With the scratch of the morning-line favorite Somerset West, Green Carrera is expected to be the betting choice in the Autumn Miss Stakes (G3T) Oct. 25 at Santa Anita Park.
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.
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.
To say that the success of the esteemed Phipps Stable is all in the family is an understatement, with the historic operation now headed by the fourth generation of one of racing's most revered families.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.