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10/29/2014

Breeders’ Cup Classic - Wed. notes

“After (American Pharaoh) went out, Bayern is carrying so much (emotional) weight right now,” Baffert said Tuesday morning. “If we were coming into this race off the Travers, when he went to the lead and stopped (10th, beaten 20 lengths), they might

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10/29/2014

Breeders’ Cup - European Report

Longines Distaff L’Amour De Ma Vie – Pia Brandt’s 5yo looked well at ease as she did a steady canter around a circuit of Santa Anita’s dirt track Wednesday morning. The gray mare, who will be the mount of Maxime Guyon in Friday’s race will be tr

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10/29/2014

Breeders’ Cup Distaff - Wed. notes

“She galloped a mile and a half and looked like she galloped pretty good,” Rodriguez said of the 5yo mare. “She’s happy, so we’re happy. She was a little bit on her toes yesterday, so I got her out early. She looks good.” A speedy mare whose b

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10/29/2014

Longines Turf - wed. notes

Brown Panther – see European report Chicquita/Magician – see European report Finnegans Wake – Trainer Peter Miller said the 5yo horse was shipped from San Luis Rey Downs to Santa Anita Wednesday morning after jogging two miles and going to the gate.

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10/29/2014

Filly & Mare Turf - Wed. notes

“She’s been very consistent this year,” trainer Shug McGaughey said. “She’s had chances in three or four big races to win, but the trip got her beat. She did great to win the Ballston Spa, and she seems to be doing very well.” Abaco is seeking

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10/29/2014

Breeders’ Cup Mile - Wed. notes

“He was a real nervous horse and he would wash out every time he got to the paddock,” said the six-time Sovereign Award winner, who arrived first thing on Wednesday morning. “Now he’s more relaxed, but he’ll still get on his toes and get a littl

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10/28/2014

American Pharoah Declared Out of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

Trainer Bob Baffert said, “He has a deep foot bruise in his left front. We’ll still be putting him through some scans and other things. We’re hopeful he’ll be all right and you’ll see him in the spring. If you look at him he appears just fine. T

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10/28/2014

Breeders’ Cup Classic - Tuesday notes

“He's happy and doing fine, he just needs things to go his way (in the race),” Baffert said. “If not, they run these things every year, right?” Big Cazanova – Trainer Peter Miller said from his training base at San Luis Rey Downs that he hoped t

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10/28/2014

Breeders’ Cup - European Report

Longines Distaff L’amour De Ma Vie – Pia Brandt’s L’Amour De Ma Vie followed a similar pattern to Monday. She jogged with her pony for three-quarters of a circuit before breaking into a gentle canter. Longines Turf Telescope – Highclere Thorough

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10/28/2014

Breeders’ Cup Distaff - Tuesday notes

The Kentucky-bred completed her last serious work before the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Aqueduct on Oct. 25 – working 5f in 1:02 4/5. “On Saturday, her work in New York was really good,” Rodriguez said. “She did it the way I wanted her to

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