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Final Works Continue For Breeders’ Cup Weekend

Several horses pre-entered in next weekend's Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita turned in their final preparations Saturday morning.

At Keeneland, these horses each worked a half-mile over a fast track: Brightwork (Outwork) (Juvenile Fillies/Juvenile Turf Sprint) breezed in :47.80 (14/106) for trainer John Ortiz. Gina Romantica (Into Mischief) (FanDuel Mile/Maker's Mark Filly and Mare Turf) went in :47.20 (3/106) in company with Liguria (War Front) for trainer Chad Brown. And Proxy (Tapit) (Classic) worked in :48.40 (29/106) for trainer Mike Stidham.

Working on the turf course labeled good were: Arzak (Not This Time) (Turf Sprint) who covered three furlongs on :34.80 (1/1) for trainer Mike Trombetta and In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (Filly and Mare Turf/Mile) who went five furlongs in 1:03.60 (2/2) for Chad Brown.

Trainer Brad Cox's Breeders' Cup contingent, all based at Churchill Downs, completed their final workouts Saturday.

The official times for each of Cox's runners were: A Mo Reay (Uncle Mo) (five furlongs, :59.40 {1/32}); Caravel (Mizzen Mast) (four furlongs, :51.60 {1/1}); Idiomatic (Curlin) (five furlongs, :59.60 {2/32}); Matareya (Pioneerof the Nile) (five furlongs, 1:00.80 {13/32}); Saudi Crown (Always Dreaming) (six furlongs, 1:12.20 {1/1}); Wet Paint (Blame) (five furlongs, 1:01 {17/32}); and Zozos (Munnings) (five furlongs, :59.80 {3/32}).

 

GI Breeders' Cup Classic contender Saudi Crown was among the first horses to work Saturday morning and breezed outside A Mo Reay.

“We put him on the inside last week with A Mo Reay and we put him on the outside this week,” Cox said. “I've loved what we've seen from him since the Pennsylvania Derby. A Mo Reay is a good work horse and he's gotten a lot out of his works. By the way he's doing now here in Kentucky, I'm confident he'll run a big race in the Classic.”

At Santa Anita, all five of Phil D'Amato's Breeders' Cup contenders worked Saturday including Desert Dawn (Cupid), who drilled five furlongs on the main track in :59.80 (9/39).

“It was a solid drill. I think we're Distaff bound,” D'Amato noted.

Motorious (Muhaarar {GB}), a contender for the GI Turf Sprint, cruised a half mile on the training track in :50.60 (15/18). D'Amato also worked Gold Phoenix (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}) (five furlongs 1:02 {10/14}) and Masteroffoxhounds (War Front) (five furlongs in 1:01 {4/14}).

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Geaux Rocket Ride Injured During Morning Work

GI Breeders' Cup Classic contender Geaux Rocket Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}) was pulled up during a routine morning work Saturday at Santa Anita. He was vanned off after being helped into the ambulance. The GI Haskell S. winner was breezing into the stretch under veteran jockey Mike Smith when the incident occurred.

An update from the Breeders' Cup read: “Geaux Rocket Ride sustained an open condylar fracture with intersesmoidian ligament damage to his right front leg during a workout this morning under Mike Smith, who was uninjured, dismounted, and tended to the horse. Geaux Rocket Ride was taken via equine ambulance to the Southern California Equine Foundation (SCEF) equine hospital at Santa Anita Park and has since been transferred to his barn to undergo additional evaluation and diagnostics to determine the appropriate course of action. Our thoughts, along with those of the entire racing community, are with trainer Richard Mandella, the Pin Oak Stud LLC team, and all those who care for him during this difficult time.

 

Leading up to the World Championships, the Breeders' Cup has been working closely with Santa Anita Park, the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB), and our veterinary team to ensure every Breeders' Cup runner is fit to race. The Breeders' Cup Veterinary Team also coordinated with regulatory and track veterinarians across the country to thoroughly review the veterinary records associated with all potential Breeders' Cup runners starting in early October. This expanded veterinary review protocol is designed to ensure, to the extent possible, every horse that made the trip to Santa Anita Park for the World Championships was sound to race and train. We have faith in these processes, which include expanded veterinary exam protocols, increased testing, 24-hour equine surveillance starting Tuesday, Oct. 31 for domestic runners and Sunday, Oct. 29 for international runners, and enhanced reporting requirements.

Safety always comes first, which is why Breeders' Cup and industry leaders like the CHRB and 1/ST Racing have been longtime advocates for the uniform safety and integrity reforms that eventually became part of HISA. We are constantly evaluating and updating our safety and screening measures so we can continue to provide the safest possible racing environment.”

 

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Catching Up with 2020 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Winner Essential Quality

As the wide-reaching Godolphin operation has used the names of different arms throughout the years–for example, 2001 Juvenile Fillies winner Tempera (A.P. Indy) was bred by Darley Stud Management, LLC but raced for Godolphin, LLC–it may be a surprise to learn Essential Quality was the first official Godolphin homebred to win the Breeders' Cup. Remarkably, in the two renewals since his win, another seven Godolphin homebreds have added to that number.

Undefeated at two, Essential Quality was a Belmont and Travers winner at three. His first foals were born this year.

“Essential Quality was one of our best yearlings in his crop and he later proved to be the best of his whole crop,” said Michael Banahan, Director of Bloodstock at Godolphin, USA, “winning the Eclipse Award for being Champion 2-year-old and 3-year-old. He also holds a special place in the Godolphin honor roll as a homebred Classic winner. What really distinguished Essential Quality from other horses is that when he left our yearling farm to go into training, he never had a day off until after his last race. He never raced on any medication, was fast, tough, sound and durable. Hopefully, he will pass on those traits to his offspring which will propel him into having a great second career as a stallion.”

Essential Quality (2018 gray or roan horse, Tapit–Delightful Quality, by Elusive Quality)

Lifetime record: Ch. 2yo colt, Ch. 3yo colt, MGISW, 10-8-0-1, $4,755,144

Breeders' Cup connections: B-Godolphin (KY); O-Godolphin, LLC; T-Brad Cox; J-Luis Saez.

Current location: Jonabell Farm, Lexington, Ky.

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‘We’re Thrilled’: White Abarrio Completes Final Work For Breeders’ Cup Classic

White Abarrio, a leading contender for the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic Nov. 4 at Santa Anita, worked five furlongs in 59.80 seconds Friday at Santa Anita. According to private clocker Gary Young, the 4-year-old Race Day colt went the final quarter mile in 22.80 seconds.

Trained by Richard Dutrow Jr., White Abarrio was originally slated to work Monday but that drill was postponed.

In response to an inquiry from the Paulick Report, California Horse Racing Board spokesman Mike Marten said the workout request was denied by Santa Anita “in consultation with the CHRB's equine medical director and chief official veterinarian.”

It's not the first time veterinarians have stopped the horse from breezing at Santa Anita; White Abarrio shipped to Southern California in mid-September and put in a work Sept. 20, going five furlongs in 1:00.80. The Form reported the following week that Dutrow's request to work him was denied by track veterinarians. He later breezed five furlongs in 1:01.60 on Oct. 2, five furlongs in 1:00.40 on Oct. 9, and five furlongs in 1:01.80 on Oct. 16.

Connections attributed the most recent delay to an issue with White Abarrio's shoes. Noted blacksmith Ian McKinlay flew in Monday and re-shod White Abarrio. He galloped Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday prior to Friday's drill.

Dutrow was in from New York to observe the work, which came under jockey Emily Ellingwood. Dutrow left Santa Anita shortly after the move and was not available for comment. Assistant Chip Dutrow, Rick Dutrow's brother, said they were pleased with the drill.

“He worked great. He cooled out great. We're thrilled,” Chip Dutrow said.

White Abarrio has made two starts for Dutrow after being transferred from trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. He was third in the G1 Metropolitan Handicap going a mile at Belmont Park June 10, then won the G1 Whitney Stakes Aug. 5 at Saratoga. The Whitney is the same 1 ¼-mile distance as the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Dutrow previously won the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2005 with Saint Liam.

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