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Iron Orchard and Percy's Bar are both being pointed for the Grade 1, $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on Oct. 31 at Del Mar, according to their respective trainers.
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A year ago, trainer Michael Yates swept the open division of the Florida Sire Series with the undefeated and relatively untested Rated by Merit. Yates's bid to repeat that feat got off to a good start after Fourth and Central led throughout to upset the Dr. Fager. But his dream came to an end when Fourth and Central was conspicuous by his absence in the field of 11 2-year-olds entered in Saturday's Affirmed.
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Sweet Azteca had to overcome a minor setback at the end of September that cost her a scheduled workout, but the 5-year-old mare returned to her usual regimen on Oct. 11 and remains firmly on track for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.
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From Doncaster, England, to Shelbyville, Indiana, they come from far and wide for the featured ninth race Friday at Keeneland.
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Trainer Kenny McPeek said on Wednesday he is hopeful jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. will be able to be back aboard Mystik Dan for the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile on Nov. 1 at Del Mar.
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A horse intended for the Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar has raced six times on the Del Mar grass course and never lost. That horse has won multiple Grade 1s, has an overall mark of 8 for 14 on turf, and since his trainer began racing him without blinkers four starts ago has three wins and an unlucky fourth. Yet this same horse, Formidable Man, loses his regular jockey to another Breeders' Cup Mile runner.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Gezora was 13th in the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris on Oct. 5, a loss trainer Francis-Henri Graffard is eager to forget.“She found herself really far back, which was impossible in the Arc,” he said in a phone interview on Wednesday.
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Thorpedo Anna, the 2024 Horse of the Year fondly known as "The Grizzly" by her connections and fans, has been retired, and a 20 percent interest in her as a broodmare prospect will be offered at the Keeneland Championship Sale the week of the Breeders’ Cup.
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Santa Anita Park in Southern California has placed three races on its overnight sheet for its Oct. 24 card that use a newly developed ratings system as the sole condition of eligibility.
