Month: October 2022

Several defections from the Breeders' Cup pre-entries lists have already occurred.

Early Friday Changes*

A minor shin problem will keep undefeated 2-year-old Awesome Strong from competing in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile next Friday, according to the Daily Racing Form. The colt will get 60 days off.

“We're doing what's best for him,” trainer Jorge Delgado told DRF. “We want him to have a 3-year-old career, a 4-year-old career. We have high expectations for him.”

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has withdrawn Naughty Gal from consideration for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, DRF reports, and will instead target this Sunday's $200,000 Rags to Riches Stakes at Churchill Downs. Her defection makes way for the Dallas Stewart-trained Sabra Tuff to enter the field.

Although Tami Bobo and Lugamo Racing Stable's Congruent was pre-entered in both the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) with first preference in the Juvenile Turf, trainer Antonio Sano told Keeneland publicity that the Laurel Futurity winner would be entered in the Juvenile. He worked five furlongs on Keeneland's main track in 1:01 Friday morning.

Never Ending Story, one of two Aidan O'Brien-trained pre-entrants in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, will also not make the trip overseas, according to DRF. Her defection allows Jessamine runner-up Knockyoursocksoff into the main body of the field for trainer Chris Block.

*Updated pre-entries lists for each race are included below.

Early Saturday Changes**

Trainer Doug O'Neill told Keeneland publicity that Reddam Racing's Awake At Midnyte, who was pre-entered in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) and the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) with first preference in the Sprint, would be entered in the Distaff.

“We weren't getting in the Sprint,” O'Neill said of Awake At Midnyte, who was third on the preference list of the oversubscribed race. “So she will go in the Distaff.”

Two European runners have been ruled out of Saturday's card thus far.

Two-time Group 1 winner Saffron Beach returned poor bloodwork and will not board the plane to contest the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam told TDN.

“I drew blood on Wednesday to look at her profile and it wasn't good, so we started her on a course of antibiotics and we looked at the profile again on Thursday,” said Chapple-Hyam. “Even though it had improved, it is not in the right zone to be putting her on an aircraft and potentially giving a bug to everyone else and perhaps getting travel sickness.

“We couldn't take the risk for the welfare of her and all the others on the aircraft, so we decided not to go.”

Bayside Boy, the Roger Varian-trained upset winner over Modern Games in the Group 1 QEII Stakes, also will not make the trip to Keeneland for the Breeders' Cup Mile, reports DRF.

**Updated pre-entries lists for each race are included below.

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Sprint Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Mile Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Distaff Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Turf Pre-Entries

Breeders' Cup Classic Pre-Entries

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Michael McLoughlin's Curly Jack had his first timed Keeneland workout this Friday, a week in advance of the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance on Nov. 4.

With regular jockey Edgar Morales aboard, the son of 2017 Juvenile winner Good Magic covered the half-mile in :49.80 on a fast main track. The Juvenile will be Curly Jack's first start since capturing the Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs Sept. 17.

“This is his last work going into the race,” trainer Tom Amoss said. “I know the big question on everyone's mind is the time between races and how he will respond to that. I am very comfortable with that. Today's work was designed to be an easy half-mile with a good gallop out. We got just that.”

Curly Jack, a Keeneland September Yearling Sale graduate, began his career with a 4-length victory in a Churchill Downs maiden race June 2. After finishing fifth in the Sanford (G3) at Saratoga in July, he was beaten a head in the Runhappy Ellis Park Juvenile Aug. 14 in his only other start.

Curly Jack's previous works have been at Amoss' Churchill base.

“I am at Churchill more than I am here and I wanted to be around him on a daily basis,” Amoss said.

Working about the same time as Curly Jack was Anderson Stables, Christian Hays and trainer Eddie Kenneally's Shoplifter, who breezed a half-mile in :48.20.

The NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) pre-entrant had been training at Churchill since her runner-up finish Sept. 17 in the Pocahontas (G3).

“She went right after the (renovation) break and did it the right way,” Kenneally said. “It was just a maintenance work. She had her major work last Friday at Churchill (5 furlongs in 1:01.60).”

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