Aidan O'Brien's 2-year-olds have carried the fight through the late summer and autumn, and he is loaded up with potential improvers in both the Criterium International (G1) and the Criterium de Saint-Cloud (G1) Oct. 25 at Saint-Cloud Racecourse
Hymn put forth what his conditioner deemed a career-best move, drilling 4 furlongs in :46 3/5 Oct. 24 to lead a packed slate of Breeders' Cup breezers on the day.
It's been a decade since the Masson family, who breed and race as Green Lantern Stables, last dared to dream of a Breeders' Cup victory. Evanescence has brought those hopes back to life—and in the family's adopted home state, no less.
Although the 11-1 shot looked green in front, Giant Sequoia also looked very classy as he powered clear for a 3-length win from Gran Dia, with Ballydoyle stablemate Noble Exhibit—the 11-8 favorite—another length away in third.
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.
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.
Sporting his Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) saddle towel but with a start in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) still very much in play, Knightsbridge breezed 4 furlongs in :48 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.