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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Pick Six Set For Oct. 7

Santa Anita Park, which will host this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships for a record 11th time Nov. 3 and 4 and storied Keeneland Racecourse, site of last year's Breeders' Cup, have announced that both tracks will combine to present the Keeneland/Santa Anita Breeders' Cup Challenge Pick 6 to players nationwide on Saturday, Oct. 7.

A traditional $1 Pick 6 with a player-friendly 15% takeout, the Keeneland/Santa Anita Breeders' Cup Challenge Pick 6 will include the following Breeders' Cup “Win & You're In” Challenge Race qualifiers and be offered in this order:

Thoroughbred Club of America (KEE)–4:12 p.m. ET

Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (KEE)–5:14 p.m. ET

Coolmore Turf (KEE)–5:45 p.m. ET

American Pharoah S. (SA)

Chandelier S. (SA )

Rodeo Drive S. (SA)

“We are excited to offer a compelling bet for the horseplayer,” said Nate Newby, Santa Anita Senior Vice President and General Manager. “It's going to be a can't-miss sequence combining Breeders' Cup Challenge Races at both Keeneland and Santa Anita with a player-friendly 15% takeout.”

Players are advised that the Keeneland/Santa Anita Breeders' Cup Challenge Pick 6 will be listed as a separate wager/track on all tote and ADW platforms as: Keeneland Santa Anita Pick 6 (KEE/SAP Pick 6).

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Baffert Saddles Super as Cave Rock Dominates American Pharoah

Unbeaten 'TDN Rising Star' Cave Rock (Arrogate) led home a one-two-three-four finish for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI American Pharoah S. at Santa Anita. It was the 11th winner for Baffert in the race named in honor of his 2015 Triple Crown winner.

The eye-catching last-out GI Del Mar Futurity winner, off as the 2-5 favorite here, went straight to the front in this two-turn debut, led comfortably through fractions of :22.96 and :46.82 and seemed to play possum a bit on the turn. With a shake of the reins as they straightened, he opened up again when called upon by jockey Juan Hernandez and poured it on in the lane to score by 5 1/4 lengths.

Del Mar debut winner National Treasure (Quality Road), $3.55-million EASMAY topper and maiden Hejazi (Bernardini) and Los Al debut winner Gandolfini (Justify) followed home their stablemate in that order.

Cave Rock entered off a pair of flashy Del Mar wins, scoring on debut by six lengths Aug. 13 and added the Del Mar Futurity by 5 1/4 lengths last time Sept. 11.

Longtime Baffert clients and winning owners Michael Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman also campaign unbeaten Speed Boat Beach (Bayern), who punched his ticket to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint via Santa Anita's Speakeasy S.

“I can't remember running one, two, three, four, ever,” Baffert said. “The really good ones come around quicky and he's always been different, he's built a bit different than Arrogate. He's powerful, stronger and he's quick. He runs with his head sort of low like Arrogate. He just keeps improving, he trains easily. I really don't work him too fast, you have to count on their talent to get them there.

Baffert continued, “Today, those were some good horses behind him. Those colts, you are going to hear about them down the road. Right now, he's what you need, he's something that is right now and something that will be in for the next thirty days.”

Pedigree Notes:

Cave Rock, a $210,000 KEENOV weanling and $550,000 KEESEP yearling, is one of three graded winners–all Grade I winners–and the sixth black-type winner overall for the much-missed Arrogate. Like Arrogate's GII Chandelier S. heroine And Tell Me Nolies, Cave Rock was prepared for his first trip through the sales ring by Mulholland Springs, and like the Chandelier victress, the colt also hails from a Danzig-line dam. Cave Rock's yearling full-brother topped this year's Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Sale on a bid of $700,000 from Tom McCrocklin, agent for Champion Equine, and 2011 GIII Schuylerville S. winner Georgie's Angel produced an Improbable filly this year before being bred back to Connect. Georgie's Angel brought $75,000 from Longford Farm at the 2020 KEENOV sale.

Saturday, Santa Anita

AMERICAN PHAROAH S.-GI, $301,500, Santa Anita, 10-8, 2yo,
1 1/16m, 1:43.05, ft.
1–CAVE ROCK, 122, c, 2, by Arrogate
       1st Dam: Georgie's Angel (GSW, $129,564), by Bellamy Road
       2nd Dam: Lalka, by Dynaformer
       3rd Dam: Celmis, by Bold Ruckus
   'TDN Rising Star' ($210,000 Wlg '20 KEENOV; $550,000 Ylg '21
KEESEP). O-Michael Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman;
B-Anne and Ronnie Sheffer Racing LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert;
J-Juan J. Hernandez. $180,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0,
$408,000. Click for Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating:
   A++.
2–National Treasure, 122, c, 2, Quality Road–Treasure, by
Medaglia d'Oro. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE,
   1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($500,000 Ylg '21 FTSAUG). O-SF Racing
LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Masterson, Robert
E., Stonestreet Stables LLC, Schoenfarber, Jay A., Waves Edge
Capital LLC and Donovan, Catherine; B-Peter E. Blum
Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $60,000.
3–Hejazi, 122, c, 2, Bernardini–G Note, by Medaglia d'Oro.
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK
   TYPE. ($3,550,000 2yo '22 EASMAY). O-Zedan Racing Stables,
Inc.; B-Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman (NY); T-Bob Baffert.
$36,000.
Margins: 5 1/4, 3HF, 3 1/4. Odds: 0.40, 9.80, 2.90.
Also Ran: Gandolfini, Man Child, Skinner, Macnamara, Odonata.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Races Highlight Santa Anita Fall Stakes

The 18-day Autumn meet at Santa Anita will feature a total of 26 stakes races, including five 'Win and You're In' qualifying races for the 2022 Breeders' Cup to be held at Keeneland Nov. 4 and 5. Fifteen of the stakes are contested at the graded level.

The meet begins Friday, Sept. 30 and the opening weekend is set to be highlighted by 11 of the stakes races, seven of which are graded. The Saturday, Oct. 1 program includes the GI Awesome Again S. (WAYI) for older handicappers headed towards the GI Breeders' Cup Classic, as well as the GII Eddie D. S. down the hillside turf course, the GII John Henry S. at 10 furlongs on the grass, the GII Santa Anita Sprint Championship, the GII City of Hope S. at a mile on the grass and the Unzip Me S.

A total of five added-money events are on offer Sunday, Oct. 2, including the GII Zenyatta S. for GI Breeders' Cup Distaff-bound horses, the GIII Chillingworth S. for female sprinters, the Speakeasy S. (WAYI) for juvenile turf sprinters, the Tokyo City Cup for dirt marathoners and the Senator Ken Maddy S., a downhill turf sprint for fillies and mares.

The second weekend of live racing features three 'Win and You're In' challenge tests–the GI American Pharoah S. for juvenile males; the filly counterpart, the GII Chandelier S.; and the GI Rodeo Drive S. for distaff turfers.

Four California-bred restricted races for total purse money of $600,000 are also programmed. The Golden State Juvenile and Golden State Juvenile Fillies have had their purses increased from $150,000 to $175,000, while a pair of restricted stakes–the Swingtime S. and the Lure S.–carry purse money of $80,000, up from $70,000 last year.

The entire stakes schedule will be available soon at santaanita.com/horsemen.

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Santa Anita Fall Meet to Offer 21 Stakes

A total of 21 added-money events, 12 at the graded level, have been scheduled for the autumn meeting at Santa Anita Park, set for Oct. 1-31.

Fully one-third of the stakes races serve as 'Win and You're In' races for the Breeders' Cup World Championships to be held Nov. 6 and 7 at Del Mar. The opening day of the meet features the GI American Pharoah S. for the 2-year-old males at a mile and a sixteenth, the corresponding 2-year-old filly race–the GI Chandelier S.–and the $100,000 Speakeasy S. for juvenile turf sprinters, each offering a fees-paid berth into the respective Breeders' Cup races. Thee GII Eddie S. is also set for opening day.

The Saturday, Oct. 2 card is highlighted by a pair of Grade Is–the Awesome Again S. for older handicap males long on the dirt; and the Rodeo Drive S. for turf distaffers at 10 furlongs, each serving as Breeders' Cup qualifiers. The GII Santa Anita Sprint, also a 'Win and You're In' event, and the GII City of Hope Mile for sophomore turfers, take place Saturday.

Opening weekend concludes with the last of the Breeders' Cup races, the GII Zenyatta S. for fillies and mares on the main track; the Surfer Girl S. and Zuma Beach S. for 2-year-old fillies and males, respectively, on the turf; and the GIII Sherwood Chillingworth S. (formerly LA Woman S.) for older filly and mare sprinters.

The meet's other graded races, the GIII Autumn Miss S. for 3-year-old turf fillies, and the GII Twilight Derby, will be offered closing weekend Oct. 30 and 31.

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