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Trainer Miguel Clement believes Bottas could be his best 2-year-old and the colt's 2 1/4-length maiden victory on Aug. 23 at Saratoga did little to dispel that notion. Friday, Bottas will have to bring his best when he faces winners for the first time in the Grade 2, $200,000 Pilgrim Stakes at Aqueduct.
No one wants the outside post in a two-turn turf mile. Unfortunately, that is where impressive maiden winner Septembersixtyfour is stuck in the featured seventh race Friday at Santa Anita.
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Three key preps for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint will take place around the country this weekend, and meanwhile, an international contingent also is preparing to depart for Del Mar. But with plenty of moving parts, one of the top choices for the newest race on the block already appears clear.
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Who wants to take on Aidan O'Brien? That could be the query facing the owners and trainers with 2-year-old fillies successful in three prep races in the United States this weekend leading to the $1 milion Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Oct. 31 at Del Mar.
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The first thing to know about the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at this relatively early date is that we don't really know much. The Pilgrim, the New York prep for the big dance, comes Friday the Bourbon at Keeneland two days later. Several key overseas races, including the Jean-Luc Lagardere this weekend, have yet to be run, and not for a couple weeks will the overseas contingent come into sharp focus.
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The field for the Grade 1, $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on Oct. 31 at Del Mar will come into sharp focus this weekend with three preps for the 1 1/16-mile race being held across the country.
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The expected clash of a defending winner, a Breeders' Cup Classic winner, and a Kentucky Derby winner will make for an intriguing renewal of the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile on Nov. 1 at Del Mar.
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The complexion of the 2025 Breeders' Cup Sprint changed significantly last weekend with trainer Derek Ryan's announcement that division leader Book'em Danno would bypass the race and instead head to the farm to await his 2026 campaign.
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The expected European shippers for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 1 are a diverse cast. They range from a two-time winner of the BC Turf to a gelding who raced over hurdles earlier this year and has yet to win a graded stakes.
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A trainer with a horse to run in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, the major one-mile contest on Oct. 18 in England, recently was quoted saying that the QE II, save for crack miler Field of Gold, was coming up a winnable race this year. Most of the better European milers, he said, seemed to be pointing toward the Breeders' Cup Mile.
