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G1 Fillies and Mares Sprint preview
Trainer Chad Brown has won the GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint a record three times (Wavell Avenue in 2015 and Goodnight Olive 2022 & 2023), including two of the three previous renewals held at Keeneland. He will have a fantastic chance at adding another with 7-5 program favourite and 'TDN Rising Star' Ways and Means (USA) (Practical Joke {USA}).
A disappointing fifth as the 2-1 choice in the 2024 renewal at Del Mar, Ways and Means heads to the Championships fresh off a brilliant 5.5 length tally over live longshot Kilwin (USA) (Twirling Candy {USA}) in the 'Win and You're In' GI Resorts World Casino Ballerina S. at Saratoga Aug. 29. Six of her seven career victories have taken place at the Spa, including the 2024 GI Test S. and last term's GII Bed o' Roses S. The latter was good for a career-best 111 Beyer Speed Figure.
R Disaster (USA) (Awesome Slew {USA}), a 2.25 length, front-running winner over Ways and Means in the GI Derby City Distaff S. on Kentucky Derby Day, bounced back from a well-beaten sixth behind that rival in the Ballerina with a successful title defence in the GII Gallant Bloom S. at Belmont Park Oct. 1. Trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. will also be represented by the streaking Kerry's Kiss (USA) (Vino Rosso {USA}), a 1.5 length wire-to-wire winner over Simply Joking (USA) (Practical Joke {USA}) in the 'Win and You're In' GIII Princess Rooney S. over a good track at a rainy Gulfstream Park Sept. 12. Joseph pulled off a 19-1 upset with Soul of an Angel (USA) in the 2024 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will have two chances for a second straight win in this race, and third overall, with 'Rising Stars' Explora (USA) (Blame {USA}) and Nooni (USA) (Win Win Win {USA}). Explora, last year's runner-up in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and this term's fourth-place finisher in the GI Kentucky Oaks, has thrived since cutting back in distance and is drawn well in post 11 with Jose Ortiz aboard. A dazzling winner of the GI Test S. at Saratoga this summer, she takes on her elders following a close second after dueling throughout with subsequent GII Lexus Raven Run S. winner and 'Rising Star' Movie Night (USA) (Speightstown {USA}) in the GIII Dogwood S. Sept. 19. Sophomores have won the Filly and Mare Sprint in three straight years, capped by the Baffert-trained Gamine (USA) at Keeneland in 2020.
The US$1.8 million (AU$2.6 million) OBS March breezer Nooni, meanwhile, has posted two wins from three starts this year since missing all of her 3-year-old season. Sweet Azteca (USA) (Sharp Azteca {USA}), a vet scratch at the Championships last year, has won nine of 11 career starts, and enters riding a four-race winning streak following a third straight success in Del Mar's GIII Rancho Bernardo Stakes.
G1 Turf Sprint preview
In the GI Prevagen Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, we know two truths: anything can happen and the race can be won at the break. When it comes to elite gate trainers, there is no one better at teaching their horses to flash speed from the bell than Wesley Ward. The Kentucky based trainer will once again have the opportunity to play a home game right in his own backyard at Keeneland. Ward's entry is Bacio (USA) (Maclean's Music {USA}), the Turf Sprint's presumptive favourite, and the colt actually won an optional claimer on Breeders' Cup weekend at Del Mar last year. Sent to race in England, Bacio defeated 26 rivals in the Palace of Holyroodhouse Handicap at Royal Ascot June 19, then took on a strong group of turf sprinters in the G1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York and passed the test with flying colours.
The runner-up in the Nunthorpe was Starlust (GB) (Zoustar), who has had an interesting road since he won the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar in 2024. Sent to stud in Australia where he successfully covered some 70 mares, Starlust's owners decided that he needed to return to Ralph Beckett's yard. One of Bacio's foes in that handicap at Ascot who tried to keep up with the eventual winner was Miss Yechance (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}). The Karl Burke trainee has strung together three wins in a row with the last coming in the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp. The filly passed in when offered as a racing or broodmare prospect during the Keeneland Championship Sale on Wednesday evening.
Maybe the European raider with the most upside is Comanche Brave (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). The colt's trainer Donnacha O'Brien netted his first Breeders' Cup winner last year and could have another one here. The 4-year-old comes to Keeneland with a pair of top-level wins; the G1 July Cup at Newmarket July 11 and the G1 Flying Five at The Curragh Sept. 13.
When it comes to the American contingent there are a pair of 'TDN Rising Stars' who visited the purple-clad winner's circle at the Breeders' Cup last year. Cy Fair (USA) (Not This Time {USA}) won the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint and Shisospicy (USA) (Mitole {USA}) took the Turf Sprint. Both know how to beat the boys.
Joe Shiesty (USA) (Air Force Blue {USA}) will lend his early speed to the mix, as he looks to replicate his stellar performance from the GII Woodford Stakes Oct. 3. Time to Dazzle (USA) (Not This Time {USA}), who put on a show during training on Tuesday, won the GII Franklin Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 11 and Roja (USA) (Karakontie {Jpn}) has five victories over eight races. When it comes to the California-based runners, Yellow Card (USA) (Lost Treasure {Ire}) gets the services of Flavien Prat, who guided the Michael McCarthy trainee to the house in the GII Turf Sprint on the Derby undercard back in May. Sorrento Sky (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) likes to wait for the final sixteenth to do his best running. Trained by Phil D'Amato, the 5-year-old won the GII Eddie D Stakes at Santa Anita Sept. 26.
G1 Dirt Mile preview
With the question of whether the brilliant GI Pacific Classic winner Knightsbridge (USA) (Nyquist {USA}) would be the prohibitive favourite in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile or face his stablemate - reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty (USA) (Into Mischief {USA}) - in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic finally answered this week, the Dirt Mile continued to shuffle as GI Preakness Stakes winner Napoleon Solo (USA) (Liam's Map {USA}) also chose the Classic.
With those two absent, the Dirt Mile opened up considerably and the race instead gained Further Ado (USA) (Gun Runner {USA}), who defected from the Classic. Spendthrift Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' could spell trouble for the rest of the field Saturday, as Further Ado seems to have a particular affinity for Keeneland. Sure, he's won two graded races at Churchill and he threw down a 102 Beyer Speed Figure when second last out in the Sept. 19 GI Pennsylvania Derby at Parx, but the Brad Cox trainee simply breathes different air when he's at Keeneland. After two maiden special weight tries at Saratoga at two, Further Ado came home to the Bluegrass and promptly blew away a maiden field by 20 lengths while improving his Beyer by 30 points and 29 points, respectively, off his first two attempts. The same thing happened this spring: Further Ado finished a nice second in the GIII Tampa Bay Derby behind Classic entrant The Puma (USA), then dazzled at Keeneland in the GI Blue Grass Stakes by 11 lengths while improving his Beyer by 14 points to 106. There's no way around it; Further Ado is dangerous at Keeneland. Despite being the only 3-year-old in the Dirt Mile field and facing his elders for the first time, he's a deserving favourite.
BBN Racing and Bowen Thoroughbred Racing's Bracket Buster (USA) (Vekoma {USA}) is an intriguing prospect here. A graded winner last year and second to Sovereignty in the GI Travers Stakes, he spent more than nine months on the sidelines before returning Aug. 9 with a 15-length score in the West Virginia Governor's Stakes at Mountaineer. While that race may not be a typical springboard into the Breeders' Cup, Bracket Buster's 108 Beyer ranks eighth on the year for races over a mile and is the highest in the Dirt Mile field. Perhaps the Victoria Oliver trainee bounced in the Sept. 19 Parx Dirt Mile Stakes, but he still managed to close for second with a 93 Beyer.
Coal Battle (USA) (Coal Front {USA}) is due for a win after reeling off four straight over a year and a half ago and seems to be knocking on the door. He's often right in the thick of things at the end and dashed off triple-digit Beyers in his last two, including in the GIII Ack Ack Stakes over a mile Sept. 26 at Churchill. Lonnie Briley trains for Norman Stables.
Famed bargain buy and now-millionaire Chunk of Gold (USA) (Preservationist {USA}) is another who might be sitting on a big one. The Terry L. Stephens colour bearer hasn't won in a year, but his last trip to the winner's circle was by more than eight lengths in a nice optional allowance in his only career start at Keeneland. He's only been out of the money once in his career (the 2025 GI Kentucky Derby) and has gotten triple-digit Beyers in four of his last five. The Ethan West pupil shows up and tries hard every single time.
G1 Filly and Mare Turf preview
When the GI Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf last came to Keeneland in 2022, Aidan O'Brien trainee Tuesday (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) won the day by a length. The marquee Irish conditioner will be represented this time around by Precise (Ire) (Starspangledbanner), who was last seen as the runner-up in the G1 Prix de l'Opera Stakes at ParisLongchamp Oct. 4.
The top entry, though, in this year's turf test is Juddmonte's own Blue Bolt (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), who has done little wrong. The 4-year-old has nine wins across 12 races and has strung together six wins in a row. Trained by Andrew Balding, Blue Bolt has collected Group 1s in three different countries. The filly took the G1 Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket Oct. 3. If she is on her game, she will be tough in a spot like this one. The lone question is: can she get the distance after making her mark as a miler.
Standing in Blue Bolt's way is American star Kathynmarissa (USA) (American Pharoah {USA}). The 5-year-old was awfully tough in the GI Diana Stakes at the Spa July 18 and in the GII Flower Bowl Stakes at Belmont Park Oct. 1. Trainer Chad Brown, who has won this race on four occasions, has his stable star headed in the right direction.
When it comes to stringing together strong performances, Gimme A Nother (SAf) (Gimmethegreenlight) has the resume. The mare has shipped of late into four different tracks for graded contests and she has gotten her picture taken each time. Trainer Graham Motion sent the 6-year-old to Woodbine Sept. 12 for the GI E. P. Taylor Stakes and Gimme A Nother did not disappoint. She has the ability to rate just off the pace and that makes her dangerous.
Also out of the E.P. Taylor comes the third-place finisher Jancis (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}). The 5-year-old chestnut showed an affinity for firm turf. She's under the care of trainer Willie McCreery. Speaking of European invaders who turned in quality performances over American grass courses, Survie (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) has a ton of upside. The George Boughey trainee rolled won a pair top-flight graded races in Sarataga, including the GI Christophe Clement Stakes. If she can harness some of that same mojo, she will be heard from late on Saturday.
The rest of the American contingent includes the top three runners from the GI First Lady Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 3. Classic Q (USA) (Empire Maker {USA}) finished on top for trainer Mark Casse, while Lush Lips (GB) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) and Blessthe Broken (USA) (Laoban {USA}) completed the podium.
G1 Sprint preview
Young sensation and 'TDN Rising Star' Englishman (USA) (Maxfield {USA}), who has left a trail of smoke in all but one race he's entered in his career and added to the magnificence of 2026 for trainer Cherie DeVaux, headlines Saturday's GI Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint. C R K Stable picked up the son of Maxfield for US$400,000 (AU$569,000) at Keeneland September in 2024 and debuted him as a 2-year-old to 'Rising Star'-dom at Churchill Downs in September of 2025, the only start of his juvenile campaign. Unleashed in full-force as a 3-year-old, Englishman blitzed the competition in his first start back, wiring an allowance field by 7.5 lengths at Fair Grounds in March.
Fellow 'Rising Star' Crude Velocity (USA) (Beau Liam {USA}) got the better of him at a mile at Churchill Downs in the GII Pat Day Mile on the Derby undercard May 2, but it's been all lights-out from there, as Englishman has put up back-to-back triple-digit Beyers in a pair of Grade I races at Saratoga: the Woody Stephens June 6 and the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Aug. 29.
Englishman, who is expected to remain in training next year, has already booked himself a stall at the Lane's End stallion complex.
Japan's T O Elvis (USA) (Volatile {USA}) took Churchill Downs by storm on Derby Day, rocketing home in the GI Churchill Downs Stakes May 2 in his North American debut for trainer Daisuke Takayanagi. That win netted the Kentucky-bred a 108 Beyer Speed Figure and he returns to the bluegrass seeking to add to a five-race winning streak. He's one of two Japanese runners in the field, joining longshot American Stage (USA) (Into Mischief {USA}), a Spendtrift Farm-bred who joined the flight over with stablemate Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}).
Eclipse Thoroughbreds and trainer Wayne Catalano bring Built (USA) (Hard Spun {USA}) in off two wins, including one in the GII Alfred G Vanderbilt Stakes at Saratoga July 25, a race in which he defeated another Sprint contender, Hymn (USA) (McKinzie {USA}), who rebounded off that defeat to win the GI Forego Stakes in his most recent start at Saratoga Aug. 29 for trainer Ron Moquett
The West Coast sends out Listenupshance (USA) (Shancelot {USA}), a Grade I winner in the Bing Crosby Stakes two back at Del Mar and victorious last out, as well, in the GII Santa Anita Sprint Championship for trainer Doug O'Neill. The old man of the field, 7-year-old Nakatomi (USA) (Firing Line {USA}) showed he still had a little something left when he came from the back to win Keeneland's GII Stoll Keenon Ogden Pheonix Stakes Oct. 2 for Wesley Ward. He beat two foes that will line up against him again Saturday in longshots Little Thunder (USA) (Noble Bird {USA}) and Mad House (USA) (Vekoma {USA}).
G1 Mile preview
The combination of Godolphin, trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick have teamed with sons of the remarkable Dubawi (Ire) to win the GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile four times in the last five years, and Notable Speech (GB) will be a clear-cut favourite to successfully defend his title Saturday afternoon.
Ominously, the 5-year-old appears to be entering this year's Mile in form that reads slightly stronger than 12 months ago. A highly impressive winner of Newbury's G1 Lockinge Stakes in May, he took his chance in the G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, but he was only sixth at a venue he has plainly never thrived at. The chestnut produced a telling burst to easily account for the classy Lake Forest (GB) (No Nay Never) in the G1 City of York Stakes over seven furlongs and most recently went back-to-back in the GI Woodbine Mile, posting a soft win over 'TDN Rising Star’ Deterministic (USA) (Liam's Map {USA}).
Lake Forest turned in a barnstorming rally of his own to take out Goodwood's G2 Lennox Stakes in July and made his most recent appearance on these shores in the GI Coolmore Turf Mile on Oct. 3. Off slowly from an outside gate, he sat a good inside trip, appeared to stall out at midstretch and then came again late to be second to defending titleist Rhetorical (USA) (Not This Time {USA}). He is a very good horse that has very little margin for error. The latter wired the nine-furlong GI Old Forester Turf Classic following his first-up third to the scratched Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) in April's GI Maker's Mark Mile, but found Deterministic too strong when fourth in the GI Manhattan Stakes over 9 1/2 panels and in the Fourstardave Stakes Aug. 8.
Rhetorical will be prominent, but there appears to be plenty of other speed to keep things honest up front. European form is bolstered by G1 English 1000 Guineas heroine True Love (Ire) (No Nay Never {USA}), who battled bravely in the long stretch at ParisLongchamp to get her head in front in the oft-productive G1 Prix de la Foret on Oct. 4, with stablemate Puerto Rico (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) - to be ridden here by Ryan Moore from the dreaded 14 hole - third. Wayne Lordan has the call on True Love.
G1 Distaff preview
Any way you slice it, the 2026 GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff is Nitrogen (USA) (Medaglia d'Oro {USA})'s to lose. Last year's champion 3-year-old filly and dual-surface specialist, Nitrogen has only gotten better at four. The D. J. Stable homebred's last three races may have been the best of her career and that's saying something, considering her sophomore campaign included a slew of turf exploits, a 17-length blowout at Saratoga in her first career dirt try, and a GI Alabama Stakes triumph.
After capping last year with a second in this race to surprise victress and 'TDN Rising Star Scylla (USA) (Tapit {USA}), Nitrogen lost two of her first three this winter and spring. Could her best days be behind her? Absolutely not. Perhaps she just needed a warm-up, for Nitrogen didn't just show up at the GI Ogden Phipps Stakes at Saratoga in June. No, a fiercer, more robust version of her dominated it. In a dazzling pillar-to-post performance, Nitrogen cut loose in the lane, sauntering home 12.75 lengths on top with a 113 Beyer Speed Figure, by far the tops among any female this year of any age or distance or surface.
Scylla (USA) | Image courtesy of Breeders' Cup
Only three older males have topped her in Beyer Figures over a mile on dirt this year and two of them (Knightsbridge and Magnitude) will face the starter Saturday in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic. Trainer Mark Casse even flirted with the idea of facing the boys in the Classic with Nitrogen and gave her a trial in the storied GI Whitney Stakes Aug. 8 at the Spa. It took the reigning Horse of the Year a scintillating performance of his own and a 112 Beyer to beat her. Nitrogen then tuned up for the Distaff with a facile GII Beldame Stakes win at Belmont Park Sept. 25. By all accounts, she continues to thrive and should be the heavy favourite to top off her year with a Distaff win.
But this is horse racing. Victory is never guaranteed. Just like in the classic childhood playground game A King of the Mountain, it might be more difficult to stay on top than to get to the top and Nitrogen will have a target on her back. If the crown can be knocked off her head Saturday, who is most likely to pick it up?
G1 Turf preview
Widden Stud’s acquisition Hotazhell (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) comes into this off a last start G1 Irish Champion Stakes victory over 2000 metres on September 12. He won the G1 Grosser Dallmayr Preis over the same trip on July 26. Can he make it three elite level victories in succession?
Fully one-third of trainer Aidan O'Brien's co-leading 21 victories at the Breeders' Cup have come in the GI Turf - including with the 3-year-old filly Found (Ire) at Keeneland in 2015 - and the Ballydoyle maestro has a couple of chances to add to those totals Saturday afternoon.
Hotazhell | Image courtesy of Horse Racing Ireland
'TDN Rising Star' Diamond Necklace (Ire) (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}) was perfect in her three starts at two, including the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac, and the bay launched two more successful Parisian raids earlier this term to take the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas) in May and the G1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) five weeks later. She easily handled next-out G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Friendly Soul (GB) (Kingman {GB}) in Goodwood's G1 Nassau Stakes at the back end of July, but had no apparent excuse when second at 2-5 in the G1 Prix Jean Romanet Aug. 13. It was Christophe Soumillon in the boot for the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe last time, but the filly had very little luck in running, as she was posted wide without cover for a good portion of the journey and finished an exceptionally game third. The draw in 12 is awkward, but she handles all underfoot conditions and will take some beating.
O'Brien also saddles G1 Irish Derby hero Benvenuto Cellini (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), who has the services of Ryan Moore from gate two. No match for Kalpana (GB) (Study of Man {Ire}) and Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) in the G1 King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot this past July, the baldy-faced Peter Brant galloper was hampered late, but was never threatening to win the G2 Prix Niel in Paris in September and had some traffic, but was no real factor when ninth and beaten just over four lengths in the Arc. Bay City Roller (Ire) (New Bay {Ire}) absolutely loved the dreadful conditions at Epsom in June when careering away to take the G1 Coronation Cup by 10 lengths, as hot favorite Calandagan floundered. The bay has had the misfortune of running into Daryz (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) when soundly defeated into second in the G2 Prix Foy on Arc Trials day Sept. 6 and at a whopping 37-1 in the Arc itself.
The Bahrain-owned 4-year-old exits a decent third to would-be Turf favourite Ombudsman (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) and Calandagan in the G1 British Champions Stakes Oct. 17. He is likely to be ridden positively by Oisin Murphy from way out wide and he may have some other speed to deal with. After causing a massive shock last year, Ethical Diamond (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}) is a more familiar commodity this time around and after overcoming the 14 hole last year, should enjoy a cushier run from the inside barrier, with Dylan Brown McMonagle back to ride. The veteran exits a very good second to the Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions-bound G1 Grosser Preis Von Berlin winner Tiffany (Ire) (Farhh {GB}) in the GII Kentucky Turf Cup on Sept. 5. Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) used the same Hoppegarten feature as a steppingstone to victory here in 2022.
America's top chances are the progressive Minaret Station (USA) (Instilled Regard {USA}) and 'TDN Rising Star’ Far Bridge (USA) (English Channel {USA}), the first two home in the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Oct. 1. Each needs a career best to bother these.
G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic preview
The match-up that we've all been waiting for is finally here. After scratching with a shipping fever before last year's GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar, Horse of the Year Sovereignty (USA) (Into Mischief {USA}) and the race's defending winner Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) will finally throw down in the main event on Saturday evening at Keeneland.
Second in the GII Oaklawn H. Apr. 18 and third in the GI Stephen Foster S. June 27, albeit with excuses in both, last year's GI Kentucky Derby, GI Belmont Stakes and GI Travers Stakes winner showed that he still has his fastball with a bigtime, come-from-behind victory in Saratoga's 'Win and You're In' GI Whitney S. Aug. 8. Forced to sit out the Sept. 18 GI Jockey Club Gold Cup after developing a foot abscess, he's been masterfully handled by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and is giving every indication in the mornings, at both Saratoga and now Keeneland, that he's sitting on go. Drawn in gate two with regular pilot Junior Alvarado aboard, Sovereignty, a perfect three-for-three at the Classic distance, is the 5-2 second choice on the morning-line.
The 2-1 program favourite Forever Young, meanwhile, followed his dramatic win over defending Classic winner Sierra Leone (USA) with a successful title defence in the G1 Saudi Cup Feb. 14 over subsequent Hill 'N' Dale Metropolitan H. hero Nysos (USA) (Nyquist {USA}). Defeated in the Mar. 28 G1 Dubai World Cup for the second straight year, he returned from a planned spell with a workmanlike tally in the aforementioned opening-day feature at the new Belmont Park. Forever Young looks to join the legendary Tiznow (USA) as the only two-time winners of the Classic.
Dubai World Cup winner Magnitude (USA) (Not This Time {USA}) has been scratched and retired to stud.
This year's stretch-running Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner and 'Rising Star' Golden Tempo (USA) (Curlin {USA}) leads the way for the sophomore class, which also includes GI Preakness Stakes winner Napoleon Solo (USA) (Liam's Map {USA}) and GI Pennsylvania Derby winner The Puma (USA) (Essential Quality {USA}).
This will be just the third time that Kentucky Derby winners have clashed in the history of the Breeders' Cup Classic. The two Derby winners Ferdinand (USA) and Alysheba (USA) famously hit the wire together in a heart-stopper at Hollywood Park in 1987, and it hasn't happened since Unbridled (USA) and Strike the Gold (USA) finished third and fifth, respectively, behind Black Tie Affair (Ire) in the 1991 Classic at Churchill Downs.
Godolphin and Mott will also be well-represented by 'TDN Rising Star' Knightsbridge (USA) (Nyquist {USA}), who answered the 1 1/4-mile Classic distance question with a head turning, front-running tally in the 'Win and You're In' GI Pacific Classic S. at Del Mar Aug. 22. He previously earned a field-best 122 Beyer Speed Figure with a 10.25 length romp in the GIII Monmouth Cup S. July 18, his first attempt around two turns.
