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Breeders’ Cup Presents The News Minute: For Classic, The Works Are Complete

Improbable, the likely favorite in the $6-million, Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic, breezed a quick six furlongs at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Sunday morning. At Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., where the world championships will be contested Nov. 6-7, Tacitus worked out alongside Bill Mott stablemate Channel Maker for his engagement in the Classic.

Those two workouts complete the final preparations for the horses pre-entered in the Classic.

There was plenty of action in New York on Sunday, where trainer Chad Brown put many of his 13-strong Breeders' Cup team through their paces at Belmont Park, one day before entries are taken and post positions are drawn.

A reminder that you can watch the post-position draw live from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Eastern on TVG, breederscup.com or the Breeders' Cup mobile app. And don't forget to tune in each morning for “Breakfast at the Breeders' Cup” from 7-10 a.m. Eastern on TVG.

Watch today's News Minute below:

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Brown, Ortiz Take Belmont Titles

Chad Brown earned his ninth consecutive leading trainer title at the Belmont Park Fall Meet, which concluded Sunday. Brown won 22 races during the 27-day stand. Jose Ortiz won 40 races to take the leading rider title for the first time.

“I’m just happy I can go out there and do what I love the most and be successful. I work very hard for it and I’m happy to be getting good opportunities,” Ortiz said. “It means a lot. Belmont is a great place to race and I think it’s the best jockey colony in the United States right now. It’s very tough. We have Hall of Famers and future Hall of Famers and it’s hard to compete against them. They all can ride, they’re all talented and they all want to win, so to be in the position I’m in, I feel blessed I can go out there and compete at the highest level for those guys.”

Klaravich Stables was the meet’s leading owner with 13 winners.

New York racing moves to Aqueduct where the 18-day fall meet will open Friday.

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Oleksandra Works into Cup

Team Valor’s Oleksandra (Aus) (Animal Kingdom), who will be making her first start since winning the June 20 GI Jaipur S. when she goes postward in Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, worked six furlongs in 1:14.04 (1/3) Sunday at Belmont Park.

“She’s doing very well,” said trainer Neil Drysdale. “She doesn’t need speed because she’s very fast. She worked in company behind another horse and started a half dozen lengths back and finished well.”

Oleksandra has worked six times on the Belmont main track this month, including a trio of half-mile breezes in close succession, ahead of a strong five-furlong effort in 1:01.58 last week.

“That was because of the layoff to get her fit,” Drysdale explained of the work pattern. “We gave her some small easy works and then we’ve only done two serious works–this one and the last one.”

Oleksandra won the GIII Buffalo Trace Franklin County S. over the Turf Sprint’s 5 1/2-furlong distance at Keeneland last October. The 6-year-old mare has made just two starts this term, finishing second in the May 25 GII Monrovia S. at Santa Anita before rallying from last to win the Jaipur last time out.

“She’s won down there [at Keeneland] and if it comes up a bit soft, she doesn’t mind,” said Drysdale.

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