40th Breeders Cup Races on Saturday, 4 November 2023
The 40th annual Breeders Cup World Championship races will start on Friday, 3 November 2023, at Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, California. There are five juvenile races on "Future Stars Friday" which I described in my previous blog. There have been 4 scratches in the Juvenile races so far, and those are noted in that blog posting.
Today I'm writing about the 9 races being run Saturday, all for equines 3 years of age and older. The races begin at 2:30 EDT (11:30 PDT), and there is television coverage on USA, Fan Duel Racing, NBC and Peacock. Check your local listings for viewing times and availability. The purse money in each of the 9 races varies from $1 million to $6 million.
There have been 6 scratches in Saturday's races since the post positions were drawn: in the first Breeders Cup race of the day, the Dirt Mile, there is one scratch, #7, Algiers (IRE), due to heat in his right foreleg on 1 November; the entry of #2, Practical Move, was withdrawn due to his unfortunate and untimely death. After galloping, Practical Move was walking back to the barn area when he collapsed and died. A necropsy is being performed, but it appeared to be a heart attack, according to those with him. Practical Move was a 3-year-old bay colt, bred in Kentucky, by Practical Joke and out of Ack Naughty.
There is a scratch of #6, Get Smokin, in the Turf. Get Smokin is a 6-year-old chestnut gelding bred in Kentucky, by Get Stormy and out of Hookah Lady. The reason for the scratch is "old ankles."
In the Classic, Arcangelo, who drew post #1, was scratched due to a continuing hoof problem. His trainer and owner had hoped the 3-year-old would recover enough to enter the race, but his hoof problem continues.
In the Turf Sprint, Bradsell, #2, has scratched today, as has the first eligible "stand-by" One Timer, #13; Beer Can Man, #14, has drawn in.
As usual, I'll make my own weird comments about the field in each race. Three of the nine races are for the female sex only, the other six allow both sexes to compete, with the ladies receiving a 3 pound weight allowance (for example, a 3-year-old colt would carry 123 pounds, while a filly the same age would carry 120 pounds). All of the races are weight for age, with 3-year-olds assigned a lesser weight. In posting the entries, after the entry's name, if the entry is a female (other than in the 3 all ladies races) there will be and asterisk after the name, and an [age-weight assigned] before the morning line betting odds, sire's name, and dam's name. (Example: 1. Betty's Bullet* [3 -120] 20 to 1 Johan Grace)
!!!! ATTENTION !!!! SCRATCHES :
Turf Mile - Exaulted, #12 - Distaff - Pretty Mischievous, # 3 - Turf - Bolshoi Ballet (IRE), #4 - Sprint - American Theorem, #3
Breeders Cup Dirt Mile - 1 Mile - $1 million - 2:30 EDT; 11:30 PDT
There will be, if there are no further scratches, only 7 entries in this race,run over the dirt track. Five of the seven entries will carry 126 pounds, while the two youngsters in the outside gates, Shirl's Bee and National Treasure will have 123 pounds on their backs. Charge It is a gray/roan, Shirl's Bee is a chestnut, and the other five are bays. All of the field are colts - no fillies or mares are entered - and all were bred in Kentucky.
1. Stage Raider [5-126] 15 to 1 Pioneerof the Nile Stage Magic
3. Cody's Wish [5-126] 9 to 5 Curlin Dance Card
4. Zozos [4-126] 6 to 1 Munnings Papa's Forest
5. Charge It [4-126] 5 to 1 Tapit I'll Take Charge
6. Skippylongstocking [4-126] 12 to 1 Exaggerator Twinkling
8. Shirl's Bee [3-123] 20 to 1 Bee Jersey Shirl's Soul
9. National Treasure [3-123] 8 to 1 Quality Road Treasure
Cody's Wish will run in the BC Dirt Mile
Breeders Cup Fillies & Mares Turf - 1 1/4 miles - $2 million - 3:10 EDT; 12:10 PDT
Twelve ladies will compete for this title, run at the American "Classic" distance of 1 and 1/4 miles on the grass. All of the contestants were bred outside of the United States, with Moira being bred in Ontario, Canada; eight bred in the United Kingdom, one in France, one in Argentina and one in Japan. The ladies range in age from 3 to 6; Win Marilyn (JPN) is the 6-year-old. Three of the ladies are chestnuts [In Italian (GB), Win Marilyn (JPN), and Lumiere Rock (IRE)] and the rest are bays. Stallion Frankel (GB) has 3 daughters running in this race: With the Moonlight (IRE), Inspiral (GB), and McKulick (GB). Jockey great Frankie Dettori will be riding the morning line betting favorite, 4-year-old Inspiral (GB). Lumiere Rock (IRE) is a descendant of Sunday Silence, winner of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Breeders Cup Classic.
1. In Italian (GB) [5-124] 4 to 1 Dubawi (IRE) Florentina (AUS)
2. Warm Heart (IRE) [3-120] 3 to 1 Galileo (IRE) Sea Siren (AUS)
3. With the Moonlight (IRE) [4-124] 20 to 1 Frankel (GB) Sand Vixen (GB)
4. Moira [4-124] 12 to 1 Ghostzapper Devine Aida
5. Win Marilyn (JPN) [6-124] 20 to 1 Screen Hero (JPN) Cosmo Cielo (AUS)
6. Inspiral (GB) [4-124] 5 to 2 Frankel (GB) Starscope (GB)
7. Lindy (FR) [3-120] 12 to 1 Le Havre (IRE) Llanita (GB)
8. Fev Rover (IRE) [5-124] 8 to 1 Gutaifan (IRE) Laurelita (IRE)
9. Didia (ARG) [5-124] 8 to 1 Orpen Delambre (BRZ)
10. McKulick (GB) [4-124] 15 to 1 Frankel (GB) Astrelle (IRE)
11. Lumiere Rock (IRE) [3-120] 12 to 1 Saxon Warrior (JPN) Last Gold (FR)
12. State Occasion (GB) [5-124] 20 to 1 Iffraaj (GB) Forest Crown (GB)
Breeders Cup Fillies & Mares Sprint - 7 furlongs - $1 million - 3:50 EDT; 12:50 PDT
There are nine entries in the 7/8 mile Sprint on the dirt track; eight were bred in Kentucky, with Meikei Yell bred in Japan. There is only one 3-year-old running in this race - Clearly Unhinged, #2 - and she will carry 122 pounds while the other eight older ladies are assigned 124 pounds apiece. Two of the entries, Goodnight Olive and Meikei Yell (JPN), are 5 years old; the other 6 fillies are 4 years old. Society is a chestnut filly; all other starters are bay. Into Mischief is represented by two daughters: Clearly Unhinged and Three Witches. Meikei Yell (JPN) is also a descendant of Sunday Silence.
1. Goodnight Olive [5-124] 6 to 5 Ghostzapper Salty Strike
2. Clearly Unhinged [3-122] 12 to 1 Into Mischief Smart Win
3. Eda [4-124] 10 to 1 Munnings Show Me
4. Matareya [4-124] 6 to 1 Pioneerof the Nile Innovative Idea
5. Kirstenbosch [4-124] 10 to 1 Midnight Lute Llandudno
6. Meikei Yell (JPN) [5-124] 15 to 1 Mikki Isle (JPN) Shiroinger (JPN)
7. Society [4-124] 5 to 2 Gun Runner Etiquette
8. Three Witches [4-124] 30 to 1 Into Mischief Layreebelle
9. Yuugiri [4-124] 8 to 1 Shackleford Yuzuru
Goodnight Olive won last year's BC Fillies and Mares Sprint...
Breeders Cup (Turf) Mile - 1 mile - $2 million - 4:30 EDT; 1:30 PDT
If there are no scratches, this race will have a full field of 14 entries of both sexes; females receive a 3 pound weight allowance, according to their age group. In this field of 14, there are 4 females and 4 geldings. The horses represent the United States, Canada, Ireland and Japan. Lucky Score was bred in Ontario, Canada; Win Carnelian and Songline were bred in Japan; and Mawj, Kelina, and Master of the Seas were bred in Ireland. The other eight entries were bred in Kentucky. The oldest entry is 7 years old, and there are also three 3-year-olds. All of the entries are bays, except Win Carnelian (JPN), who is chestnut. The four geldings are: Lucky Score, Du Jour, Astronomer, and Master of the Seas. Both of the horses bred in Japan are descendants of Sunday Silence.
1. Shirl's Speight [6-126] 30 to 1 Speightstown Perfect Shirl
2. Gina Romantica* [4-123] 12 to 1 Into Mischief Special Me
3. Casa Creed [7-126] 8 to 1 Jimmy Creed Achalaya
4. Win Carnelian (JPN) [6-126] 30 to 1 Screen Hero (JPN) Cosmo Crystal (JPN)
5. Lucky Score [5-126] 30 to 1 Lookin At Lucky Miss Matzo
6. Mawj* (IRE) [3-120] 4 to 1 Exceed and Excel (AUS) Modern Ideals (GB)
7. Masteroffoxhounds [6-126] 30 to 1 War Front Outstanding (IRE)
8. Du Jour [5-126] 15 to 1 Temple City Guiltless
9. Astronomer [4-126] 20 to 1 Air Force Blue Qaraaba (GB)
10. Songline* (JPN) [5-123] 5 to 2 Kizuna (JPN) Luminous Parade (JPN)
11. Kelina* (IRE) [3-120] 6 to 1 Frankel (GB) Incahoots (GB)
12. Exaulted [6-126] 20 to 1 Twirling Candy Gilded Miracle
13. More Than Looks [3-123] 15 to 1 More Than Ready Ladies' Privilege
14. Master of the Seas (IRE) [5-126] 7 to 2 Dubawi (IRE) Firth of Lorne (IRE)
Breeders Cup Distaff - 1 1/8 miles - $2 million - 5:10 EDT; 2:10 PDT
There are eleven starters scheduled to leave the gates on the main dirt track in the Distaff this year. The ladies range in age from 3 to 6 years; nine were bred in Kentucky, one in Arizona (Desert Dawn), and one in Chile (La Da Vida). La Da Vida (CHI) is the oldest entry at 6. All of the ladies are bays, with the exception of Hoosier Philly, a 3-year-old gray/roan. Three stallions are each represented by 2 daughters in this race: Curlin has Clairiere and Idiomatic; Into Mischief has Pretty Mischievous and Hoosier Philly; and the daughters of Uncle Mo are Adare Manor and A Mo Reay.
1. Hoosier Philly [3-121] 20 to 1 Into Mischief Tapella
2. A Mo Reay [4-124] 20 to 1 Uncle Mo Margaret Reay
3. Pretty Mischievous [3-121] 8 to 1 Into Mischief Pretty City Dancer
4. Idiomatic [4-124] 5 to 2 Curlin Lockdown
5. Adare Manor [4-124] 4 to 1 Uncle Mo Brooklynsway
6. Search Results [5-124] 5 to 1 Flatter Co Cola
7. Wet Paint [3-121] 10 to 1 Blame Sky Painter
8. Randomized [3-121] 6 to 1 Nyquist French Passport
9. Clairiere [5-124] 4 to 1 Curlin Cavorting
10. Desert Dawn [4-124] 20 to 1 Cupid Ashley's Glory
11. La Da Vida (CHI) [6-124] 20 to 1 Gemologist Viene Cantando (CHI)
Idiomatic is the morning betting line favorite in the Distaff
Breeders Cup Turf - 1 1/2 miles - $4 million - 5:50 EDT; 2:50 PDT
Twelve thoroughbreds will be vying for the $4 million purse in the Turf on Saturday. One horse has scratched, leaving a 6-year-old mare (War Like Goddess), a 5-year-old gelding, Gold Phoenix (IRE), and ten colts and horses ranging in age from 3 to 7 years trying to win this 1 1/2 mile grass race. Four of the horses were bred in Kentucky, seven in Ireland, and one in Japan. There is one gray/roan in the field, King of Steel, whose jockey will be Frankie Dettori; three chestnuts, two browns (bred in Ireland), and six bays. Two of the entries are descended from Sunday Silence: Auguste Rodin (IRE) and Shahryar (JPN) - both sired by Deep Impact (JPN). Frankel (GB) also has two runners: Onesto (IRE) and Mostahdaf (IRE).
1. Shahryar (JPN) [5-126] 15 to 1 Deep Impact (JPN) Dubai Majesty
2. Onesto (IRE) [4-126] 8 to 1 Frankel (GB) Onshore
3. Gold Phoenix (IRE) [5-126] 30 to 1 Belardo (IRE) Magnifica
4. Bolshoi Ballet (IRE) [5-126] 15 to 1 Galileo (IRE) Alta Anna (FR)
5. Auguste Rodin (IRE) [3-122] 3 to 1 Deep Impact (JPN) Rhododendron (IRE)
7. Broome (IRE) [7-126] 30 to 1 Australia (GB) Sweepstake (IRE)
8. Up to the Mark [4-126] 5 to 1 Not This Time Belle's Finale
9. Mostahdaf (IRE) [5-126] 5 to 2 Frankel (GB) Handassa (GB)
10. Adhamo (IRE) [5-126] 30 to 1 Intello (GER) Foreign Tune (GB)
11. King of Steel [3-122] 4 to 1 Wootten Bassett (GB) Eldacar (GB)
12. Balladeer [4-126] 30 to 1 Distorted Humor Golden Ballad (IRE)
13. War Like Goddess* [6-123] 12 to 1 English Channel Misty North
Breeders Cup Classic - 1 1/4 miles - $6 million - 6:40 EDT; 3:40 PDT
While the Classic is open to both sexes, females rarely run in it, and all twelve contenders this year are males. They range in age from 3 to 6 years. One horse was bred in Florida, Clapton; two were bred in Japan; and nine were bred in Kentucky. There are two gray/roans, four chestnuts and six bays entered in the race. There are no shared sires or dams, but both horses bred in Japan have Sunday Silence as a great-grandsire. Frankie Dettori* will be riding Zandon in this race.
* I have been reporting which horses Frankie Dettori will ride in this Breeders Cup because it was reported that he would retire from race riding at the end of this year. I just read that he has done so well this year, that he has decided not to retire.... *
2. Zandon [4-126] 12 to 1 Upstart Memories Prevail
3. White Abarrio [4-126] 4 to 1 Race Day Catching Diamonds
4. Missed the Cut [4-126] 30 to 1 Quality Road Beauly (GB)
5. Derma Sotogake (JPN) [3-122] 20 to 1 Mind Your Biscuits Amour Poesie (JPN)
6. Saudi Crown [3-122] 12 to 1 Always Dreaming New Narration
7. Clapton [4-126] 20 to 1 Brethren Alexandra Rylee
8. Ushba Tesoro (JPN) [6-126] 4 to 1 Orfevre (JPN) Millefeui Attach (JPN)
9. Senor Buscado [5-126] 30 to 1 Mineshaft Rose's Desert
10. Dreamlike [3-122] 30 to 1 Gun Runner Time to Tap
11. Bright Future [4-126] 10 to 1 Curlin Sophia's Song
12. Arabian Knight [3-122] 3 to 1 Uncle Mo Borealis Night
13. Proxy [5-126] 12 to 1 Tapit Panty Raid
Arabian Knight is the morning line betting favorite for the Classic
Breeders Cup Turf Sprint - 5 furlongs - $1 million - 7:25 EDT; 4:25 PDT
With two scratches today - one a runner, and one the first "stand-by" horse - we now have a full field plus two horses on "stand-by" status for the Turf Sprint. This race is open to both sexes, weight by age, and with the girls receiving a 3 pond allowance. With Bradsell (GB) and One Timer being scratched, the current field consists of three fillies, four geldings, and five colts. Caravel, Tony Ann and Roses For Debra are gray/roan fillies; Arzak, Jasper Krone, and Live in the Dream are chestnuts; and the other six horses are bays. The geldings are: Beer Can Man, Motorious (GB), Nobals, and Live in the Dream (IRE). Caravel was bred in Pennsylvania; Motorious was bred in Great Britain; Live in the Dream and Aesop's Fables were bred in Ireland; and the other eight entries were bred in Kentucky.
1. Big Invasion [4-126] 15 to 1 Declaration of War Curls in Place
3. Caravel* [6-123] 5 to 1 Mizzen Mast Zeezee Zoomzoom
4. Tony Ann* [5-123] 15 to 1 Cairo Prince Never Ever
5. Live in the Dream (IRE) [4-126] 9 to 2 Prince of Lir (IRE) Approaching Autumn (GB)
6. Gear Jockey [6-126] 12 to 1 Twirling Candy Switching Gears
7. Nobals [4-126] 6 to 1 Noble Mission (GB) Pearly Blue
8. Aesop's Fables (IRE) [3-124] 12 to 1 No Nay Never How's She Cuttin' (IRE)
9. Roses For Debra* [4-123] 12 to 1 Liam's Map Essential Rose
10. Motorious (GB) [5-126] 5 to 1 Muhaarar (GB) Squash (GB)
11. Jasper Krone [4-126] 12 to 1 Frosted Fancy Kitten
12. Arzak [5-126] 6 to 1 Not This Time Delightful Melody
14. Beer Can Man [5-126] Can the Man Cheesecake
**** on stand-by
15. Lane Way [6-126] Into Mischief Corderosa
16. Twilight Gleaming (IRE) [4-126] National Defense (GB) Thames Pageant (GB)
Breeders Cup Sprint - 6 furlongs - $2 million - 8:00 EDT; 5:00 PDT
The 3/4 mile Sprint on the main dirt track will end this year's edition of the Breeders Cup World Championship races. When I used to attend these races, the Sprint was the first race to start the day, and I usually won a good deal of money betting on it... This year, nine horses will vie for the $2 million purse - all males, ranging in age from 3 to 6 years. The two geldings are Nakatomi and The Chosen Vron; a ridgling, American Theorem, is also contending with the 6 other colts. The Chosen Vron was bred in California; Speed Boat Beach was bred in Florida; the other entries were bred in Kentucky. American Theorem is a gray/roan; Nakatomi, The Chosen Vron, and Elite Power are chestnuts; and the rest of the field are bays. Mike Smith will be riding Speed Boat Beach.
1. Nakatomi [4-126] 15 to 1 Firing Line Applelicious
2. Dr. Schivel [5-126] 5 to 1 Violence Lil Nugget
3. American Theorem [6-126] 30 to 1 American Pharoah Mighty Renee
4. Hoist the Gold [4-126] 12 to 1 Mineshaft Tacit Approval
5. Three Technique [6-126] 20 to 1 Mr Speaker Nite in Rome
6. The Chosen Vron [5-126] 5 to 1 Vronsky Tiz Molly
7. Speed Boat Beach [3-124] 3 to 1 Bayern Sophia Mia
8. Elite Power [5-126] 9 to 5 Curlin Broadway's Alibi
9. Gunite [4-126] 4 to 1 Gun Runner Simple Surprise
Elite Power is the morning line betting favorite for the Sprint
Well, that's it... If there are more scratches, I will post them in the appropriate blog for the Juveniles tomorrow; or for the older thoroughbreds here. If you bet, good luck!
Here's to a delightful 40th edition of the Breeders Cup races run without injury to equines or people!
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