Queen's Plate winner and the 'Queen' of Canada trained at Keeneland on Tuesday morning preparing for the Breeders' Cup
Keeneland
Undefeated Flightline won the Pacific Classic (G1) with a 126 Beyer speed figure from Daily Racing Form, one of the highest ever.
Woodbine trainers Kevin Attard, Nathan Squires and Roger Attfield have starters in the 39th Championships at Keeneland Nov. 4 and 5.
Canadian-owned X-Men Racing have named legendary jockey Frankie Dettori on their star filly and 2-year-old filly Last Call.
Also at Keeneland, two-time Canadian Horse of the Year Mighty Heart runs out of gas and finishes sixth in the Grade 3 Ben Ali.
The penultimate day of racing at the Keeneland spring meet also features the return of Ontario-bred multi-millionaire Channel Maker.
Charles Fipke's homebred horse came from far off the slow pace to win the prestigious race over Chad Brown trainee Masen.
The major stepping stone races for the Derby are done and the Chad Brown-trained colt is added to a very interesting potential field.
Opening day, April 8, features the Ashland Stakes (G1) with ON-bred Interstatedaydream in the field; Saturday it's the Blue Grass Stakes (G1).
Newly-crowned Sovereign Award Champion Turf Male Say the Word wins big, Horse of the Year Mighty Heart fights hard.
The U.S. horses figure to rule at Keeneland's Breeders' Cup, at least on the dirt, but the overseas horses are a solid group.
Canada's reigning Horse of the Year is listed at 10-to-1; Gretkzy The Great post 11 for Juvenile Turf at Breeders' Cup.
A small group of Canadian-based, owned, trained or bred horses were pre-entered for the two-day Breeders' Cup.
Starship Jubilee, Lady Speightspeare and Channel Maker are among the stars Canadians can cheer for at the two-day Cup in November.
The World Championships, offering $31 million in purses, will go on but due to the COVID-19 pandemic fans will not be in attendance.
