Canadian/Ontario-breds MOIRA, MY BOY PRINCE and LUCKY SCORE are entered in Breeders’ Cup races over the two-day World Championships at Santa Anita on November 3 and 4.
Each of the Canuck-breds are in quite tough in their races. Moira is in the Filly & Mare Turf and she was a belated 5th in the race last year at Keeneland. This year she will be meeting British gal Inspiral, a multiple Group 1 winner, In Italian, among others. My Boy Prince will be trying two turns for the first time but he is speedy and may like the Santa Anita turf course in the Juvenile Turf on Friday.
Lucky Score, bred by James and Janeane Everatt and Arika Everatt-Meeuse, is a stretch-running sprinter who is a graded stakes winner on the Woodbine turf but unproven at the Breeders’ Cup Mile distance.
In addition, Canadian owner and trainer CHARLES FIPKE and ROGER ATTFIELD have brought their mighty horse SHIRL’S SPEIGHT back to the Mile, a race in which he was second last year at Keeneland.
Woodbine’s perennial leading trainer MARK CASSE has FEV ROVER (Ire) in the Filly & Mare Turf (against Moira) and hopes to get a scratch so that GO WITH GUSTO gets in the Juvenile Fillies Turf for Woodbine’s leading owner Gary Barber. Go With Gusto, a Kentucky-bred, is also in the Juvenile Fillies field on dirt.
Casse also has Kentucky-bred CAN GROUP in the Juvenile Turf for D J Stable and Cash is King, LLC. Other Canadian owners, Peter Redekop, X-Men Racing and Bruno Schickedanz, have entered horses who are on the also eligible lists in their respective races.
And Lou and Carlo Tucci’s Tucci Stables are headed to the Breeders’ Cup with AUSTERE, an undefeated two-year-old filly they own in partnership with Bradley Thoroughbreds, Gary Finder, Cambron Equine and Belmar Racing and Breeding. The daughter of Mendolssohn is trained by Brendan Walsh.
A total of 205 horses were entered in 14 races and there are 59 international invaders who were pre-entered, those coming from Japan and Europe.
The 40th Breeders’ Cup World Championships begins with Future Stars Friday which starts at 5 p.m. eastern.
Interestingly, on Cup Saturday the Classic will not be the traditional last race, but will be third-last with two sprint events following it.
FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 3 Race Distance Age/Sex Purse Post time (EST)
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) 5 Furlongs (Turf) 2 Year Olds $1 Million 5:00pm
NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) 1 1/16 Miles 2 Year Old Fillies $2 Million 5:40pm
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) 1 Mile (Turf) 2 Year Old Fillies $1 Million 6:20pm
FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) presented by TAA (G1) 1 1/16 Miles 2 Year Old Colts & Geldings $2 Million 7:00pm
Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) 1 Mile (Turf) 2 Year Olds $1 Million 7:40pm
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4
Race Distance Age/Sex Purse Post*
Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) 1 Mile 3 Year Olds & Up $1 Million 2:30pm
Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) 1 1/4 Miles (Turf) 3 Year Olds & Up
Fillies & Mares $2 Million 3:10pm
PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) 7 furlongs 3 Year Olds & Up
Fillies & Mares $1 Million 3:50pm
FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) 1 Mile (Turf) 3 Year Olds & Up $2 Million 4:30pm
Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) 1 1/8 miles 3 Year Olds & Up
Fillies & Mares $2 Million 5:10pm
Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) 1 1/2 miles (Turf) 3 Year Olds & Up $4 Million 5:50pm
Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) 1 1/4 miles 3 Year Olds & Up $6 Million 6:40pm
Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) 5 Furlongs (Turf) 3 Year Olds & Up $1 Million 7:25pm
Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) 6 Furlongs 3 Year Olds & Up $2 Million 8:00pm
for more, visit www.breederscup.com and http://www.horse-races.net/library/bc23-pps.htm
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