This Wednesday the Breeders' Cup released pre-entries for the 14 World Championship races scheduled for Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky. Those pre-entries were headlined by 11 contenders for the 2020 edition of the $6 million G1 Breeders' Cup Classic, including five winners of Breeders' Cup Challenge Series races.
Trainer Bob Baffert pre-entered his dominant trio of G1 Kentucky Derby winner Authentic, G1 Awesome Again winner Improbable, and G1 Pacific Classic winner Maximum Security. Other Challenge winners pre-entered in the Classic include Tom's d'Etat (G1 Stephen Foster) and the 3-year-old filly Swiss Skydiver (G1 Preakness), though her first preference is listed as the Distaff against her own gender.
Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law, second in the Kentucky Derby last out, was also pre-entered in the Classic, and figures to draw a lot of support at the wagering windows.
The other five pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup Classic include: By My Standards, Global Campaign, Higher Power, Tacitus, and Title Ready.
Other pre-entries for the 2020 Breeders' Cup World Championships are available here: Breeders_Cup_Pre_Entries
G1 Breeders' Cup Turf – $4 million
- Arklow (Brad Cox)
- Channel Maker (Bill Mott)
- Donjah (Henk Grewe)
- Lord North (John Gosden)
- Magical (Aidan O'Brien)
- Mean Mary (Graham Motion)**
- Mehdaayih (John Gosden)**
- Mogul (Aidan O'Brien)
- Red King (Phil D'Amato)
- Tarnawa (Dermot Weld)**
- United (Richard Mandella)
** first preference in Filly & Mare Turf
G1 Breeders' Cup Distaff – $2 million
- Ce Ce (Michael McCarthy)
- Dunbar Road (Chad Brown)
- Harvest Moon (Simon Callaghan)
- Harvey's Lil Goil (Bill Mott)*
- Horologist (Bill Mott)
- Lady Kate (Eddie Kenneally)
- Monomoy Girl (Brad Cox)
- Ollie's Candy (John Sadler)
- Point of Honor (George Weaver)
- Swiss Skydiver (Ken McPeek)**
- Valiance (Todd Pletcher)
*first preference in Filly & Mare Turf
**second preference in Classic
G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile – $2 million
- Calibrate (Steve Asmussen)
- Camp Hope (Ken McPeek)
- Classier (Bob Baffert)
- Dreamer's Disease (Robertino Diodoro)
- Essential Quality (Brad Cox)
- Jackie's Warrior (Steve Asmussen)
- Keepmeinmind (Robertino Diodoro)
- King Fury (Ken McPeek)
- Likeable (Todd Pletcher)
- Next (Wesley Ward)
- Reinvestment Risk (Chad Brown)
- Rombauer (Michael McCarthy)
- Sittin On Go (Dale Romans)
- Smiley Sobotka (Dale Romans)
- (AE – Hot Rod Charlie – Doug O'Neill)
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