Trip handicappers looking to get started on their Breeders’ Cup note-taking and opinions need not wait until entries for the races are drawn. There is plenty of time to gain visual observations of horses being pointed toward the Breeders’ Cup if one knows where to look: YouTube. Search by the name of a major North American stakes race or its winner, and usually there is a video available, often in high definition. And though European races in their entirety don’t seem to be uploaded with the same consistency, more often than not there are at least stretch replays available. And one fine fellow has taken much of the search work out of the process, linking videos from YouTube to his site at www.geegeez.co.uk/breeders-cup-2017-video-form-guide/ – where you can sort through a database of Breeders’ Cup contenders to find videos in seconds. It’s also free. I spent some time Wednesday and Thursday watching YouTube race replays, specifically focusing on Europeans, whom I have not followed as closely as the American horses. In just a short while, I came across a couple from across the pond whose last-race efforts are better than they appear. The first is a horse with whom most horseplayers are familiar from last year: Queen’s Trust, the 2016 Filly and Mare Turf winner. Racing in the Group 1 Prix de l’Opera at Chantilly on Oct. 1, she finished eighth, beaten four lengths, a loss that seems entirely forgivable after watching the replay. Beyond racing on soft ground, not her preferred type of going, very little went right for her in the race. Hustled away from her inside starting position, she grew keen behind horses and then had the misfortune of getting boxed in behind a tiring rival. Eventually, she secured room and finished evenly after the top finishers had surged on past. I doubt that her trip cost her victory that afternoon, but she was compromised by how the race unfolded and by catching tiring ground. This miss wants firm going, which, of course, is expected with the Breeders’ Cup being held at Del Mar this year. She also seems to run most effectively when she is held up and allowed to make a late run, the manner in which Frankie Dettori rode her effectively in the Breeders’ Cup last year. And with Queen’s Trust having run so well in California last year with Lasix, I get the impression that another top-flight effort is forthcoming. :: Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Results, replays, charts, and more :: Breeders' Cup PP packages: Get PPs, betting strategies, DRF+ Pro access, and more  Another intriguing Breeders’ Cup prospect from Europe from a trip-handicapping point of view is Seahenge, a possible Juvenile Turf starter. Racing most recently in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes, he ran well under adverse circumstances to finish third in a race at seven-eighths. Away slowly, he was bumped at the start and tried to run down the field from last. He couldn’t, but he did well to reach contention and proved game to get third when it seemed that he might be caught on the line for the show position. Considering that this was Group 1 company, he turned in a fine effort, one that suggests that he has the most potential of the Europeans being mentioned for the Juvenile Turf. Interestingly, this was the second consecutive race in which he was impeded early, following a troubled beginning when he was pinched back behind rivals in the Group 2 Champagne Stakes at Doncaster. He won that race by rallying from last, splitting horses when asked to quicken. This colt can settle and rally, leading me to believe that he could avoid the congested middle-of-the-pack traffic that occurs in the short dash to the first of two turns in the one-mile Juvenile Turf. With the American colts having not distinguished themselves, this is a race that looks ripe for a European-based horse to win.