ARCADIA, Calif. – Even while the number of Breeders’ Cup Distaff runners dwindled to a probable field of seven, the Argentine mare Blue Stripe is in the same position as last year – among the least-fancied in the Distaff field.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – The field for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies is holding together quite nicely, with almost all of the top finishers from the last three major preps running back in the Nov. 4 race at Keeneland.
The top three in the Grade 1 Frizette at Aqueduct are all accounted for – Chocolate Gelato, You’re My Girl, and Leave No Trace.
Jack Christopher is on schedule for a Breeders’ Cup appearance Nov. 5 at Keeneland, but it’s to be determined whether the 3-year-old with a 5-for-6 record starts in the $1 million Dirt Mile or the $2 million Sprint.
“After his next work, I’ll have a better idea,” trainer Chad Brown said Tuesday.
Jack Christopher is the second choice for both races on Daily Racing Form’s early lines, set by handicapper Brad Free. Jack Christopher is 3-1 for the Dirt Mile and 4-1 for the Sprint.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – What could have been a storybook ending to an outstanding career simply will not be.
Bell’s the One, the most accomplished horse ever trained by Neil Pessin in his 37-year career, has been withdrawn from consideration for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint because of what Pessin termed “a minor setback.”
In a little more than a week, Highland Chief and Bye Bye Melvin won and finished second in marathon stakes on turf earlier this month to convince trainer Graham Motion they belong in the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.
Bye Bye Melvin finished second to the exciting mare War Like Goddess in the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at the Belmont at the Big A meeting on Oct. 8 in his 2022 stakes debut.
Highland Chief won the Grade 3 Sycamore Stakes on Oct. 14 at Keeneland, his second graded stakes win in five starts since arriving from Europe last winter.
Cave Rock is the “now horse” in the 2-year-old division. Trainer Tom Amoss hopes that isn’t the case in a couple of weeks when he sends out Curly Jack against that multiple Grade 1 winner in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Nov. 4 at Keeneland.
“The ‘now’ horse changes quite a bit in the 2-year-old season,” Amoss said. “I fully respect the competition. I fully recognize for Curly Jack to be competitive he’s got to improve. That’s what it’s about. We think he’s training well, and we think he has a chance to do that.”
The waiting game is on for the people surrounding Lane Way, an outside candidate for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland on Nov. 5.
Lane Way worked three furlongs in 34 seconds at Santa Anita on Monday, his first workout since a game second in the Grade 2 Eddie D Stakes at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course on Oct. 1.
But a loss by three-quarters of a length in the Eddie D Stakes has hampered Lane Way’s chances of a start in the $1 million BC Turf Sprint at 5 1/2 furlongs.
ARCADIA, Calif. – The only thing that was out of the ordinary for Flightline early Saturday morning at Santa Anita was the light mist falling from the sky.
Otherwise, it was business as usual, in virtual darkness, for the undefeated colt who is expected to start as the odds-on favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.
Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike had his penultimate race breeze toward a potential start in the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup Classic when going a half-mile in 47.60 seconds well before dawn Saturday at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
With regular exercise rider Gabriel Lagunes aboard, Rich Strike galloped out in a minute flat over a fast track.
“He worked like a monster,” trainer Eric Reed said afterward. “He went real easy the first part and just took off down the stretch. Gabe liked to have never got him pulled up.”