Bettors in Canada wagering on the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland Racecourse in Kentucky on Friday and Saturday will face significantly higher takeouts and receive significantly lower payouts than other North American bettors due to a decision by Woodbine Entertainment Group to raise the takeout rates on most of the betting pools.

American Pharoah was bred and is owned by Ahmed Zayat, whose son Justin, manages the family’s stable. His trainer is Bob Baffert, who is assisted by Jim Barnes. His regular jockey is Victor Espinoza. Jockey Martin Garcia, who rode American Pharoah in his first start, has been his regular rider for workouts. Jorge Alvarez is his exercise rider, and Eduardo “Lalo” Luna is his groom.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A second straight day of steady downpours once again put a damper on training hours at Keeneland on Wednesday, with the wet weather forcing many horsemen to alter their training schedules to accommodate the sloppy, sealed track and less-than-ideal conditions for preparing horses just a couple of days out from Breeders’ Cup 2015.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Following this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer will be back in Northern California on Sunday. and two days later he will welcome his star Shared Belief back to the barn.

Shared Belief, sidelined since fracturing a hip during the running of the Charles Town Classic in April, is scheduled to return to Golden Gate Fields on Tuesday, following a lengthy stay at the Pegasus Training and Equine Rehabilitation Center in Washington, Hollendorfer said Wednesday at Keeneland.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland, which will host the Breeders’ Cup on Friday and Saturday, did not change any of its track-maintenance procedures despite a spate of catastrophic breakdowns early in its meet, according to track officials who cited the advice of a renowned surface expert who reviewed the track’s condition and the maintenance crew’s procedures in the wake of the injuries.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The concept of the Breeders’ Cup was first hatched here in the cradle of American racing, the Bluegrass country of Lexington, back in 1982. The event debuted two years later at Hollywood Park and has taken place all over North America since then, eight times down the road a piece at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

But not until Friday will the Breeders’ Cup have been run at Keeneland, the elegant jewel whose founders wanted to present “racing as it was meant to be.” As the Breeders’ Cup celebrates its 32nd edition, it finally has come home.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – On the morning of May 2, with the focus of the racing world on Churchill Downs and the 141st Kentucky Derby, jockey Joe Bravo was at the Louisville airport, taking the first flight out of town. While 20 of his colleagues were getting ready for their chance of a lifetime, Bravo was just happy to have a chance to ride that afternoon at Belmont Park.

Entering that day, Bravo in 2015 had ridden just seven winners from 157 mounts, not the kind of numbers that attract interest from a trainer with a Derby contender.

American Pharoah took his last flight out of California on Tuesday morning and has arrived back at his old Kentucky home, essentially for good. American Pharoah will make his last start on Saturday in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic.

A limited number of tickets for the Breeders’ Cup this weekend in two premium areas of the Keeneland grandstand were made available for purchase on Tuesday.

The tickets are for seats in the Phoenix Dining Room on the fourth floor of the grandstand and for loge box seats, which are outdoors near the finish line in temporary, elevated structures. The Breeders’ Cup said the seats became available after the organization had filled its orders from horsemen for tickets, leaving “limited” tickets left over.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Trainer John Sadler said via text message Tuesday that Elektrum will stay home in California rather than travel to Kentucky with the hope of drawing into Saturday’s Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf from the also-eligible list.

Elektrum was placed first on the also-eligible list. Now, E.P. Taylor runner-up Talmada is in line to draw into the race. She needs a defection to make the field by the early scratch deadline on Friday morning.