It's been eight years since both the winners of the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) have run in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) and Distaff (G1), respectively, but, with less than one week out from the World Championship event at Keeneland, this year's winners Rich Strike and Secret Oath are on target to break that streak.
The last duo of Derby and Oaks winners to run in that same year's Breeders' Cup Classic and Distaff were California Chrome, who finished third in the Classic to Bayern, and Untapable, who won the Distaff.
Red-TR Racing's Rich Strike, the 81-1 upset winner of the Kentucky Derby, has already arrived at Keeneland to prepare for the $6-million Breeders' Cup Classic.
Briland Farm's Kentucky Oaks heroine Secret Oath trained at 5:30 a.m. (ET) Sunday morning at Churchill Downs under the watchful eye of her trainer D. Wayne Lukas. She's pre-entered for the $2-million Breeders' Cup Distaff (GI) and is scheduled to have her final work Monday.
Secret Oath is scheduled to face last year's Kentucky Oaks winner Malathaat in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. Other Kentucky Oaks alumni that are scheduled to run in the Breeders' Cup include Echo Zulu (Filly and Mare Sprint) and Nest (Distaff).
Runners that previously competed in the Kentucky Derby that are pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup are Cyberknife (Dirt Mile), Epicenter (Classic), Long Range Toddy (Sprint), O Besos (Sprint) and Taiba (Classic).
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