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10/29/2015

Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Notes - Thu 10/29

Should she prevail over a grass course where she is 0-for-2, Stephanie’s Kitten would be the first Breeders’ Cup winner to earn a second victory more than two years apart. Eighteen horses have come back to win a second time in the BC. Fifteen of them were

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10/29/2015

Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint and Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile - Thu 10/29

“I wish I had No Nay Never,” Ward quipped. “He was a turf monster, but these three are all doing well. I think they’ll be tiered off. Green Mask will be mid-pack, The Great War will be more forwardly placed and Undrafted will be flying from behind.” Abdul

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10/29/2015

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Notes

A diminutive colt, the three-time winner and two-time stakes victor is a barn favorite, in addition to being Rivelli’s first Breeders’ Cup starter. “We call him Mighty Mouse,” Rivelli laughed. “He is small but he is all heart and nothing bothers him. He’s

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10/29/2015

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf and Juvenile Fillies Turf

“We didn’t know for sure, but we felt when we worked him on the turf we saw significant improvement, so we started him on it right away,” said Pletcher, who saddled the 2yo son of Scat Daddy for a second-place finish in the Pilgrim Stakes last time out. T

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10/28/2015

Laurel: Juarez Gets First Breeders’ Cup Mount Aboard Valid

For Juarez, the Breeders’ Cup is another milestone in what has been a big year. After returning from a 6 ½ month layoff earlier this year, Juarez won his first graded stakes aboard Valid in the Iselin (G3) and finished third at Monmouth Park in wins (45)

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10/27/2015

O’CONNELL’S “SPEED FREAK” SET FOR BREEDERS’ CUP TURF SPRINT

But O’Connell has been around long enough to appreciate the enormity of the task facing the Kentucky-bred speedster. She is the only female in the 14-horse field (Rumble Doll, one of two also-eligibles for the Turf Sprint, is a 4-year-old filly) and one o

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10/26/2015

Honor Code finalizes preparations for BC Classic

Owned by Lanes End Racing and Dell Ridge Farm, Honor Code won two of the most prestigious races on the NYRA circuit earlier in the year - the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap and the Grade 1 Whitney - but enters the Classic off a disappointing third-place fi

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10/26/2015

Keeneland Barn Notes for Oct. 25

WARD SENDS OUT BREEDERS’ CUP CONTENDERS ON KEENELAND TURF Trainer Wesley Ward was pleased with the moves of his six horses pre-entered in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships that worked or galloped on the turf course labeled as good. “Everything went gr

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10/24/2015

Empire Classic Handicap (NYB) quotes

Manuel Franco, winning jockey aboard Empire Dreams (No. 8): "There was a good pace; it set up for us. At the three-eighths pole I tried to follow [Royal Posse] because I knew he could win, too. I waited a little bit more because [the race was] a mile and

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10/24/2015

Belmont Park Notes

Leading the charge for Brown were Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic winner Big Blue Kitten and Grade 1 Manhattan winner Slumber, who worked together on the main track going four furlongs, with the former clocked in 50.33 seconds while the latter went a touc

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