days of his retirement, he has plenty of hurrahs still left on the racetrack – including when Nitrogen runs in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
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Sweet Azteca and Tamara do not have a chance to recapture their former glory, after all. The two favorites for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint both were scratched Saturday morning, leaving a field of seven. Fee Blanche was scratched early in the week.
Deo Volente Farms is pleased to announce that Captain Optimistic will stand for a stud fee of $5,000 in 2026 in New Jersey.
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Last year, a horse whose connections were intending to run in the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic instead detoured to the $1 million Dirt Mile and won the race. When Full Serrano goes for a repeat in the Dirt Mile on Saturday at Del Mar, he will be facing a horse, Nysos, whose connections are found in similar circumstances.
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Conducted's smart win in a maiden race at Santa Anita earlier this month did not merit a pre-entry in Friday's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. The $200,000 Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance for 2-year-olds at a mile on Friday at Del Mar, though, is more than a suitable alternative.
Starship Impulsive's four-race winning streak came to an end when she switched to synthetic against older rivals last month, but she should find herself right at home in the $75,000 Cellars Shiraz Stakes on Friday at Gulfstream Park. Back against other 3-year-old fillies, she will return to the grass as a likely favorite in the field of 11.
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The broodmare Pray for Leslie will be looking to pull a coast-to-coast stakes double over the next few days when Spa Prospector runs Friday in the $150,000 Tempted at the Belmont meet at Aqueduct and Praying sees action Saturday in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Del Mar.
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Sovereignty, the dual-classic winner and morning-line favorite for Saturday’s $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar, will be scratched from that race after the 3-year-old developed another fever, trainer Bill Mott said Wednesday morning.
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Not This Time was already having a career season when he put together a Keeneland fall meet that put him in the history books. A solid second on North America's general leading sires list, he will look to close the gap on six-time reigning leader Into Mischief at the Breeders' Cup, where several of his Keeneland stars are among his eight entrants over the event's two days.
