Breeders Cup Juvenile Races Taking Place Friday, 3 November 2023 at Santa Anita

 The 40th set of Breeders Cup Races will be run this weekend at Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, California.  There will be 5 races run Friday- "Future Stars Friday" - that will feature the 2-year-olds only; and on Saturday, nine Breeders Cup races will be for 3-year-olds and up.  The races will be televised on both days.  Friday, the coverage will be on USA and on Fan Duel Racing channels.  Check your local listings for times of coverage.

  The lowest guaranteed purse for this year's Breeder Cup Races is $1 million.  On Friday, the 2-years-olds will be competing for purses of either $1 million or $2 million.  The first Breeders Cup race of Friday is the Juvenile Turf Sprint, open to both fillies and colts, with the fillies receiving a 3 pound weight advantage.  The other four races are divided between the sexes, with all equines carrying 122 pounds.  The Juvenile Turf Sprint is limited to 12 entries; the other 4 races are open to 14 entries.  There are several entries in 3 of the Juvenile races waiting "on stand-by," in case any of the entries withdraw due to illness or injury.

   If you're betting on the races, be sure to check out the new betting couplings that the Breeders Cup has introduced this year.  You can see them on both the Breeders Cup and Santa Anita Race Track websites. (And if you have a gambling problem or addiction, please seek help.)

   I'll post one of my usual (off-the-wall) commentaries about each race, pertaining to the entries.  That will be followed by the post number drawn, the entry's name, the morning line betting odds, sire's name, and dam's name.  The post time will be listed for Eastern Daylight Time and Pacific Daylight Time.

Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint  -  5 furlongs  -  $1 million  -  5:00 EDT; 2:00 PDT

   This race id open to both sexes; there are 4 fillies who will carry 119 pounds, while the 8 colts will carry 122 pounds.  There are 3 horses on the stand-by list; a colt and 2 fillies.  In my listing, I will place an asterisk (*) beside the names of the fillies when I list the entries for this race.

    With this being a turf race, half of the 12 horse field were bred in the United Kingdom - 5 in Ireland and 1 in Great Britain.  Five of the other half were bred in Kentucky, while Shards was bred in Florida.  Four of the equines are chestnut (Crimson Advocate, Shards, Amidst Waves, and Committee of One), and eight are bay.  Two of the entries share the same sire, No Nay Never: No Nay Mets (IRE) and Cherry Blossom (IRE).

1.    Crimson Advocate*    4 to 1     Nyquist    Citizen Advocate

2.    No Nay Mets (IRE)     4 to 1     No Nay Never    Etoile

3.    Tiger Belle* (IRE)     15 to 1     Cotai Glory (GB)    Dark Acclamation (IRE)

4.    Big Evs (IRE)     3 to 1     Blue Point (IRE)    Hana Lina (GB)

5.    Givemethebeatboys (IRE)     15 to 1     Bungle Inthejungle (GB)    Dromana (IRE)

6.    Starlust (GB)     20 to 1     Zoustar (AUS)    Beyond Desire (GB)

7.    Shards     15 to 1     Bucchero    Cynthia's Fury

8.    Cherry Blossom* (IRE)     12 to 1     No Nay Never    Canada Water (GB)

9.    Amidst Waves*     8 to 1     Midshipman    Troublesome

10.  Valiant Force     12 to 1     Malibu Moon    Vigui's Heart

11.  Slider     8 to 1     Jimmy Creed    Day's Like This

12.  Committee of One     8 to 1     Mendelssohn    Sweetest Sound

**On stand-by

13.  Hedwig     Maclean's Music    Mrs. Norris

14.  Asean* (IRE)     Ten Sovereigns (IRE)    Eria (IRE)

15.  April Vintage*     Vino Rosso    Beautissimo

!!!! Hedwig, #13, has scratched from the stand-by list on 2 November.

Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies  -  1 1/16 miles  -  $2 million  -  5:40 EDT; 2:40 PDT

   This race has 13 fillies vying on the main dirt track, each carrying the weight of 122 pounds.  All of the fillies were bred in Kentucky, except Accomodate Eva, who was bred in Louisiana.  The field of thirteen consists of ten bays, with Scalable being the only gray/roan, and Omaha Girl and Alys Beach being chestnuts.  Ten stallions are represented in this race, with Gun Runner the sire of Chatalas and Life Talk, and Omaha Beach the sire of Omaha Girl and Alys Beach.

1.    Candied     4 to 1     Candy Ride (ARG)    Toni Tools

2.    Jody's Pride     15 to 1     American Pharoah    Jody's Song

3.    Scalable     20 to 1     Speightstown    Passion Flower

4.    Where's My Ring     30 to 1     Twirling Candy    Mapit

5.    Omaha Girl     30 to 1     Omaha Beach    Anchorage

6.    Chatalas     8 to 1     Gun Runner    Indian Safari

7.    Tamara     4 to 5     Bolt d'Oro    Beholder

8.    Esprit Enchante     20 to 1     Tapit    Enchanted Ghost

9.    Brightwork     12 to 1     Outwork    Clarendon Fancy

10.  Accomodate Eva     30 to 1     Munnings    Accomodate

11.  Life Talk   20 to 1     Gun Runner    Touchy Feely

12.  Just F Y I     8 to 1     Justify    Star Act

13.  Alys Beach     30 to 1     Omaha Beach    Pray for Leslie

!!!! Alys Beach, #13, has scratched from the Fillies race on 2 November.

Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf  -  1 mile  -  $1 million  -  6:20 EDT; 3:20 PDT

   This race has a full field of 14 fillies, with at least 2 "on stand-by" in case of injury or illness.  All entries will carry 122 pounds for 1one mile on the turf track.  Four of the fillies were bred in Ireland, and one is French-bred.  Nine of the regular field (and the 2 stand-bys) were bred in Kentucky.  Six of the fillies are chestnut and eight are bay.  Justify has two daughters in the race, Buchu and Hard to Justify; as does Starspangledbanner (AUS), with Laulne (FR) and Carla's Way (IRE).     

1.    Buttercream Babe     30 to 1     Twirling Candy    Runway Ready

2.    Flattery     20 to 1     Flatter     Mystic Miracle

3.    Buchu     6 to 1     Justify    Flowering Peach (IRE)

4.    Laulne (FR)     15 to 1     Starspangledbanner (AUS)    Lady Francesca (GB)

5.    Content (IRE)     15 to 1     Galileo (IRE)    Mecca's Angel (IRE)

6.    Porta Fortuna (IRE)     5 to 1     Caravaggio    Too Precious (IRE)

7.    Gala Brand     12 to 1     Violence    Olorda (GER)

8.    Life's An Audible     15 to 1     Audible    Catkins

9.    Carla's Way (IRE)     6 to 1     Starspangledbanner (AUS)    Sulaalaat (GB)

10.  Austere     12 to 1     Mendelssohn    Argumentative (GB)

11.  She Feels Pretty    4 to 1     Karakontie (JPN)    Summer Sweet

12.  Hard to Justify     6 to 1     Justify    Instant Reflex

13.  Dreamfrye     15 to 1     Flameaway    Appreciating

14.  Les Pavots (IRE)     8 to 1     No Nay Never    Sparrow (IRE)

**  On stand-by

15.  Go With Gusto      Medaglio d'Oro    Itsagiantcauseway

16.  Mo Fox Givin     Mo Town    Givine (FR)  

Breeders Cup Juvenile  -  1 1/16 miles  -  $2 million  -  7:00 EDT; 4:00 PDT

    Only eleven juvenile colts chose to enter this race, so it is not a full field.  All colts will carry 122 pounds  1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on the main dirt track.  Nine of the colts were bred in Kentucky, while The Wine Steward was bred in New York, and Cuban Thunder was bred in Ireland.  Ireland denotes brown as a separate color from bay, and Cuban Thunder is a brown colt. Noted is a gray/roan colt, while Wine Me Up, General Partner, and Locked are chestnuts.  The other six colts are bays.  Two stallions are represented by two colts each: Vino Rosso by The Wine Steward and Wine Me Up; and Speightstown by Prince of Monaco and General Partner.

1.    The Wine Steward     8 to 1     Vino Rosso    Call to Service

2.    Prince of Monaco     4 to 1     Speightstown    Rainier

3.    Wine Me Up     15 to 1     Vino Rosso    Deanaallen'skitten

4.    Timberlake     4 to 1     Into Mischief    Pin Up (IRE)

5.    Ecoro Neo     30 to 1     Bernardini    Smoke Signals

6.    Locked     7 to 2     Gun Runner    Luna Rosa

7.    Cuban Thunder (IRE)     30 to 1     Profitable (IRE)    Grace Rafaela (IRE)

8.    General Partner     8 to 1     Speightstown    Fleeting Humor

9.    Fierceness     6 to 1     City of Light    Nonna Bella

10.  Muth     4 to 1     Good Magic    Hoppa

11.  Noted     20 to 1     Cairo Prince    Sea View Millie

!!!!  Ecoro Neo (5) scratched on 1 November.

Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf  -  1 mile  -  $1 million  -  7:40 EDT; 4:40 PDT

   There is a full field of 14 entries, plus 4 colts "on stand-by" for this 1 mile race on the turf course.  All entries will carry 122 pounds.  This race has two entries bred in Ireland, one in France, and Fulmineo was bred in Maryland.  The other ten entries were bred in Kentucky.  Please note that Stay Hot is a ridgling.  There are two chestnuts in the field: Air Recruit and Carson's Run; two gray/roans, My Boy Prince and Liam's Journey; and one brown, Irish-bred Mountain Bear.  The other nine colts are bays.  Two stallions are represented by two sons each: Wootten Bassett (GB), by River Tiber (IRE) and Unquestionable (FR); and Quality Road by Tok Tok and Agate Road.

1.    Air Recruit     20 to 1     Air Force Blue    Werewolf

2.    River Tiber (IRE)     3 to 1     Wootten Bassett (GB)   Transcendence (IRE)

3.    Tok Tok     20 to 1     Quality Road    In Tune

4.    Can Group     12 to 1     Good Samaritan   Blue Gallina

5.    My Boy Prince     8 to 1     Cairo Prince    Hopping Not Hoping

6.    Stay Hot     20 to 1     Summer Front    Etsu

7.    Agate Road     8 to 1     Quality Road    Yellow Agate

8.    Unquestionable (FR)     4 to 1     Wootten Bassett (GB)    Strawberry Lace (GB)

9.    Endlessly     5 to 1     Oscar Performance    Dream Fuhrever

10.  Fulmineo     20 to 1     Bolt d'Oro    Starr of Quality

11.  Liam's Journey     30 to 1     Liam's Map    Lough Derg

12.  Mountain Bear (IRE)     12 to 1     No Nay Never    Holy Alliance (IRE)

13.  Grand Mo the First     20 to 1     Uncle Mo    Lilies So Fair

14.  Carson's Run      6 to 1     Cupid    Hot N Hectic

!!!! Liam's Journey (11) scratched on 1 November.