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Saturday, September 28, 2024
Belmont at Aqueduct (New York):
Churchill Downs (Kentucky):
- 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.
- Race 6: Far Bridge (Joel Rosario/Christophe Clement) won the Grade I $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.
- 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.
- Race 11: Zulu Kingdom (Joel Rosario/Chad Brown) won the $200,000 Grade 2 Pilgrim Stakes. This is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race.
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.
- 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.
- Race 8: First Peace (Mike Smith/Mark Glatt) won the Grade 2 $750,000 Eddie D Stakes.
- 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.
- 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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