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Ahead of Awesome Again, Maximum Security Remains Atop Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings

Maximum Security remained in first place in the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings after a quiet week in which the first seven of the top 10 positions were unchanged.

The 2020 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings is a weekly poll of the top 10 horses in contention for the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). The 1 ¼-mile Classic, scheduled to be run on Nov. 7 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., is the climactic race of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Gary and Mary West, Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith's Maximum Security (330 votes), unbeaten in three starts this year, is scheduled to make his final prep for the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic in this Saturday's 1 1/8-mile “Win and You're In” Awesome Again Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park. Maximum Security, trained by Bob Baffert, already secured an automatic berth into the Classic when he won the TVG Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar on Aug. 22.

GMB Racing's Tom's d'Etat (280 votes), Sackatoga Stable's Tiz the Law (243 votes), and two Bob Baffert-trained horses — WinStar Farm, CHC Inc. and SF Racing's Improbable (226 votes) and Spendthrift Farm, MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables and Starlight Racing's Authentic (218 votes) — complete the top five.

Allied Racing Stable's By My Standards (177 votes) and W.S. Farish's Code of Honor (97 votes) remain in sixth and seventh place, respectively.

Bruce Lunsford's Art Collector (84 votes) moves up from ninth to eighth place, switching positions with Sagamore Farm and WinStar Farm's Global Campaign (74 votes). Juddmonte Farms' Tacitus (58 votes) remains in 10^th place.

Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings – Sept. 22, 2020*

RANK	HORSE	TOTAL VOTES	FIRST-PLACE VOTES
1	Maximum Security	330	23
2	Tom's d'Etat	280	7
3	Tiz the Law	243	4
4	Improbable	226	1
5	Authentic	218	0
6	By My Standards	177	0
7	Code of Honor	97	0
8	Art Collector	84	0
9	Global Campaign	74	0
10	Tacitus	58	0

*Note – The Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings have no bearing on qualification or selection into the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic.

The Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings are determined by a panel of leading Thoroughbred racing media, horseplayers and members of the Breeders' Cup Racing Directors/Secretaries Panel. Rankings will be announced each week through Oct. 13. A list of voting members can be found here.

In the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings, each voter rates horses on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 system in descending order.

The 2020 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic will be televised live on NBC.

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Florida Sire Stakes Finals Featured On Sept. 26 Card At Gulfstream

The 2020 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series for 2-year-olds will conclude Saturday, Sept. 26 at Gulfstream Park, where the $400,000 In Reality and the $400,000 My Dear Girl will co-headline a program offering six stakes worth $1.175 million.

The In Reality, the 1 1/16-mile open-division final, and the My Dear Girl, the 1 1/16-mile final for juvenile fillies, will be joined on the program by the $150,000 FSS Wildcat Heir, a mile race for 3-year-olds and up. All three stakes are for horses sired by accredited Florida Stallions. Supporting stakes will include the $75,000 Armed Forces, a mile turf stakes for 2-year-olds; the $75,000 My Dear Peggy, a mile turf stakes for juvenile fillies; and the $75,000 Hollywood Beach, a five-furlong turf dash for 2-year-olds.

The Florida Sires Stakes program will wrap up the stakes schedule for Gulfstream's Spring/Summer Meet, which will conclude on Sunday, Sept. 27 with mandatory payouts in the Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5 and Super Hi-5. Live racing will move to Gulfstream Park West for the Fall Festival meeting Oct. 3 and run from Oct. 3 through Nov. 28.

Stonehedge LLC's Breeze On By is scheduled to make a bid to sweep the Florida Sire Stakes series in the In Reality. The son of Cajun Breeze captured the $100,000 FSS Dr. Fager Aug. 1 and the $200,000 Affirmed Aug. 29. The undefeated Ralph Nicks trainee, who captured his July 12 debut, will seek to become the fifth horse to sweep the FSS open division, joining Three Rules (2016), Sir Oscar (2003), Seacliff (1995) and Smile (1984).

Trainer Ralph Nicks saddled the first three finishers in the Affirmed with Big Daddy Dave and Seazan following their stablemate Breeze on By to the finish line.

Trainer Daniel Pita's Princess Secret, who scored by three-quarters of a length in the $200,000 FSS Susan's Girl, and Stonehedge LLC's Go Jo Jo Go, a 1 ¼-length winner over Princess Secret in the $100,000 FSS Desert Vixen for trainer Michael Yates, are expected to clash again in the My Dear Girl.

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Unmistakable Determination the Trademark of Fan-Favorite Serengeti Empress

With prime contender Serengeti Empress preparing to make her final career start in the $1 million Filly and Mare Sprint at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Nov.

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