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Moonlight D’Oro Headlines Seashell Stakes Wednesday At Del Mar

Entries were taken Saturday for Wednesday's opening day card at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., and the featured $100,000 Seashell Stakes drew a field of seven fillies and mares for a one-mile spin on the main oval.

The eight-race card will kick off the seaside track's eighth fall race meeting, known officially as the Bing Crosby Season in honor of the track's founder. First post will be 12:30 p.m., as will be the case for the majority of the 13-day session.

The meet additionally will host the 38th edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, presented on Friday and Saturday of opening week, November 5 and 6. Fourteen championship races will be offered with more than $31 million in purses and awards up for grabs along with the prestige and championship honors Breeders' Cup winners earn.

Del Mar will race Wednesday and Thursday of the upcoming week; host the two-day Breeders' Cup extravaganza, then come back with a Sunday card. The following two weeks, it will race Friday through Sunday, and then for its final week, it will race four days starting with an early card on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 25.

Wednesday's Seashell appears to have a solid favorite in comebacking Moonlight d'Oro, who'll be under silks for the first time since a smart victory in Santa Anita's Grade 3 Las Virgenes Stakes on February 6. The well-bred 3-yer-old daughter of Medaglia d'Oro out of a Bernardini mare is owned by MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm and her Hall of Fame trainer, Richard Mandella, will give a leg up to Southern California riding kingpin Flavien Prat. The bay fits nicely under the Seashell conditions which require participants to be non-winners of a sweepstakes of $60,000 to the winner since April 1.

Here's the full lineup for the test in post-position order with riders and weights: Michael Rosemayer's Clockstrikestwelve (Jose Ortiz), 121; Moonlight D'Oro, 118; Mathiesen Racing, Feghali or Mathiesen, et al's Paige Anne (Kyle Frey), 121; Sones or Sones' Lisette (Umberto Rispoli), 118; Tarabilia Farms' Miss Fia (Jessica Pyfer), 121; and Hronis Racing's Livingmybestlife (Juan Hernandez), 118.

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Watch And Wager On Breeders’ Cup World Championships At Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs will simulcast the Breeders' Cup World Championships from Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6. The first race from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., those days is 2 p.m. and 1:45 p.m., respectively.

A simulcast of the 10-race “Future Stars Friday” card from Del Mar will begin at 2:55 p.m. and the Breeders' Cup will cover Races 6-10 (5:50-8:30 p.m.). Championship Saturday's 12-race program at Del Mar will commence at 1:15 p.m. with the Breeders' Cup on Races 4-12 (Breeders' Cup starts at 3:05 p.m.). It will culminate with the $6 million Longines Classic (GI) at 8:40 p.m.

Several horses currently stabled at Churchill Downs are expected to compete in the Breeders' Cup, led by the Brad Cox-trained duo of Knicks Go (23-9-3-1—$5,553,135) and Essential Quality (9-8-0-0—$4,215,144) in the Classic

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XBTV Unveils 2021 Breeders’ Cup Portal

1/ST Technology's XBTV, racing's premier online destination for video workouts, has unveiled its 2021 Breeders' Cup Portal to provide handicappers, horsemen, and fans free access to exclusive videos in advance of the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 5 and 6 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.

As racing's most comprehensive library of racing workouts, XBTV will be on-site at Del Mar, Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., and Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. through the Breeders' Cup to ensure that viewers can watch as key contenders prepare for racing's year-end event.

In addition, the XBTV team will interview top jockeys, trainers, and owners as they prepare their horses for Del Mar.

To visit XBTV's Breeders' Cup Portal, please visit https://www.xbtv.com/breeders-cup/

In order to watch videos on XBTV, a free 1/ST account is required. 1ST is the leading name in horse racing, and, in addition to XBTV's free video library, a 1ST account gives customers access to online betting with 1/ST BET and Xpressbet, as well as BETMIX handicapping software.

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No Shortage Of Pace In BC Classic If Knicks Go, Medina Spirit Start

If everything holds together and all things being equal, one thing seems certain: the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic won't be lacking for pace.

With committed front runners Medina Spirit, Knicks Go, and Art Collector all pointing to the mile and one-quarter Classic at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., Nov. 6, Vegas books might ponder offering a prop bet on which one takes the lead, if they haven't already.

Private clocker and bloodstock agent Gary Young, with an opinion usually at the ready on any racing question, was tactfully terse when asked for an analysis of the Classic now less than two weeks hence.

“There's speed in the race, but I don't know if there's Knicks Go-type of speed,” said Young, his vested interest aside since it was he who recommended owner Amr Zedan purchase Medina Spirit for the bargain price of $35,000 at last year's Ocala Two-Year-Old In Training Sale.

“Obviously, Medina's a fast horse, and Hot Rod Charlie's not a slow horse, but Knicks Go is a very fast horse. You couldn't ask for Medina Spirit to be in better hands than Johnny V's (regular rider John Velazquez).

“Medina Spirit ran well in the Sham against Life Is Good (second all the way, beaten three-quarters of a length in the one-mile race on Jan. 2), so I don't think he needs the lead to run well.

“There are some who point out he's four for four when he makes the lead, and gotten beat every time he doesn't make the lead (in three races; he did lead after bobbling in the Preakness, eventually finishing third by 5 ½ lengths).

“But I find it hard to believe a horse with his desire to win has to have the lead to do it. Usually, he's fast enough to be in front.”

Asked if speed would benefit a proven stretch runner like Essential Quality, Young said, “It all depends on how the pace plays out. I suppose the pace could be fast, but let's not forget this:

“The only other time they ran the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar (in 2017), Gun Runner, Collected and West Coast pretty much ran around there one, two, three (in the Classic). Medina Spirit seems to be doing very well, but we'll see what happens.”

Addressing Horse of the Year, despite his affinity for Medina Spirit, Young feels that all but a vacuous effort by the brown or dark bay colt would warrant the prestigious award.

“If he wins the Breeders' Cup Classic and they don't give him Horse of the Year, they might as well throw the trophy away,” Young said. “That said, he could win the Breeders' Cup Classic by five lengths and there are still going to be some haters who will not vote for him.

“But if he wins the race, I don't know how you cannot vote him Horse of the Year, I really don't.”

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