DRF | 1 year ago
G Laurie, 12-1 on the morning line of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Friday, was withdrawn from the race on Thursday afternoon after she “spiked a temperature,” according to her trainer, Graham Motion.
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Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint: Hometown hero Golden Pal looks to go out on high note
DRF | 1 year ago
For three years, Keeneland has been Golden Pal's home. The two-time Breeders' Cup winner makes his swan song Saturday as one of the weekend's most well-regarded favorites in the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
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Breeders’ Cup Distaff: Stablemates Nest, Malathaat have upper hand in rugged group
DRF | 1 year ago
A dead heat between Malathaat, the 2021 3-year-old filly champion, and Nest, the likely 2022 3-year-old filly champion, in Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff at Keeneland would be the only result that would fully satisfy trainer Todd Pletcher, who is not overly enthused to run the pair together.
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Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint: Hometown hero Golden Pal looks to go out on high note
DRF | 1 year ago
For three years, Keeneland has been Golden Pal's home. The two-time Breeders' Cup winner makes his swan song Saturday as one of the weekend's most well-regarded favorites in the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
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Breeders’ Cup Distaff: Stablemates Nest, Malathaat have upper hand in rugged group
DRF | 1 year ago
A dead heat between Malathaat, the 2021 3-year-old filly champion, and Nest, the likely 2022 3-year-old filly champion, in Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff at Keeneland would be the only result that would fully satisfy trainer Todd Pletcher, who is not overly enthused to run the pair together.
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Breeders’ Cup Classic: All systems go for Flightline’s blast off
DRF | 1 year ago
About 6 a.m. each day this week, Flightline has entered the Keeneland track to train, the engines of the first planes of the day ready to depart nearby Blue Grass Airport begin to rev up. Departure time for Flightline is roughly 5:40 p.m. Saturday when...
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Breeders’ Cup Classic: Prat shares thoughts on Flightline’s five races
DRF | 1 year ago
Before Flavien Prat moved his tack East from Southern California for opportunities in New York and Kentucky, he made sure to first talk with John Sadler, trainer of Flightline. Prat had ridden the colt in his first three starts and didn't want to lose the mount. “I wasn't going to leave if I couldn't ride the horse,” Prat said.
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Informative scratched from BC Dirt Mile; Hot Peppers out of Filly and Mare Sprint
DRF | 1 year ago
Two Breeders’ Cup horses were scratched from their respective races on Thursday by regulatory veterinarians, according to the organization and the horse’s connections. The two horses were Informative, who was set to run in Saturday’s Dirt Mile, and Hot...
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies: And Tell Me Nolies bucking the odds once again
DRF | 1 year ago
And Tell Me Nolies will be the only two-time Grade 1 winner to walk into the starting gate ahead of the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Friday at Keeneland, and yet the Arrogate filly wasn’t generating much buzz this week – at all.
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Breeders’ Cup: Hollie Doyle returns to Keeneland with much more firepower
DRF | 1 year ago
Much has changed for Hollie Doyle since her first and only Breeders' Cup mount two years ago at Keeneland. After finishing 11th with a no-hoper in 2020, she returns to the 2022 event riding two morning-line favorites.
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Breeders’ Cup: Flightline the big attraction on racing’s championship day
DRF | 1 year ago
This year's the star of the Breeders' Cup is the undefeated 4-year-old Flightline, who looms potentially the shortest-priced favorite in the 39-year history of the Classic, challenging the .50-1 odds of Easy Goer in 1989. Flightline will meet seven rivals – all Grade 1 winners – in the Classic, the 11th race on a 12-race card that begins at 10:30 a.m.
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Breeders’ Cup Clocker: Malavath lone worker as race day is upon us
DRF | 1 year ago
Save for Breeders' Cup Mile contender MALAVATH, all major prep work was done before the three tracks opened for business Thursday morning at Keeneland. The theme of the day was just keeping everyone safe and happy in the final hours leading up to Friday and Saturday's Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile: Two turns, short stretch add layer of unpredictability
DRF | 1 year ago
Before delving into the field for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, let's get a few things out of the way. This year's Breeders' Cup is being held at Keeneland, which means the $1 million Dirt Mile will be run around two turns and the race will end at the so-called “first” finish line. Look for the bright red lollipop at the sixteenth pole.
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Breeders’ Cup Sprint: Jackie’s Warrior favored to end career with a bang
DRF | 1 year ago
Jackie's Warrior has a résumé befitting his superstar status – with one notable exception. He's never won a Breeders' Cup race. On Saturday at Keeneland, Jackie's Warrior will be heavily favored to rectify that situation when he faces 10 rivals in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint.
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Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint: Ce Ce retraces hoofsteps in attempt at repeat victory
DRF | 1 year ago
One year ago, Ce Ce used victories in the Princess Rooney and the Chillingworth Stakes as stepping-stones to her victory in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint. Trainer Michael McCarthy saw no reason not to put her on the same schedule in 2022, and Ce Ce has looked every bit as good as a prelude to defending her title Saturday in the $1 million Filly and Mare Sprint.
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Breeders’ Cup Saturday: Europeans poised to continue recent turf dominance
DRF | 1 year ago
It comes down to this: In Europe, Thoroughbreds are turf horses. Racing in America has a heart made of dirt. There are very good Americans entered Saturday in the Turf Sprint, the Filly and Mare Turf, the Mile, and the Turf, but let's set the over-under on European wins at 2 1/2.
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Breeders’ Cup Turf: War Like Goddess leads the home team
DRF | 1 year ago
After some leaner years, by his lofty standards, Bill Mott has come back with a vengeance in 2022. Already he has 23 graded stakes wins, and Mott has entrants – live ones – in seven Breeders' Cup races Saturday. It's been a while, 2016, since Mott won a Breeders' Cup race, and even longer since the second of his two Breeders' Cup Turf wins, Fraise in 1992. But War Like Goddess is the leading American hope Saturday in the $4 million Turf.
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Breeders’ Cup Mile: Modern Games at his best on North American turf
DRF | 1 year ago
No horse in North America has run a better grass race this year than Modern Games in the Woodbine Mile, and Modern Games can become the first horse to win the Juvenile Turf and the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile.
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Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf: Brown saddles trio in bid to end drought
DRF | 1 year ago
Chad Brown set records by winning 4 of 7 runnings of the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf from 2012-18, but it has now been four years since Sistercharlie became the most recent horse to win it for the champion trainer. In the meantime, foreign-based runners have dominated the event. Those battle lines are once again clearly drawn for the $2 million race.
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HISA whip restrictions in place for Breeders’ Cup
DRF | 1 year ago
The two-day Breeders’ Cup event scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., will be the first to be run under the limited jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, with the most notable impact bein...
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HISA whip restrictions in place for Breeders’ Cup
DRF | 1 year ago
The two-day Breeders’ Cup event scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., will be the first to be run under the limited jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, with the most notable impact bein...
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Baffert to attend Breeders’ Cup with eye to future, not the past
DRF | 1 year ago
Bob Baffert enjoyed great success at the two runnings of the Breeders' Cup held at Keeneland. It looks he could be ready for more when the 39th Breeders' Cup returns to Keeneland on Friday and Saturday.
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Breeders’ Cup Clocker: Starting gate popular spot on a hectic morning
DRF | 1 year ago
With every Breeders' Cup starter required to be on the grounds by 11 a.m. Tuesday, Keeneland was a beehive of activity throughout training hours on Wednesday. One of the most popular spots was the starting gate, which hosted dozens of schoolers throughout the course of the morning.
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Breeders’ Cup: Moulton has Breeders’ Cup starters Friday and Saturday
DRF | 1 year ago
Susan Moulton will have runners both days of the Breeders' Cup in Manny Wah and homebred Andthewinneris, both graded stakes winners at Keeneland, and both carrying the sentimental silks of her late father, Naylor Morton.
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint: American Apple’s young trainer Daniel Leitch off to fast start
DRF | 1 year ago
American Apple used a well-timed late run to score a $97 upset in the Grade 3 Matron Stakes on Oct. 8 at Aqueduct. She and 28-year-old trainer Daniel Leitch are again considered longshots in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint on Friday at Keeneland.
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Breeders’ Cup: With new outlook, Repole looks to cap a banner season
DRF | 1 year ago
Mike Repole used to think partners were for dancing not horse ownership. Repole changed his philosophy about five years ago and has now totally embraced the concept of racing partnerships. This weekend, Repole hopes to celebrate the culmination of one of his finest years in horse ownership with a couple of wins at the Breeders' Cup.
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New York-based trio pulled from Breeders’ Cup consideration
DRF | 1 year ago
New York-based runners Fingal's Cave and Lachaise were not entered in the Breeders' Cup, and the New York horse Dancing Buck did not ship to Kentucky after being relegated to the also-eligible list for the Turf Sprint.
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Breeders’ Cup Classic: Quarter crack prevents Happy Saver from training Wednesday
DRF | 1 year ago
Happy Saver, the horse who has come closer to Flightline than any horse has at the finish line, did not train Wednesday morning due to a quarter crack in his left hind foot, trainer Todd Pletcher said. Pletcher is hopeful that Happy Saver could still make Saturday's $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland.
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Breeders’ Cup: Once again, Appleby could have Juvenile Turf tied up
DRF | 1 year ago
The first Breeders' Cup win for Charlie Appleby, about four months after he became a head trainer for Godolphin, came in the 2013 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. The first Breeders' Cup race Appleby and Godolphin could win in 2022 is the Juvenile Turf Sprint. There, Mischief Magic has a chance – but only a chance. The second race Appleby could win is the Juvenile Turf, and here, Silver Knott looks formidable.
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Breeders’ Cup: Once again, Appleby could have Juvenile Turf tied up
DRF | 1 year ago
The first Breeders' Cup win for Charlie Appleby, about four months after he became a head trainer for Godolphin, came in the 2013 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. The first Breeders' Cup race Appleby and Godolphin could win in 2022 is the Juvenile Turf Sprint. There, Mischief Magic has a chance – but only a chance. The second race Appleby could win is the Juvenile Turf, and here, Silver Knott looks formidable.
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile: Cave Rock could be long gone
DRF | 1 year ago
It looks as though it will be Cave Rock's early speed versus Forte's late foot in Friday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Keeneland. Combined, Cave Rock and Forte have won six of seven starts, including four Grade 1 stakes, in their brief careers.
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile: Cave Rock could be long gone
DRF | 1 year ago
It looks as though it will be Cave Rock's early speed versus Forte's late foot in Friday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Keeneland. Combined, Cave Rock and Forte have won six of seven starts, including four Grade 1 stakes, in their brief careers.
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Breeders’ Cup Friday: European shippers favored in all three turf races
DRF | 1 year ago
A dozen overseas juveniles are entered in the three Breeders' Cup grass races Friday, and the morning line pegs a European shipper as favored in each of them. We had better take a thorough tour of the participants.
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Breeders’ Cup Friday: European shippers favored in all three turf races
DRF | 1 year ago
A dozen overseas juveniles are entered in the three Breeders' Cup grass races Friday, and the morning line pegs a European shipper as favored in each of them. We had better take a thorough tour of the participants.
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies: Chop Chop needs a hair more in deep field
DRF | 1 year ago
Chop Chop lost the battle, but she stands a big chance to win the war. A furious rally in the Grade 1 Alcibiades at Keeneland came up just a few inches shy, but Friday presents a brand-new day. Chop Chop and the filly who beat her a nose in the Oct. 7 Alcibiades, Wonder Wheel, are just two of the major players in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies: Chop Chop needs a hair more in deep field
DRF | 1 year ago
Chop Chop lost the battle, but she stands a big chance to win the war. A furious rally in the Grade 1 Alcibiades at Keeneland came up just a few inches shy, but Friday presents a brand-new day. Chop Chop and the filly who beat her a nose in the Oct. 7 Alcibiades, Wonder Wheel, are just two of the major players in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf: Diverse cast lacks a standout
DRF | 1 year ago
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf ought to be sponsored by a department store. It's got everything. The 14-horse, fully stocked field has speed, pace runners, and closers, along with a shelf-load of potential pace scenarios. It's got horses stretching out and horses cutting back. It's got local horses, out-of-state horses, and horses from foreign shores.
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf: Diverse cast lacks a standout
DRF | 1 year ago
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf ought to be sponsored by a department store. It's got everything. The 14-horse, fully stocked field has speed, pace runners, and closers, along with a shelf-load of potential pace scenarios. It's got horses stretching out and horses cutting back. It's got local horses, out-of-state horses, and horses from foreign shores.
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint: Love Reigns, The Platinum Queen are fast. Will they be lucky?
DRF | 1 year ago
To win the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint on Friday at Keeneland, you must be fast – and you must be lucky. With a full field of 12 2-year-olds going 5 1/2 furlongs on turf, a good trip is paramount in the BC Juvenile Turf Sprint.
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint: Love Reigns, The Platinum Queen are fast. Will they be lucky?
DRF | 1 year ago
To win the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint on Friday at Keeneland, you must be fast – and you must be lucky. With a full field of 12 2-year-olds going 5 1/2 furlongs on turf, a good trip is paramount in the BC Juvenile Turf Sprint.
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Tapit, Into Mischief chasing More Than Ready’s Breeders’ Cup record
DRF | 1 year ago
More Than Ready is the all-time leading sire by Breeders' Cup victories – a title in the crosshairs this year, as the late stallion does not have a prominent candidate, and several other sires are breathing down his neck.
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Breeders’ Cup Clocker: Europeans make first appearance on track
DRF | 1 year ago
The first sightings of the always powerful European contingent on hand for the Breeders’ Cup highlighted training hours Tuesday at Keeneland, with activity from the new arrivals coming over all three local strips – the main track, training track, and t...
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Breeders’ Cup: Mostly full fields entered for Friday’s Juvenile card
DRF | 1 year ago
Fields are full for all but one of the five Breeders’ Cup races for 2-year-olds being run Friday at Keeneland. Only the BC Juvenile, with 10 entries, is short of maximum capacity.
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Breeders’ Cup: Mostly full fields entered for Friday’s Juvenile card
DRF | 1 year ago
Fields are full for all but one of the five Breeders’ Cup races for 2-year-olds being run Friday at Keeneland. Only the BC Juvenile, with 10 entries, is short of maximum capacity.
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Breeders’ Cup: Saturday’s nine BC races drawn; Flightline to start from post 4 in Classic
DRF | 1 year ago
Flightline drew post 4 and was installed as the 3-5 morning-line favorite in a field of eight entered Monday for Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland.
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Breeders’ Cup: Saturday’s nine BC races drawn; Flightline to start from post 4 in Classic
DRF | 1 year ago
Flightline drew post 4 and was installed as the 3-5 morning-line favorite in a field of eight entered Monday for Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland.
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Breeders’ Cup: Euros won’t hit the track until Tuesday
DRF | 1 year ago
The 34 horses that shipped Saturday to Kentucky from England, France, and Ireland didn’t clear the United States Department of Agriculture quarantine in time to train Monday but are expected to take to the track Tuesday morning.
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Breeders’ Cup: Euros won’t hit the track until Tuesday
DRF | 1 year ago
The 34 horses that shipped Saturday to Kentucky from England, France, and Ireland didn’t clear the United States Department of Agriculture quarantine in time to train Monday but are expected to take to the track Tuesday morning.
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Breeders’ Cup Mile: Smooth Like Strait just might get the job done this time
DRF | 1 year ago
Smooth Like Strait had galloped Monday morning at Churchill Downs, trainer Michael McCarthy said. He was due to arrive at Keeneland on Monday afternoon, one of the last Breeders' Cup horses to get here. Usually, only one horse arrives before Smooth Like Strait.
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Breeders’ Cup Clocker: Wet track can’t stop Asmussen or Catalano
DRF | 1 year ago
The weather and the racetrack were a major part of the story Monday at Keeneland with Sunday rain leaving the main track muddy and sealed when opening for business at 6 a.m. before being back-raked and upgraded to good following the one and only renova...
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