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Six races this year. Six wins. Now she tries something new. Blue Bolt, a 4-year-old filly, has won all six of her races in 2026, four of them Group 1s, every one at a mile. Saturday at Keeneland she goes farther, in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. A familiar face is in there too: Precise, who has finished behind her three times this year. A win would be trainer Andrew Balding's first at the Breeders' Cup. bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… @BreedersCup #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Stick with what works, or try something new?
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Same owner. Same trainer. Same race. Knightsbridge had a spot waiting in Saturday's shorter Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Instead he runs in the $7 million Classic, alongside his famous stablemate Sovereignty. Both run for Godolphin and trainer Bill Mott. Mott: “Godolphin would really love to win the Classic and I think we've probably got a better chance having two horses in there than just one.” thoroughbreddailynews.com/kn… @BreedersCup #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Two shots in one race: smart, or too risky?
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A horse farm founded in 1793 goes up for auction Wednesday night. Castleton, near Lexington, Ky., has 951 acres, 16 barns, 268 stalls and a mansion built in 1840. It's the final lot of Keeneland's Championship Sale, two days before the Breeders' Cup. Keeneland says it's the first time its sales have ever ended with a farm. Owner Shane Ryan: “So there has to be a magnificent seventh steward out there.” keeneland.com/sales/news/kee… @KeenelandRacing #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Who do you hope buys it?
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The fans picked his race. It changed everything. Listenupshance runs for Run Fast Racing, co-founded by rappers Lil Wayne, Lil Yachty and Rauw Alejandro. Members pay from $100 a month and vote. They sent him to Saratoga. Then he won a Grade 1. Saturday: the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Co-founder Adam Kluger: “If we win the Breeders' Cup, it's a win for horse racing, not for Run Fast Racing.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… @BreedersCup #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Would you vote on your horse's next race?
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Bought for $2,500. Now he's a millionaire. Chunk of Gold sold as a yearling for about the price of a big TV. He's finished in the top three in 12 of his 13 races and earned $1,051,511. Saturday at Keeneland he runs in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Trainer Ethan West: “He doesn't have a ton of wins, but he's made a lot of nice horses work really hard to get the win.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… @BreedersCup #HorseRacing Not betting advice. What's the best bargain you ever bought?
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Second, second, second. Then first. Queenstown was second in this race last year, second in the Irish St Leger last month, and second at Ascot just eight days ago. Sunday in France he finally won a Group 1, the Prix Royal-Oak. His late dad, Galileo, now has 105 top-level winners. Trainer Aidan O'Brien: “He's an incredible horse, very brave, very genuine and handles the ground.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Which never-quit horse do you love most?
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His jockey teared up so much his goggles fogged. Jas, a 2-year-old son of Triple Crown winner Justify, ran on dirt for the first time Sunday at Churchill Downs and held off Staunch by a neck to win the Street Sense (G3). He's trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Steve's son Keith. Keith Asmussen: “He's got the kindest disposition to be around. If he lays in the stall, you can lay with him.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… @ChurchillDowns #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Ever teared up over an animal?
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No Triple Crown in Japan. A legend made history instead. Lovcen broke poorly in Sunday's Kikuka Sho at Kyoto and faded to 14th. Going to Sky won by a nose. His dad, Contrail, was Japan's last Triple Crown winner in 2020. Jockey Yutaka Take now has six Kikuka Sho wins, a record. Take: “He responded well once given a green light and with about 200 meters to go, I thought we might win.” japanracing.jp/_news2026/pdf… #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Who's the greatest jockey you've ever seen?
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A jockey who never salutes just saluted. One week after finishing fourth in the Caulfield Cup, Cosmic Crusader came right back and won Australia's Cox Plate (G1) by three-quarters of a length in front of 34,617 fans. It was the first Cox Plate run away from Moonee Valley, which is being rebuilt. Jockey William Pike: “I'm not much of a saluter.” horseracingnation.com/news/A… #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Would you have saluted too?
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Named for the biggest trees on Earth. Growing fast. Giant Sequoia ran sixth in Ireland's National Stakes at a time when his whole barn was sick. Aidan O'Brien gave him time. Saturday at Doncaster he powered clear to win the Futurity Trophy (G1) by 3 lengths, O'Brien's 13th win in the race. O'Brien: “He's a proper horse.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Too early to name a 2027 Derby horse?
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He used to try to bite the other horses. Hymn won just once in his first 10 races. Lots of talent, no focus. Then he was gelded. Now he's won four of his last five, including the Forego (G1). Next: the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Trainer Ron Moquett: “He drags you to the front and looks like he's going to go right on by with ease and then he lunges in and almost tries to bite the other horses and drifts out.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… @BreedersCup #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Ever had a pet who finally figured it out?
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One race from Japan's Triple Crown. Lovcen already won the Japanese 2000 Guineas and the Japanese Derby. On Sunday in Japan he runs in the Kikuka Sho at Kyoto, a big jump up to 3,000 meters. Only eight horses have swept all three. His jockey, Kohei Matsuyama: “It's not easy to be a Triple Crown winner and, of course, I feel pressure with so many people wanting the horse to win as well.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Will Lovcen make it nine?
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Best birthday present a jockey could ask for. Javier Castellano turned 49 on Friday and celebrated by winning the Sands Point Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park on Americathegreat. It was her first stakes win, by a half-length, after a summer of racing in Canada. Assistant trainer Shane Tripp: “I loved the way she dug in the last eighth of a mile.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… @TheNYRA #HorseRacing Not betting advice. What's the best birthday present you've ever gotten?
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Six months off. Then she led every step. The last time Sister Troienne ran at Keeneland, back in April, she finished fifth. Friday she came back from a summer break, grabbed the lead early in the Valley View Stakes (G2) and won by 2 lengths. Trainer Brian Lynch: “That is the first time she's ever shook loose on the lead.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… @KeenelandRacing #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Do you like a front-runner or a closer?
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Like mother, like son. Entrust is the first foal of the great mare Enable to make it to the races. Enable won 11 Group 1 races and started her career with a win. Her son just did the same at Doncaster in England, winning by 2 3/4 lengths for trainers John and Thady Gosden. Jockey Colin Keane: “He's bred to be a nice horse, and he has the first box ticked.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Would you follow him next year?
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She lost her last race. Her trainer thinks she remembers. Rum Twist, second in the Frizette at Belmont, breezed Thursday ahead of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Hall of Famer John Velazquez will ride her at Keeneland. Trainer Mark Hennig: “She seems a little fiery coming out of that loss. It's almost like she knows she got beat.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… @BreedersCup #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Do you think horses know when they lose?
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His trainer wanted an easy morning. He went a little faster. Coal Battle, winner of the Rebel at Oaklawn, worked five furlongs at Keeneland Thursday, the fastest of four at the distance. He is second in line for a spot in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Trainer Lonnie Briley: “He did the work pretty easy.” horseracingnation.com/news/T… @keenelandracing @BreedersCup #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Should he get his shot in the Dirt Mile?
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Two Kentucky Derby winners in the same Breeders' Cup Classic? It hasn't happened since 1991. Sovereignty (2025 Derby) and Golden Tempo (2026 Derby) are both pre-entered for the Classic at Keeneland on Oct. 31. Each won the Derby, skipped the Preakness, then won the Belmont. Post time is 6:16 p.m. ET. bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… @BreedersCup #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Which Derby winner are you cheering for?
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She won a Grade 1 on the grass. Now she's trying the dirt. Voyager, a 2-year-old daughter of Justify, worked on the Keeneland dirt Wednesday and kept going after the finish line. So trainer Mark Casse is moving her to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on dirt. Casse: “Turf horses tend to work a good half-mile (on the dirt) and then kind of fall apart—she took off.” bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… @BreedersCup @keenelandracing #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Would you have made the switch?
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Two unbeaten babies. One new jockey. Bob Baffert's Hughes (4-for-4) and Miss Monica (2-for-2) will have Flavien Prat aboard in the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland. Miss Monica is from the first crop of Early Voting, the Preakness winner who died this week. Baffert: “If the Breeders' Cup were being held in California, I would have stuck with J.J.” thoroughbreddailynews.com/ba… @BreedersCup #HorseRacing Not betting advice. Which unbeaten 2-year-old would you rather watch?
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