
ALT Horse Oracle scoreboard card: Blue Bolt, Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Keeneland, Oct. 31. Six races this year. Six wins. Now she tries something new. This year: 6 for 6, unbeaten in 2026. Group 1 wins: 4, all at a mile. Saturday: 1 and 3/16 miles, her longest race yet. Old rival: Precise, behind her 3 times this year. Owned by Juddmonte and trained by Andrew Balding, who is still chasing his first Breeders' Cup win. Jockey Colin Keane rides her from gate 12. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle card: Knightsbridge, Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland, Oct. 31. Same owner. Same trainer. Same race. He had a spot waiting in the shorter Dirt Mile, but Godolphin sent him to the 7 million dollar Classic instead, alongside stablemate Sovereignty, the reigning Horse of the Year. Trainer Bill Mott: He's just a naturally fast horse. Wins this year: 4 of 6. Big win: the Pacific Classic, Grade 1, Aug. 22. Starting gate: 7; Sovereignty gate 2. Jockey: Luis Saez; Sovereignty: Junior Alvarado. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle quote card: Castleton, a horse farm near Lexington, Kentucky, founded in 1793, goes up for auction Wednesday night, Oct. 28, as the final lot of the Keeneland Championship Sale. Quote from owner Shane Ryan, via Keeneland: So there has to be a magnificent seventh steward out there. Founded: 1793. Size: 951 acres. Barns: 16, with 268 stalls. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle scoreboard card: Listenupshance, headed to the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31. The fans voted, now he's in the Breeders' Cup. Bought for $30,000 after a $20,000 claiming win. Fan vote: about 400 of about 600 members said go. Big win: the Bing Crosby, Grade 1 at Del Mar. Flying in: more than 100 fans from California. His owners, Run Fast Racing, were started by music manager Adam Kluger with rappers Lil Wayne, Lil Yachty and Rauw Alejandro. Members pay from $100 a month and vote. They sent him to Saratoga, where he ran a big third, then he won the Bing Crosby. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle quote card: Chunk of Gold, headed to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Keeneland. Bought for $2,500 as a yearling, now a millionaire. Quote from trainer Ethan West, 33, via BloodHorse: He doesn't have a ton of wins, but he's made a lot of nice horses work really hard to get the win. Yearling price: $2,500. Earnings: $1,051,511. Top-three finishes: 12 of 13 races. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle result card: Queenstown finished first in the Prix Royal-Oak, Group 1, at Saint-Cloud, France, on Oct. 25. Group 1 at last. He was second at Ascot eight days earlier and second in this same race last year. The 6-year-old made his late dad Galileo the sire of 105 top-level winners. Days after Ascot: 8. Galileo Group 1 winners: 105. Trainer: Aidan O'Brien. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle scoreboard card: Jas won the Street Sense Stakes, Grade 3, at Churchill Downs on Oct. 25. His jockey teared up so much his goggles fogged. First try on dirt: won, holding off Staunch. Won by a neck after a stretch-long duel. His dad: Justify, the Triple Crown winner. 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Trainer Steve Asmussen's son Keith has ridden him often in the mornings. Keith says he has the kindest disposition, and if he lays in the stall, you can lay with him. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle quote card: Going to Sky won the Kikuka Sho, the Japanese St. Leger, at Kyoto by a nose and stopped Lovcen's Triple Crown try. He is a son of 2020 Triple Crown winner Contrail. Quote from jockey Yutaka Take via the Japan Racing Association: He responded well once given a green light and with about 200 meters to go, I thought we might win. Won by: a nose. Take's Kikuka Sho wins: 6, a record. Lovcen finished 14th. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle scoreboard card: Cosmic Crusader won the Cox Plate, Group 1, at Flemington in Australia. Fourth in the Caulfield Cup one week, Cox Plate winner the next. Career: 12 wins in 24 starts. Won by 3/4 length. Crowd: 34,617 fans. Age 6, a tough gelding. It was the first Cox Plate run away from Moonee Valley, which is being rebuilt. Jockey William Pike said he's not much of a saluter, and saluted anyway. Trainer Andrea Leek called him an iron horse who keeps getting better. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle card: Giant Sequoia won the Futurity Trophy, Group 1, at Doncaster on Oct. 24. Named for the biggest trees on Earth, now a Group 1 winner. He ran sixth in the National Stakes when the barn was sick. Aidan O'Brien gave him time, and Saturday he powered clear. Jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle said he's still a big baby. Won by 3 lengths. Trainer Aidan O'Brien, his 13th win in this race. His dad: Frankel. His mom: Pink Dogwood. O'Brien sees a Guineas or Derby horse next year. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle scoreboard card: Hymn, headed to the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland. He used to try to bite his rivals; now he's a Grade 1 winner. First 10 starts: 1 win. Last 5 starts: 4 wins. Big win: the Forego, Grade 1 at Saratoga. His trainer Ron Moquett won the 2020 Breeders' Cup Sprint. Moquett says Hymn used to drag you to the front, then lunge in and almost try to bite the other horses. Gelding him helped. Saturday he had his last big workout at Keeneland. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle quote card: Lovcen is going for Japan's Triple Crown in the Kikuka Sho, the Japanese St. Leger, at Kyoto. He won the Satsuki Sho and the Japanese Derby. Quote from jockey Kohei Matsuyama after Lovcen drew gate 7: 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. Race day: Sunday, Oct. 25 in Japan. Distance: 3,000 meters. Triple Crown winners: 8 so far. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle card: Americathegreat won the Sands Point Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park on Oct. 23. Her jockey's birthday present: a first stakes win. Javier Castellano turned 49 on Friday and celebrated aboard her. She spent the summer racing in Canada, then shipped to New York and dug in late to win. Won by 1/2 length. Distance: 1 1/8 miles on turf. Sold as a yearling for $1.2 million at Keeneland in 2024. Trainer: Mark Casse. Her dad: Curlin. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle result card: Sister Troienne, 1st in the Valley View Stakes (G2) at Keeneland on Oct. 23. Last time she ran at Keeneland, in April, she finished fifth. After six months off, she grabbed the lead early Friday and never gave it up. Trainer Brian Lynch said it was the first time she ever shook loose on the lead. Won by 2 lengths. Distance: 1 mile on turf. Jockey: Luis Saez. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle scoreboard card: Entrust, Enable's first foal to race, won first time out at Doncaster. His mom Enable was a 2-time Arc winner with 11 Group 1 wins. He won his debut by 2 3/4 lengths for trainers John and Thady Gosden. Enable also won first time out, nearly 10 years ago. Jockey Colin Keane said he's bred to be a nice horse and has the first box ticked. The plan is to rest him for next year. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle quote card: Rum Twist, headed to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, second in the Frizette (Grade 1), trained by Mark Hennig. Quote: She seems a little fiery coming out of that loss. It's almost like she knows she got beat. Trainer Mark Hennig, after her Thursday breeze at Belmont Park, via BloodHorse, Oct. 22, 2026. Last race: 2nd, Frizette (Grade 1). Next stop: Keeneland. Her Breeders' Cup rider: John Velazquez. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle scoreboard card: Coal Battle, waiting on a spot in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Keeneland. Career: 5 wins from 16 starts. Earned $1,442,150 so far. At Oaklawn he won the Rebel (Grade 2) plus the Smarty Jones. Thursday work: 5 furlongs in 1:00, fastest of 4. Trainer Lonnie Briley hoped for 1:01 or 1:02: But 1:00 flat was a little quick. He looked like he did it pretty good, pretty easy. He is second in line for a spot in the field. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle card: Sovereignty and Golden Tempo. Two Kentucky Derby winners, one Classic, first time since 1991. If all goes well this week, two Derby winners will run in the Breeders' Cup Classic for the first time in 35 years. Each won the Derby, skipped the Preakness, then won the Belmont. Sovereignty: 2025 Derby and Belmont winner; his last race, won the Whitney (Grade 1) by 4 3/4 lengths. Golden Tempo: 2026 Derby and Belmont winner. The Classic: Oct. 31 at Keeneland, 6:16 p.m. ET. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle scoreboard card: Voyager, a grass winner switching to dirt for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland on Friday, Oct. 30. Her big win: the Natalma, a Grade 1 on turf at Woodbine, won by 1 1/4 lengths. Wednesday work: fastest of 16 at a half-mile. Trainer Mark Casse: She's ready. The plan was the turf race, then she worked on the dirt at Keeneland and kept going after the finish line. Casse: She was always head of the class. Not betting advice.

ALT Horse Oracle card: Hughes and Miss Monica, Bob Baffert's unbeaten 2-year-olds, get a new rider, Flavien Prat, for the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland. Miss Monica is from the first crop of Early Voting, the Preakness winner who died this week. Hughes: 4 for 4, Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Miss Monica: 2 for 2, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Her dad: Early Voting, 2022 Preakness winner. Prat and Baffert: 14 wins this year, 12 in stakes. Not betting advice.

