Mike Repole, the prominent Thoroughbred owner, has formed an organization called the National Thoroughbred Alliance that will attempt to unite disparate parts of the industry to press the sport to adopt a “shared vision” toward improving its long-term prospects.
Idiomatic, early favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, is scheduled to breeze Saturday at Churchill Downs before shipping to California early next week, trained Brad Cox confirmed Thursday. Cox also pre-entered Grade 1 winners A Mo Reay and Wet Paint in the Distaff.
Bradsell, winner of the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in June, will have a change of riders for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 4 at Santa Anita.
Regular rider Hollie Doyle will miss the race while serving a seven-day suspension for causing interference in a race earlier this month at Kempton Park, near London.
Luke Morris has been named as a replacement, according to reports in the British media.
Go With Gusto was cross-entered for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita earlier this week and is being pointed to the grass race, provided she can gain a berth.
Trainer Mark Casse said Thursday that the $1 million BC Juvenile Fillies Turf at a mile has greater appeal than the $2 million Juvenile Fillies at 1 1/16 miles on dirt with Go With Gusto. Both races will be run Nov. 3.
“I want to run her on the turf,” he said. “I know we put her in the dirt. It’s highly unlikely we’ll run” on dirt.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Though Johannes Brahms has the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf listed as his first preference, his trainer, Aidan O’Brien, said he has not ruled out running him on dirt in the $2 million Juvenile instead.
Johannes Brahms, a son of Siyouni, has one win and two seconds from four starts, all sprinting on turf in Great Britain.
Churchill Downs Inc. had net income of $61.0 million in the third quarter of 2023, up $4 million compared to the same quarter last year, according to financial statements released on Wednesday afternoon.
Churchill had record revenues in the quarter of $572.5 million, up 49.4 percent compared to the third quarter of last year, but most of the new revenue came from casino properties the company acquired in Virginia, New York, and Iowa late last year. Last year in the third quarter, Churchill had $383.1 million in net revenue, and its net income was $57.0 million.
Five trainers have combined to win nine of the last 13 runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Those same five trainers – Todd Pletcher, Bob Baffert, Brad Cox, Chad Brown, and Mike Maker – have nine of the 12 2-year-olds pre-entered for this year’s 40th running of the $2 million Juvenile at Santa Anita on Nov. 3.
Of the 12 pre-entrants, two – Noted and Johannes Brahms – were also pre-entered in the $1 million Juvenile Turf, with that race listed as first preference for both.
ARCADIA, Calif. – The Breeders’ Cup Sprint theoretically brings together the fastest Thoroughbreds in the world. But when assessing the pace scenario of this year’s Sprint, handicappers may wonder, “where’s all the speed?”
