Woodbine runners Master of the Seas and Nobals also featured largely during a thrilling day of racing at Santa Anita.
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Gary Barber's grey two-year-old had to go fast on the pace and stayed on well to land a Grade 1 placing on Future Stars Friday.
Horse-by-horse activity and notes from Thursday, November 2 as the 40th Breeders' Cup Classic nears for its competitors.
Popular Canadian horses are California dreamin' at the 40th Breeders' Cup, seeking to bring home a big win for the north.
Tracy Farmer's Irish-bred mare was one of the top horses at Woodbine in 2023 and a Breeders' Cup win would put a cherry on top
The Breeders' Cup World Championships begin Friday and 14 races will be run over two days at Santa Anita in California.
A small Canadian contingent is on the west coast for the Breeders' Cup including 2022 Horse of the Year Moira.
Canada's Champion Female Sprinter of 2022 beat the boys in a big effort and is scheduled to be sold at Keeneland on November 8.
A young leading sire in Ontario is headed west for a partnership of Ivan Dalos and Manitoba breeder Jeff Goy.
And longtime Woodbine racing supporter Gabe Grossberg's homebred filly Olivia Rose cantered to a big win in the South Ocean.
Post positions will be drawn when entries are made next week for the 40th Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Howard Walton, David Anderson, Saintsbury Farm, Apricot Valley were among the sellers and Catherine Day Phillips, Mike DePaulo among buyers.
In addition to Jack, there were some amazing claiming horses who won a bunch of races at the Winnipeg track in 2023.
Colebrook Farms' gelding wins Overskate and Terra Racing's Fashionably Fab wins the Eternal Search for Ontario-sired horses.
In what is said to be Dettori's final ride in England, the jockey guided King of Steel to a hard-fought win in the Champion Stakes (G1).