Horse Racing: 29 graded stakes and 20 Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races on tap Oct 4-6

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Saturday, September 28, 2024

• Breeders' Cup: Five races part of the "Win and You're In" schedule.
• Mike Smith and Joel Rosario were among the stars of the day.

Belmont at Aqueduct (New York):

• Card: Twelve races, four of which are graded stakes.
• Handle: $13.5 million.
• Weather: Periodic rain with three races removed from turf.
• Race 4: Tapit Trice (Dylan Davis/Todd Pletcher) won the $400,000 Grade 2 Woodward Classic. The field was limited to four runners.

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• Race 6: Far Bridge (Joel Rosario/Christophe Clement) won the Grade I $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.

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• Race 9: Mufasa (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Ignacio Correas IV) won the $250,000 Grade 3 Vosburgh Stakes. This is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race.

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• Race 11: Zulu Kingdom (Joel Rosario/Chad Brown) won the $200,000 Grade 2 Pilgrim Stakes. This is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race.

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Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Race 5: Three Technique (Rafael Bejarano/Jason Cook) won the $365,000 Grade 3 Ack Ack. Cook claimed the horse in a fortunate 27-way shake in 2001.
• Race 11: Hit Show (Florent Geroux/Brad Cox) win the $500,000 Grade 2 Lukas Classic Stakes.

Santa Anita (California):

• Card: Ten races of which four are graded stakes including the first California Crown. Much entertainment and select pricey ticket packages accompanied the card.
• Attendance: 21,000.
• Handle: $18 million.
• Race 7: Cabo Spirit (Abel Cedillo/George Papaprodromou) wired the e field at 24-to-1 to win the Grade 2 $750,000 John henry Turf Championship.

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• Race 8: First Peace (Mike Smith/Mark Glatt) won the Grade 2 $750,000 Eddie D Stakes.

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• Race 9: Subsanador (Mike Smith/Richard Mandella) won the inaugural edition of the $1,000,000 Grade I California Crown by a nose in a spectacular 3-across-the-wire finish involving two Bob Baffert runners. Subsanador raced 12 times in his home country of Argentina before five races in the US where he has now won consecutive graded stakes including a victory at Monmouth (NJ). Small field but an exciting conclusion.

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• Race 10: Johannes (Umberto Rispoli/Tim Yakteen) won the Grade 2 $200,000 City of Hope Mile Stakes. This is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race. Johannes is 4-for-4 in 2024 with all wins graded stakes. He has a stellar 7 6-0-1 mark at Santa Anita with five straight victories. He is 11 7-0-1 lifetime.

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[GKJ]

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Race 8, a graded stakes on turf, has been canceled at Belmont@Aqueduct. The race will be redrawn for next Sunday. There are now 15 Breeders' Cup races scheduled for Oct 4-6.

Weather today has played with track conditions at Laurel and New York.

Gulfstream (FL) is on the turf in beautiful sunshine.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Sunday, September 29, 2024

• Teacher and Pupil Have a Perfect Sunday:
  • Brad Cox went 5-for-5 with wins in Oklahoma, Kentucky and New York.
  • Brittany Russell, once his assistant, went 4-for-4.
• Brad Cox's barn is a staggering 11 8-1-0 (73%) since September 27
• Brittany Russell's barn is smoking as she is 22 13-1-1 (59%) since September 20.
• George Papaprodromou, California-based, is a brilliant 11 7-0-0 (64%) since September 27.

Belmont at Aqueduct (New York):

• Weather: Dreary. It is days like these that make a Breeders' Cup in November dicey and yet here we are in September.
• Race 8: Canceled and re-scheduled for October 6.
• Race 2: Ways and Means (Flavien Prat/Chad Brown) won the Grade 2 $250,000 Gallant Bloom Stakes.

Laurel (Maryland):

• Brittany Russell completed a perfect 4-for-4 day. Not many trainers have that success on one card.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1840560954125287573

• Jamie Rodriguez rode three winners.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Closing Day: The meet ended today. Onto Keeneland.
• Leading Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione with 24 wins.
• Leading Trainer: Brad Cox with nine wins.

Remington (Oklahoma):

• Card: 10 races of which seven were stakes.
• Race 9: Alpine Princess (Florent Geroux/Brad Cox) won the $250,000 Remington Park Oaks.

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• Race 10: Most Wanted (Florent Geroux/Brad Cox) won the $400,000 Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby.

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• Brad Cox shipped two horses and both won the two biggest races on the card.

Santa Anita (California):

• Race 7: Sugar Fish (Tyler Baze/Jeff Mullins) won the Grade 2 $200,000 Zenyatta Stakes.
• Race 8: Hacking It Up (John Velazquez/George Papaprodromou) won at 26-to-1, the second highest odds in a field of 11.
• Race 9: Straight No Chase (John Velazquez/Dan Blacker) won the Grade 2 $200,000 Sprint Championship Stakes.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

This weekend, awaiting updates, will have 20 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series races and 29 graded stakes.

Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" Challenge Series races (total listed) October 4 through October 6:

Track	October 4	October 5	October 6	Total
Belmont @ Aqu. (NY)	1	2	1	4
Keeneland (KY)	3	3	2	8
Longchamp Racecourse (Paris)	0	0	5	5
Santa Anita (CA)	0	3	0	3
Total: 20	4	8	8	20

Graded Stakes (number 1, 2 or 3) October 4 through October 6:

Track	October 4	October 5	October 6	Total
Belmont at Aqu. (NY)	3-3	1-1-3-3	2-3	8
Hastings (BC)	None	3	None	1
Keeneland (KY)	1-2-2	1-1-1-2-2	1-2	10
Santa Anita (CA)	None	1-2-2-3	3-3-3	7
Woodbine (ON)	None	2-2-3	None	3
Total: 29	5	17	7	29

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Opening day at Keeneland (Thursday):

Race	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post
1	$64,000	Claiming	1 1/16 M	Dirt	7	1:00 PM ET
2	$100,000	Maiden Special Weight	1 M	Turf	16	1:32 PM ET
3	$100,000	Maiden Special Weight	About 7 F	Dirt	12	2:04 PM ET
4	$110,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	6 F	Dirt	11	2:36 PM ET
5	$120,000	Allowance	1 1/8 M	Turf	12	3:08 PM ET
6	$110,000	Allowance	7 F	Dirt	10	3:40 PM ET
7	$350,000	Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix S.	6 F	Dirt	8	4:12 PM ET
8	$350,000	Jessamine S. Presented by Keeneland Sales	1 1/16 M	Turf	16	4:44 PM ET
9	$600,000	Darley Alcibiades S.	1 1/16 M	Dirt	8	5:16 PM ET
10	$130,000	Allowance	5 1/2 F	Turf	13	5:48 PM ET