On a day loaded with Breeders' Cup contenders putting in their last major bit of fine tuning, multiple grade 1 winner Magnitude looked like a horse whose tank is on overflow, turning in a 5-furlong move in 1:01 Oct. 24 at Keeneland.
After winning the Oct. 23 Valley View Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland with Woodslane Racing's Sister Troienne, trainer Brian Lynch's upbeat mood continued into the morning of Oct. 24 at Churchill Downs, where he worked two of his stable's stars.
A year after White Abarrio was scratched from the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar prompting a lawsuit by his owners, trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. and some of White Abarrio's ownership partners return to the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland.
After spending the summer racing in Canada, Americathegreat shipped south to New York and posted her first stakes win, notching a half-length victory Oct. 23 in the $200,000 Sands Point Stakes (G3T) for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park.
In this week's On Racing, since the inaugural running in 1984, the Breeders' Cup has perennially weathered the defections of some of racing's biggest stars in the weeks leading up to the event.
As the Arqana October Yearling Sale ends on a sedate note Oct. 23, a colt by Haras d'Etreham's City Light led the way when selling to agents Ruben Seror and Sebastien Desmontils.
Multiple horses pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup had their final workouts prior to the World Championships, including Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Golden Tempo and his stablemate Englishman, who will be favored in the Sprint.