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Breeders’ Cup Players’ Show To Air Live On TVG Friday And Saturday

TVG, America's horse racing network and leading ADW platform, will bring live coverage of the Breeders' Cup World Championships into the homes of horse racing fans across the country on Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6 with “The Breeders' Cup Players' Show”, a wagering-focused telecast featuring expert analysis, exclusive interviews and handicapping selections. Fans can also stream the Players' Show on the WatchTVG app alongside exclusive content as part of the Breeders' Cup Multicast.

The coverage will begin on Friday, Nov. 5 at 11:25 a.m. PT/2:25 p.m. ET featuring the complete undercard from Del Mar as well all five Breeders' Cup races on “Future Stars Friday” culminating in the $2 million TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1). On Saturday, the day gets underway at 9:45 a.m. PT/ 12:45 p.m. ET and the coverage will featuring the full undercard and live airing of eight Breeders' Cup races through the $4 million Longines Turf (G1). Fans can tune in on TVG, TVG2 and the Watch TVG app which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and connected Apple TV devices.

The Breeders' Cup Players' Show will feature a lineup of TVG experts including Todd Schrupp, Simon Bray, Scott Hazelton, Mike Joyce, Christina Blacker, Caton Bredar, Joaquin Jaime, Acacia Courtney, Michelle Yu, and renowned European racing analyst Rishi Persad. The Players' Show will also be simulcast at tracks, simulcast centers and off-track betting venues around the world.

There will also be exclusive content available on the Watch TVG app throughout the day on Nov. 5-6 including on-demand video content featuring live, dedicated cameras following each of the Breeders' Cup contenders from the paddock through the running of the championship races as well as jockey-cameras which allow viewers to watch each race through the eyes of some of the best jockeys in the world.

There will also be a drone camera allowing fans to watch the race unfold from a birds' eye perspective and multiple camera angles utilized throughout each race.

As part of its commitment to give back to the racing industry and to help raise awareness for key industry charities, for the second year in a row, the FanDuel Group is including two of its major charitable partners into its naming rights sponsorships for this year's event – the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) presented by PDJF and the TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. Representatives from both charities will be on hand for the trophy presentation following each race.

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The Haiku Handicapper Presented By NYRA Bets: 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

Time to analyze the 2021 Breeders' Cup Juvenile field, in post position order, in the form of Haiku; a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.

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#1 – Jack Christopher
It could be argued
He had the best final prep
Tough if traffic-free

#2 – Jasper Great
What's the exchange rate
From a 10-length Japan romp
To U.S. dollars?

#3 – Oviatt Class
Belongs in the field
But there's not a whole lot there
To stand out in it

#4 – Pappacap
Can win at Del Mar
But will his aim remain true
As foes get tougher?

#5 – Double Thunder
Climbing steadily
He'll need to skip a few rungs
To catch the top ones

#6 – American Sanctuary
Flyover standout
Appears to have a ceiling
Well below the best

#7 – Giant Game
Recent graduate
Feels like they're taking a shot
Don't love the angle

#8 – Barossa
He's bred for greatness
But what's he do better than
The other Bafferts?

#9 – Pinehurst
Two months between starts
Rust, two turns are big questions
The track is not, though

#10 – Commandperformance
A willing closer
Still looking for his first win
He could steal a piece

#11 – Tough to Tame
Better with each start
He'll pick up his share of wins
But hard to back here

#12 – Corniche
Freak Del Mar debut
Then 13-point Beyer drop
Feels like a red flag

Prediction
This race loves upsets
Jasper Great grows the legend
One, ten round it out

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PR Back Ring Breeders’ Cup Bloodstock Preview: The Freshman Sire Race’s Key Tilt In Del Mar

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The latest issue of the PR Back Ring is now online, previewing bloodstock topics ahead of this weekend's Breeders' Cup.

The PR Back Ring is the Paulick Report's bloodstock newsletter, released ahead of, and during, every major North American Thoroughbred auction. Seeking to expand beyond the usual pdf presentation, the Back Ring offers a dynamic experience for bloodstock content, heavy on visual elements and statistics to appeal to readers on all platforms, especially mobile devices.

Here is what's inside this issue…

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  • Lead Feature Presented By Breeders' Cup: A rundown of the freshman-sired entries on Friday's juvenile-focused Breeders' Cup card, and how they could influence the final standings for first-year stallions.
  • From BC To Sale Ring: The Breeders' Cup is one of the biggest weekends of the year for most racehorses, but for 10 horses entered in the following week's major November mixed sales, the journey is just beginning.
  • The Stat: A look at which stallions have had the most success over the 37-year history of the Breeders' Cup, and the horses that got them there.
  • Sale Grads At Breeders' Cup: A list of auction histories for each 2021 Breeders' Cup entrant that has gone through the sale ring.

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‘She Knows What She Needs To Do’: Unplanned Workmate Doesn’t Shake Gutierrez’ Confidence In Distaff Favorite Letruska

Much has been made of morning-line favorite Letruska's final workout before the Breeders' Cup Distaff, in which the 5-year-old daughter of Super Saver picked up some unplanned company. 

Though she usually breezes on her own, a timing snaffu saw Letruska hook up with the lightly-raced Richard Baltas-trained 2-year-old Brandon'smylawyer in her Oct. 30 workout at Del Mar. Workmates can cause horses to work faster than their connections might otherwise want, but instead that younger filly went on by her rival, out-finishing Letruska down the stretch.

Letruska's response to the challenger leaves handicappers to puzzle out the significance just a week ahead of her biggest test of the season.

“It wasn't really what you want to see,” offered Letruska's trainer, 54-year-old Breeders' Cup first-timer Fausto Gutierrez. “When you wake up in the morning, this isn't something you think might happen. But she came back in good form, breathing normally. That's what is most important.

“You know, she's traveled 17 times this year. She knows when the race is getting close, and what she needs to do.”

Exercise rider Roger Horgan agreed that while the workmate was unplanned, the mare handled it with her usual aplomb.

“I was not planning on company; it was not ideal,” Horgan said. “She did relax. I was a bit concerned, but she switched off and let her do it on her own. I was very proud of her the way she relaxed.”

Letruska was officially credited with a time of 1:01.20 for five furlongs, while Brandon'smylawyer was clocked over four furlongs in :47.20.


Another somewhat unusual training activity saw Gutierrez send Letruska to the track with just a pony – no rider on her back – on Monday morning. For the 10-time leading trainer in Mexico, ponying his horses on their own every so often is a normal part of the routine.

“When the horse doesn't feel the jockey, they can relax their body more,” the trainer explained, adding that the mare resumed galloping under a rider on Tuesday morning.

It's tough to argue with the results: Letruska has put together an impressive campaign this season, winning six of her seven starts, including the Grade 1 Apple Blossom, G1 Ogden Phipps, and G1 Personal Ensign. 

“The only point now is that she arrives concentrated and happy,” Gutierrez concluded. “We don't have anything else to do.”

Should Letruska prevail in the Distaff, a race against males could be on her calendar. Gutierrez plans to race the mare again in 2022, and the Pegasus World Cup in January is on the radar.

No matter what happens on Saturday, Gutierrez is enjoying the journey. He's come a long way from his origins in Mexico, where he got into horse racing as a turfwriter and built up his training operation to the leading one in the country. Letruska's career also began in Mexico: Gutierrez conditioned her to a 3-year-old championship there in 2019. The filly won the first six starts of her career, and then traveled to Gulfstream Park to win the 2019 Copa Invitacional del Caribe. 

That success helped encourage Gutierrez to make the move to training in the United States; he now keeps a string year-round in South Florida.

“This is a real dream, because nobody can think this could happen,” he said. “When I had this horse in Mexico City I understood she's a special horse, a horse who could run fast. But to be here, it's like another planet.

“I try to do the best work. I don't have a lot of horses with this quality. I just have one. Sometimes I feel like Rambo – I have to go with all the other ones, horses who have seven or eight horses [like this.]”

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