Future Stars Friday - The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Races

A few years back, when the Breeders' Cup decided to run all of the Juvenile races on Friday (instead of all the female races), they came up with the name "Future Stars Friday," since the two-year-olds running are supposed to be the "Stars of Tomorrow."  Some of the juveniles will have their best races this year, and as they mature will not be as superb as they were in 2021; others will continue to excel, and will, indeed, become stars of thoroughbred racing in the next handful of years.  No one can tell what the future will bring.

  This year's Breeders' Cup is at Del Mar, the track that Bing Crosby and other rich racing fans built and opened in 1937 in California.  Trevor Denman is the usual track announcer at Del Mar, but he slipped on the stairs of his deck and badly injured his back.  Larry Collmus, who calls the races for NBC for the Triple Crown, and the Breeders' Cup, will cover for Trevor for the entire season at Del Mar.

   As usual, when I list these races, I will be listing (a) the post position, (b) the name of the entry, (c) the morning line betting odds, (d) the sire's name, and (e) the dam's name.  I will also be making my usual odd, personal commentaries for each group of entries in each race.

   The first race is the Juvenile Turf Sprint - a field of 12 is allowed, and there are two horses on the waiting list (in case of scratches).  The fillies carry 119 pounds, while the boys carry 122 pounds.  There are 5 fillies entered (plus one on the wait list); they are:  Averly Jane, Derrynane, Kaufymaker, Twilight Gleaming, and Vertiginous (Thunder Love on the wait list).  Of the boys, two are geldings: One Timer and Time to Party.  Of the current twelve selected to run, one colt was bred in Great Britain; two, a filly and a colt, were bred in New York; four were bred in Kentucky, two fillies and the two geldings; and five were bred in Ireland, two fillies and three colts.  Three are chestnuts (a colt, a filly, and a gelding), and the rest are bays or dark browns. Each of the 12 entries have a different sire.

Juvenile Turf Sprint   $1 million guaranteed    5 furlongs   2:50 PDT

1.    Twilight Jet (IRE)                15 to 1       Twilight Son (GB)          My Lucky Liz (IRE)

2.    Kaufymaker                        12 to 1        Jimmy Creed                  Heaven's Touch

3.    Go Bears Go (IRE)             15 to 1        Kodi Bear (IRE)             In Dubai

4.    Vertiginous (IRE)              20 to 1         Oasis Dream (GB)          Precipitous (IRE)

5.    Hierarchy (IRE)                 12 to 1         Mehmas (IRE)               Cheworee (GB)

6.    Twilight Gleaming (IRE)    4 to 1          National Defense (GB)    Thames Pageant (GB)

7.    Armor (GB)                        6 to 1          No Nay Never                 Hestia (FR)

8.    Averly Jane                        5 to 2           Midshipman                   Sh Sh Shakin'

9.    One Timer                          4 to 1           Trappe Shot                   Spanish Star

10.  Time To Party                  15 to 1            Kantharos                      Party Smart

11.  Derrynane                        12 to 1            Quality Road                 Portmagee

12.  Run Curtis Run               20 to 1            Summer Front               My Magic Moment

   **  Wait list:   (13)  Thunder Love      (14)  Sumter  **

   The second Breeders' Cup race on Friday is the Juvenile Fillies; all of the girls carry 122 pounds.  There are only 6 entries this year; five were bred in Kentucky, with Desert Dawn bred in Arizona.  There is one chestnut (Tarabi), and the others are bay or dark brown.  A different sire for each entry.

Juvenile Fillies      $2 million guaranteed   1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)   3:30 PDT

1.    Desert Dawn               20 to 1        Cupid                 Ashley's Glory

2.    Hidden Connection      5 to 2         Connect             CJ's Gal

3.    Sequist                        15 to 1         Nyquist              Secret Garden (PER)

4.    Tarabi                         12 to 1         First Samurai    Indian Bay

5.    Juju's Map                   5 to 2          Liam's Map       Nagambie

6.    Echo Zulu                   4 to 5           Gun Runner      Letgomyecho

More Than Ready has three fillies in the BC Juvenile

Fillies Turf

   The Juvenile Fillies Turf is the third Breeders' Cup race on Friday; all entries carry 122 pounds.  If there are no scratches there will be a full field of 14 entries.  Ten of the fillies are bay or dark brown, two are chestnuts, and two are gray/roans.  Nine were bred in Kentucky, four in Ireland, and 1 in Great Britain.  More Than Ready sired three of the fillies, so 10 stallions are represented.

Juvenile Fillies Turf      $1 million guaranteed      1 mile (8 furlongs)      4:10 PDT

1.    Pizza Bianca                5 to 1      Fastnet Rock (AUS)       White Hot (IRE)

2.    Cairo Memories         12 to 1     Cairo Prince                    Incarnate Memories

3.    Cachet (IRE)              12 to 1     Aclaim (IRE)                   Poyle Sophie (GB)

4.    Turnerloose                12 to 1     Nyquist                            Goaltending

5.    Bubble Rock               8 to 1      More Than Ready           Reef Point

6.    Hello You (IRE)        10 to 1      Invincible Spirit (IRE)   Lucrece (GB)

7.    Consumer Spending   8 to 1       More Than Ready           Siempre Mia

8.    Sail By                      20 to 1       Astern (AUS)                  Fly By

9.    Koala Princess           6 to 1        More Than Ready          Koala Queen

10.  Helen's Well (IRE)    30 to 1       Kodi Bear (IRE)            Ever Evolving (FR)

11.  Haughty                    10 to 1        Empire Maker               Soaring Emotions

12.  Malavath (IRE)          8 to 1        Mehmas (IRE)               Fidaaha (IRE)

13.  Mise En Scene (GB)  6 to 1        Siyouni (FR)                   Gadfly (GB)

14.  California Angel         8 to 1        California Chrome        Sea Mona

   The penultimate Breeders' Cup race on Friday is the Juvenile.  Fourteen entries are allowed, but there are only 12, if there are no scratches.  All the boys carry 122 pounds.  Ten of the colts were Kentucky bred, while Oviatt Class is from Virginia, and Pappacap is Florida bred.  There are two chestnuts, three gray/roans, and seven bays or dark browns.  Twelve stallions for twelve entries.

Juvenile       $2 million guaranteed      1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)      4:50 PDT

1.    Jack Christopher                9 to 5       Munnings              Rushin No Blushin

2.    Jasper Great                      15 to 1      Arrogate                Shop Again

3.    Oviatt Class                      20 to 1      Bernardini            Occasionally

4.    Pappacap                          15 to 1      Gun Runner          Pappascat

5.    Double Thunder               15 to 1       Super Saver          Rattataptap

6.    American Sanctuary        30 to 1      American Freedom    Haven's Honey

7.    Giant Game                     30 to 1       Giant's Causeway      Game for More

8.    Barossa                            10 to 1       Into Mischief         Bouquet Booth

9.    Pinehurst                          8 to 1         Twirling Candy     Giant Win

10.  Commandperformance    5 to 1         Union Rags            Smitten

11.  Tough to Tame                30 to 1         Speightster            She'sa Tough Tiger

12.  Corniche                          5 to 2          Quality Road        Wasted Tears

Dubawi (IRE) has three sons entered in the BC Juvenile Turf

  The Juvenile Turf closes out the day's Breeders' Cup races, with a full field of 14, plus two on the wait list in case of scratches.  Albahr is the lonely gelding among the other 13 colts.  Dubawi (IRE) is the sire of 3 of the entries, along with 11other stallions.  Five of the colts are chestnuts, the others are bay or dark brown.  Seven are Kentucky bred, four are from Ireland, two from New York, and one from Great Britain (even though both of his parents were Irish bred).  Each entry carries 122 pounds.

Juvenile Turf       $1 million guaranteed       1 mile (8 furlongs)      5:30 PDT

1.    Modern Games (IRE)      5 to 1       Dubawi (IRE)             Modern Ideals (GB)

2.    Albahr (GB)                     6 to 1       Dubawi (IRE)             Falls of Lora (IRE)

3.    Dakota Gold                    8 to 1        Freud                          Dakota Kid

4.    Tiz the Bomb                  8 to 1         Hit It a Bomb             Tiz the Key

5.    Slipstream                      12 to 1        More Than Ready     Cake Baby

6.    Mackinnon                     8 to 1          American Pharoah     Scat Means Go

7.    Great Max (IRE)           20 to 1        Wootton Bassett (GB)    Teeslemee (FR)

8.    Glounthaune (IRE)       12 to 1          Kodiac (GB)                Khaimah (GB)

9.    Stolen Base                   20 to 1          Bodemeister                Running Wild

10.  Portfolio Company         6 to 1          Kitten's Joy                 Iteration  

11.  Grafton Street                15 to 1         War Front                   Lahinch Classics (IRE)

12.  Credibility                     30 to 1          Nyquist                       Class Edge

13.  Coinage                         15 to 1          Tapit                           Bar of Gold

14.  Dubawi Legend (IRE)   15 to 1          Dubawi (IRE)            Lovely Pass (IRE)

     **  wait list:   (15)   Ready to Purrform     (16)   Detroit City  **

  Have fun!