ELMONT, N.Y. - Kiaran McLaughlin's Breeders' Cup bandwagon is filling up.
Two weeks ago, it looked like McLaughlin's only runners for the Breeders' Cup World Championships would be Lear's Princess (Distaff) and Shakespeare (Turf or Mile). But in the last two weeks, big wins by Lahudood in the Flower Bowl on Sept. 29 and Daaher in Sunday's Grade 2 Jerome have expanded McLaughlin's roster.
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Eibar Coa asked Cat Charmer for three different moves in the $111,000 Pebbles Stakes at Belmont Park, and the 3-year-old filly made each one adeptly en route to a half-length score over Queen Joanne.
Breaking from the outside post in the seven-horse field, Cat Charmer was five wide straightening away down the backside in the one-mile race. Coa dragged Cat Charmer back to last and then guided her to the rail before asking her to advance into contention along the inside.
"I didn't want to be too far back and wide,'' Coa said.
Globetrotter thrust himself into the Breeders' Cup picture with a determined victory over Cool Gator in the $248,150 Grey Breeders' Cup Stakes for 2-year-olds on Monday at Woodbine.
Globetrotter broke slowly under Jeremy Rose, and came from 5 1/2 lengths off a slow early pace in the 1o1/16-mile route. He held off another closer in the stretch, Cool Gator, to score by a head, in a time of 1:46.59.
STICKNEY, Ill. - Hawthorne Race Course, suffice it to say, is not a hotbed of hopefuls for the Breeders' Cup races three weekends hence, but there is at least one horse stabled at Hawthorne heading to Monmouth Park, and Miss Macy Sue is going with more than an outsider's chance.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Lava Man, who finished last in the Grade 2 Oak Tree Mile on Sunday, will not start in any Breeders' Cup races and will be pointed to the $250,000 California Cup Classic for statebreds at Santa Anita on Nov. 4, according to trainer Doug O'Neill and co-owner Steve Kenly.
The California Cup Classic will give Lava Man a chance to salvage the second half of the season, which has seen the 6-year-old gelding's form tail off remarkably after two seasons as the leader of the California handicap division.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Idiot Proof was the beneficiary of an ideal trip under jockey David Flores in Sunday's $300,000 Ancient Title Stakes at the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meeting. The same could not be said for the journey of Greg's Gold, the 7-10 favorite.
Idiot Proof won the Grade 1 race over six furlongs by three-quarters of a length over Greg's Gold, who was stuck behind horses for most of the final quarter-mile. The victory gave Idiot Proof an automatic berth to the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint at Monmouth Park on Oct. 27.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Panty Raid got a terrific ride from Garrett Gomez while showing her familiar grit and wearing down another 3-year-old, Lady Joanne, to post a half-length victory Sunday in the 52nd running of the Grade 1 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes at Keeneland.
One week after guiding Preakness winner Curlin to victory over Lawyer Ron in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, jockey Robby Albarado found himself in the winner's circle again on another Steve Asmussen-trained 3-year-old.
This time the race was the Grade 2, $510,600 Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park, and the horse, Zanjero, won like a colt whose best races might be yet to come.
ARCADIA, Calif. - A two-day pick six carryover of $567,547 will lead to massive interest in Monday's nine-race program at the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meeting.
The program begins at 12:30 p.m., with the first pick six race, the fourth race, set to start at 2:30 p.m. The pick six races include two races for 2-year-olds, including the Cavonnier Stakes for statebreds; and two one-mile turf races, including the minor Swingtime Stakes.
The fourth race is a maiden claimer for 2-year-olds over six furlongs. Coastal Eddy is a lukewarm 7-2 favorite in a field of nine.
ARCADIA, Calif. - How do you say "Win and Youre In" in Japanese? Thats what trainer Neil Drysdale was wondering after Artiste Royal, making only his second start since December and since moving to Drysdale's barn, wore down heavily favored The Tin Man to capture the Grade 1, $250,000 Clement Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship on Saturday at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting.