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Undefeated and unchallenged, his Pacific Classic romp at 1-1/4 miles further bolstered his elite sprint and mile performances prior. Has drawn comparisons to 2004 Breeders' Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Ghostzapper and greats like Spectacular Bid and Secretariat.
Last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner has tallied the French 2000 Guineas and the Woodbine Mile in Canada during his sophomore season. He looks to become the first Juvenile Turf winner to add another Breeders' Cup title.
Expected favorite in the Distaff won Keeneland's Grade 1 Ashland this spring. Dominant 3YO filly was 2nd in the Belmont Stakes and has won the CCA Oaks, Alabama and Beldame since.
The 2021 United Arab Emirates Derby winner went to the sidelines for nearly 10 months, but has returned at age 4 to notch back-to-back Group 1 wins in Germany following a couple of scores in England. Trainer Charlie Appleby won this race last year with Yibir.
Daughter of BC Turf champ English Channel will bypass the F&M Turf in favor of the 1-1/2 miles trip against the boys in the Turf. Third in last year's championships at Del Mar, she exits an impressive win vs. the boys in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.
The reigning Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint champ has a perfect record over his home course at Keeneland. He has been favored in all 9 of his career starts on American soil and expected to be the public choice again.
Defending F&M Sprint winner Ce Ce has won a trio of graded stakes at different venues this year and doesn't appear to be slowing down at age 6. Can join Groupie Doll as repeat winners in this division.
Runner-up in France's Group 1 Prix de l'Opera on the Arc de Triomphe Day card, she had won the Group 1 French Oaks earlier this year and was third in the Group 1 Epsom Oaks. European 3-year-old fillies have won this race 4 of the last 6 years.
California's top 2YO hopeful for the Juvenile, he rolled to victory in Santa Anita's American Pharoah as well as the Del Mar Futurity. Figures to be one of the shortest-priced favorites in the 2-day Breeders' Cup.
Undefeated and unchallenged, his Pacific Classic romp at 1-1/4 miles further bolstered his elite sprint and mile performances prior. Has drawn comparisons to 2004 Breeders' Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Ghostzapper and greats like Spectacular Bid and Secretariat.
Last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner has tallied the French 2000 Guineas and the Woodbine Mile in Canada during his sophomore season. He looks to become the first Juvenile Turf winner to add another Breeders' Cup title.
Expected favorite in the Distaff won Keeneland's Grade 1 Ashland this spring. Dominant 3YO filly was 2nd in the Belmont Stakes and has won the CCA Oaks, Alabama and Beldame since.
The 2021 United Arab Emirates Derby winner went to the sidelines for nearly 10 months, but has returned at age 4 to notch back-to-back Group 1 wins in Germany following a couple of scores in England. Trainer Charlie Appleby won this race last year with Yibir.
Daughter of BC Turf champ English Channel will bypass the F&M Turf in favor of the 1-1/2 miles trip against the boys in the Turf. Third in last year's championships at Del Mar, she exits an impressive win vs. the boys in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.
The reigning Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint champ has a perfect record over his home course at Keeneland. He has been favored in all 9 of his career starts on American soil and expected to be the public choice again.
Defending F&M Sprint winner Ce Ce has won a trio of graded stakes at different venues this year and doesn't appear to be slowing down at age 6. Can join Groupie Doll as repeat winners in this division.
Runner-up in France's Group 1 Prix de l'Opera on the Arc de Triomphe Day card, she had won the Group 1 French Oaks earlier this year and was third in the Group 1 Epsom Oaks. European 3-year-old fillies have won this race 4 of the last 6 years.
California's top 2YO hopeful for the Juvenile, he rolled to victory in Santa Anita's American Pharoah as well as the Del Mar Futurity. Figures to be one of the shortest-priced favorites in the 2-day Breeders' Cup.
Undefeated and unchallenged, his Pacific Classic romp at 1-1/4 miles further bolstered his elite sprint and mile performances prior. Has drawn comparisons to 2004 Breeders' Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Ghostzapper and greats like Spectacular Bid and Secretariat.
Last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner has tallied the French 2000 Guineas and the Woodbine Mile in Canada during his sophomore season. He looks to become the first Juvenile Turf winner to add another Breeders' Cup title.
Expected favorite in the Distaff won Keeneland's Grade 1 Ashland this spring. Dominant 3YO filly was 2nd in the Belmont Stakes and has won the CCA Oaks, Alabama and Beldame since.
The 2021 United Arab Emirates Derby winner went to the sidelines for nearly 10 months, but has returned at age 4 to notch back-to-back Group 1 wins in Germany following a couple of scores in England. Trainer Charlie Appleby won this race last year with Yibir.
Daughter of BC Turf champ English Channel will bypass the F&M Turf in favor of the 1-1/2 miles trip against the boys in the Turf. Third in last year's championships at Del Mar, she exits an impressive win vs. the boys in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.
The reigning Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint champ has a perfect record over his home course at Keeneland. He has been favored in all 9 of his career starts on American soil and expected to be the public choice again.
Defending F&M Sprint winner Ce Ce has won a trio of graded stakes at different venues this year and doesn't appear to be slowing down at age 6. Can join Groupie Doll as repeat winners in this division.
Runner-up in France's Group 1 Prix de l'Opera on the Arc de Triomphe Day card, she had won the Group 1 French Oaks earlier this year and was third in the Group 1 Epsom Oaks. European 3-year-old fillies have won this race 4 of the last 6 years.
California's top 2YO hopeful for the Juvenile, he rolled to victory in Santa Anita's American Pharoah as well as the Del Mar Futurity. Figures to be one of the shortest-priced favorites in the 2-day Breeders' Cup.
Undefeated and unchallenged, his Pacific Classic romp at 1-1/4 miles further bolstered his elite sprint and mile performances prior. Has drawn comparisons to 2004 Breeders' Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Ghostzapper and greats like Spectacular Bid and Secretariat.
Last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner has tallied the French 2000 Guineas and the Woodbine Mile in Canada during his sophomore season. He looks to become the first Juvenile Turf winner to add another Breeders' Cup title.
Expected favorite in the Distaff won Keeneland's Grade 1 Ashland this spring. Dominant 3YO filly was 2nd in the Belmont Stakes and has won the CCA Oaks, Alabama and Beldame since.
The 2021 United Arab Emirates Derby winner went to the sidelines for nearly 10 months, but has returned at age 4 to notch back-to-back Group 1 wins in Germany following a couple of scores in England. Trainer Charlie Appleby won this race last year with Yibir.
Daughter of BC Turf champ English Channel will bypass the F&M Turf in favor of the 1-1/2 miles trip against the boys in the Turf. Third in last year's championships at Del Mar, she exits an impressive win vs. the boys in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.
The reigning Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint champ has a perfect record over his home course at Keeneland. He has been favored in all 9 of his career starts on American soil and expected to be the public choice again.
Defending F&M Sprint winner Ce Ce has won a trio of graded stakes at different venues this year and doesn't appear to be slowing down at age 6. Can join Groupie Doll as repeat winners in this division.
Runner-up in France's Group 1 Prix de l'Opera on the Arc de Triomphe Day card, she had won the Group 1 French Oaks earlier this year and was third in the Group 1 Epsom Oaks. European 3-year-old fillies have won this race 4 of the last 6 years.
California's top 2YO hopeful for the Juvenile, he rolled to victory in Santa Anita's American Pharoah as well as the Del Mar Futurity. Figures to be one of the shortest-priced favorites in the 2-day Breeders' Cup.
PLEASANT PASSAGE
FREE LOOK
MEDITATE
BE YOUR BEST
ATOMICALLY
CHOCOLATE GELATO
CHOP CHOP
WONDER WHEEL
PACKS A WAHLOP
SILVER KNOTT
MAJOR DUDE
ANDTHEWINNERIS
PACKS A WAHLOP
SILVER KNOTT
VICTORIA ROAD
I’M VERY BUSY
HIGHFIELD PRINCESS
GOLDEN PAL
GO BEARS GO
EMARAATY ANA
CODY'S WISH
GUNITE
LAW PROFESSOR
CYBERKNIFE
CODY’S WISH
CYBERKNIFE
SENOR BUSCADOR
ANNAPOLIS
MODERN GAMES
DREAMLOPER
DOMESTIC SPENDING
WAR LIKE GODDESS
RED KNIGHT
NATIONS PRIDE
MISHRIFF
REBEL'S ROMANCE
NATION'S PRIDE
WAR LIKE GODDESS
BYE BYE MELVIN
TAIBA
FLIGHTLINE
EPICENTER
HOT ROD CHARLIE
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SCENE SETTER: The youngest of the Breeders’ Cup divisions hits its fifth renewal. PRIVATE CREED has been the king of Kentucky, winning key preps at Keeneland and Kentucky Downs. The filly LOVE REIGNS bypassed the local tune-up to come in fresh; it’s hard to doubt anything Wesley Ward does in this division. SPEED BOAT BEACH maybe California’s best chance yet in the JTS. The Europeans are looking for a breakthrough here and have the favorite in the international betting markets with THE PLATINUM QUEEN, who beat older horses last time out.
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Trainer Wesley Ward has won the Juvenile Turf Sprint each of the past 3 years and has saddled the post-time favorite in 3 straight editions (winning 2 of 3 as favorite).
Prior starts to winning the JTS: Bulletin (1), Four Wheel Drive (2), Golden Pal (3), Twilight Gleaming (4), increasing in each renewal of this race.
Europeans have accounted for 4 of the 16 superfecta placings in the JTS, bested by a runner-up in 2021 by Go Bears Go.
In the only JTS held at Keeneland to date (2020), odds-on favorite Golden Pal won despite post 13 of 14, while locally prepped Cowan was runner-up.
SCENE SETTER: Handicapping this division should start with the Frizette, and this year’s winner CHOCOLATE GELATO will vie for favoritism with local Keeneland prep heroine WONDER WHEEL. But both failed to dominate last out and have opened the door for the competition. AND TELL ME NOLIES won California’s pair of top preps by less than a combined length. There’s little margin for error in this year’s JF.
The Frizette has produced 4 of the last 5 JF winners. Its 14 victories represented in the JF is the most by any prep in any BC division all-time.
The public has made California-prepped horses the post-time favorite in 7 of the last 8 JF editions. Echo Zulu snapped the streak last year in victory.
Favorites own a 50% win rate (19-38) in the JF, highest among any of the original BC divisions. But its 6 winners paying $60+ also is a record high among the divisions.
SCENE SETTER: DELIGHT crushed Keeneland’s Jessamine by 5 lengths as the favorite and stamped herself a force. The historically relevant Miss Grillo was won by PLEASANT PASSAGE in a wire-to-wire upset that may force some bettors to want further validation. Trainer Chad Brown is America’s preeminent player with fillies and mares on the grass, but his 2-year-old crop this year has yet to come to full hand. Might the Euros re-emerge for the first time since 2013? Irish filly MEDITATE states a strong case.
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North American-based horses have won this race 8 years in a row and 12 of 14 editions overall.
Europeans are 0-7 as JFT favorites, topped by Daahyeh’s runner-up in 2019.
Trainer Chad Brown has won this race a record 5 times, including 2016-’18.
No California-based filly has finished in the JFT exacta. The best finish was Colonel Joan’s third-place run in 2013.
SCENE SETTER: CAVE ROCK figures to be one of the strongest favorites of this year’s Breeders’ Cup and the fourth odds-on chalk in the Juvenile in the past 6 years. California’s main contender hasn’t found an equal on the west coast, and it’s up to FORTE, a major prep winner at Saratoga and Keeneland, to provide a counter. Note: the only odds-on winner of the Juvenile came all the way back in the 1984 inaugural via Chief’s Crown.
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California-prepped horses have won 6 of the last 9 editions, including 3 of the last 4.
5 straight Juvenile favorites have been bet to 7-5 or less (record 5: 2-0-1).
The Juvenile has been won wire-to-wire twice in the last 3 years – Storm the Court (2019) and Corniche (2021).
SCENE SETTER: SILVER KNOTT stamped himself Europe’s top force in a division they’ve had the upperhand, winning the Autumn Stakes at Newmarket for the ever-dangerous Charlie Appleby and Godolphin connections. MAJOR DUDE won the historical tell-tale US prep in the Pilgrim for Todd Pletcher, 1 of only 5 US-based trainers to win this race. ANDTHEWINNERIS and PACKS A WAHLOP both delivered as favorites in KY and CA final preps with an impressive turn of foot late, but their regions haven’t had much success in this division.
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Keeneland’s 2 JT editions produced upset winners, Hit It a Bomb at 7-1 in 2015 and Fire At Will at 30-1 in 2020.
5 of the last 10 JT favorites have been over 3-1, while only 1 the past decade has been under 2-1. Favorites have won just 13% in this division overall.
European-based horses account for 10 of the 15 Juvenile Turf winners all-time.
SCENE SETTER: Defending champion CE CE has alternated losses and wins in her 6 starts this year en route to a possible FMS repeat. Was the August 28 Ballerina at Saratoga the tell-tale race in the division, when GOODNIGHT OLIVE rolled a field that included CE CE in a never-threatening fifth-place finish? New Mexico-based SLAMMED has traveled to Del Mar and Keeneland to flex her muscle and could get a rematch from her Rancho Bernardo rival EDGEWAY.
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At $24.65, the FMS has the highest average winning $2 payoff of any BC division.
Groupie Doll (2012-’13) has been the only back-to-back winner of the FMS. Defending champions are 1-for-6 overall in this race, including Gamine (3rd) a year ago.
3 of the last 5 FMS winners turned back / shortened in distance from a final prep around 2 turns.
The F&M Sprint has never been won wire-to-wire. Its pacemakers have a paltry 15: 0-2-2 record all-time.
SCENE SETTER: GOLDEN PAL broke like he had a jetpack in last year’s TS en route to victory at Del Mar and now defends his crown at what might be his favorite course at Keeneland. He’s 4-4 locally, including the BC Juvenile Turf Sprint in 2020. European challengers appear strong with HIGHFIELD PRINCESS at the fore, though it’s noteworthy only 1 international runner has won this race – albeit at Keeneland in 2020 with Glass Slippers at 10-1.
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California-based horses have won 8 of the 14 editions of the TS, but did not have a finisher in the superfecta in either of the 2 events held at Keeneland.
Trainer Wesley Ward lost with 3 different TS favorites before delivering last year’s public choice Golden Pal home first at 5-2.
Mizdirection (2012-’13) and Stormy Liberal (2017-’18) are the only back-to-back TS winners. Defending champs are 2-for-9 the next year in this event.
SCENE SETTER: After featuring odds-on favorites in 5 of the last 8 years, the DM has a much more wide-open feel to it this year. That’s because defending champ LIFE IS GOOD is being aimed at the Classic. The Friday scratch of LAUREL RIVER puts CODY'S WISH front and center in the DM spotlight. Sophomore CYBERKNIFE certainly has more experience around 2 turns, but we’ll see how he measures with older horses. We often see a smashing performance in this race so buckle up.
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4 straight DM editions have been won wire-to-wire, including Knicks Go at Keeneland in 2020.
12 times the DM has been contested around 2 turns like at Keeneland, and 10 of the winners exited final preps at a mile or longer (6 at 1-1/16 miles or longer).
14 of 15 DM editions all-time have had a 3-year-old in the superfecta finish – including exacta placings the past 3 years.
SCENE SETTER: For the past 10 years, this race literally has been a tale of Chad Brown vs. the Internationals. Brown has done his best to hold down the fort with 4 wins, but the worldwide raiders gained the edge with 6. Brown has Flower Bowl upsetter VIRGINA JOY and the speedy local winner IN ITALIAN while America’s best, WAR LIKE GODDESS, instead is tackling the boys in the BC Turf at 1-1/2 miles. That puts the Europeans in the spotlight, topped by French Oaks heroine NASHWA.
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Favorites have lost 8 straight in the FMT, the longest current streak of any BC division. The FMT chalk is only 1 for the last 15.
Trainer Chad Brown has had the beaten favorite in the FMT 4 of the last 6 years, and Americans have been bet to favoritism 5 of the last 6.
3-year-olds have 7 wins in the FMT, all by Europeans, including 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
Notable shutouts in FMT history: California preppers (0-50), Aidan O’Brien trainees (0-16).
SCENE SETTER: JACKIE’S WARRIOR was upset in Saratoga’s Forego in August and not much clarity has come to the division since. ELITE POWER romped 4 rivals in a Vosburgh that was a shadow of its historical norms. Keeneland’s Phoenix produced a trifecta that returned more than 1700-to-1 odds. The 6-5 favorite in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship ran 5th of 6. Defending champ ALOHA WEST didn’t have a race or workout for 3 months until recently.
5 of the last 10 Sprint favorites have finished out of the money, while 6 straight have been defeated.
Local preppers in the Phoenix Stakes have won both Sprint editions held at Keeneland (2015, 2020).
3-year-olds have won the Sprint a total of 9 times, most recently Drefong (2017) and Runhappy (2015).
SCENE SETTER: KINROSS rides a 4-race win streak from England while last year’s Juvenile Turf winner MODERN GAMES looks to remain unbeaten in his third North American raid, having also won the Woodbine Mile in September. Like MODERN GAMES, America’s best chance may also be a 3-year-old, ANNAPOLIS. He won Keeneland’s major Fall Meet mile over a field that included 2020 BC Mile winner ORDER OF AUSTRALIA.
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Europeans have won 3 of the last 4 editions, but the North Americans still own a 22-16 edge in the all-time series.
The last Mile at Keeneland in 2020 produced the second-largest upset in Breeders’ Cup history when 73-1 Order of Australia rocked the tote from the also-eligible list.
10 fillies/mares have won the Mile, most of any open Breeders’ Cup division, most recently Uni in 2019.
SCENE SETTER: Todd Pletcher stablemates, the brilliant NEST and the consistent MALATHAAT, have risen to the top of the class, posting easy victories in the Bedame and Spinster. Both are major stakes winners at Keeneland and should be on favorable footing. Steve Asmussen also has a pair of aces to play, wire-to-wire Cotillion dominator SOCIETY – the division’s biggest unknown – and CLAIRIERE, who beat MALATHAAT in the Shuvee and Phipps this summer. Both MALATHAAT and CLAIRIERE were within a length of winning last year’s Distaff.
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With a $19.60 average winning mutuel all-time, the Distaff is the lowest among all Breeders’ Cup Saturday events.
3-Year-Olds have won the Distaff 11 times, most recently Monomoy Girl in 2018.
The Distaff has produced 4 of the 7 largest BC race blowouts all-time, led by top-ranked Inside Information’s 13-1/2 length score in 1995.
SCENE SETTER: Trainer Charlie Appleby looks for his follow-up to last year's Turf winner Yibir with the duo of NATIONS PRIDE and REBEL'S ROMANCE, the former already schooled in America and the latter taking a unique route through Germany this year. Europe's $15 million earner MISHRIFF hasn't won this year but dances all the big dances. America's best hope may be the mare WAR LIKE GODDESS, who bested the boys in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.
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Europeans have won 18 of the last 23 Turf editions, including 6 of the last 7 and both renewals at Keeneland.
5 fillies/mares have won the Turf: Tarnawa (2020 at Keeneland), Enable (2018), Found (2015 at Keeneland), Miss Alleged (1991) and Pebbles (1985).
The Arc de Triomphe has been the final prep of 10 Turf winners, easily most of any race. Belmont’s Joe Hirsch Turf Classic is next with 6.
SCENE SETTER: Unbeaten FLIGHTLINE enters the Classic with sizzle matched only a few times in the event’s history, and not for a memorable rivalry like Sunday Silence and Easy Goer, nor a coronation like Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. It’s about his singular talent, much in the manner Zenyatta and Cigar captivated. Will he remain unbeaten? And who might be able to challenge him? Travers winner EPICENTER headlines the sophomore class, while last year’s Dirt Mile buzzsaw LIFE IS GOOD tries to stretch his speed to the max.
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The largest trifecta ($39,031 for $2) and superfecta ($692,907 for $1) in BC history came in the 1999 Classic. This event also boasts the largest $2 win payout ($269.20, Arcangues, 1993).
6 of the last 10 Classics have been won wire-to-wire, including the past 2. No deep closer has won since Drosselmeyer in 2011.
A 3-year-old has won the Classic 13 times, including both Keeneland renewals (in 2015 American Pharoah and 2020 Authentic).