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Breeders’ Cup Presents The News Minute: Vekoma’s Out, But The Devil’s All In On Pirate’s Punch

Saturday's $2-million, Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint lost Vekoma, the morning-line favorite, after trainer George Weaver reported the son of Candy Ride spiked a fever on Tuesday night and was treated with antibiotics. Vekoma won the G2 Blue Grass Stakes as a 3-year-old in 2019 and is unbeaten in three starts in 2020, with wins in the G1 Carter and G1 Met Mile Handicaps, but he'll be forced to miss the big show on Saturday at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.

Grant Forster appears to be having fun with the 666 saddle towel number assigned to his first Breeders' Cup starter, $1-million, G1 Dirt Mile contender Pirate's Punch, suggesting the son of Shanghai Bobby is “the devil's choice” in the race.

And can Chad Brown add to his record of 15 Breeders' Cup world championship race wins (second only to D. Wayne Lukas) in the Juvenile Turf on the Future Stars Friday program? Ray Paulick seems to think so.

Watch the Breeders' Cup News Minute to find out why.

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Breeders’ Cup Presents The News Minute: Sittin On An Upset In The Juvenile

Jackie's Warrior, at 7-5, is the shortest-priced horse on the morning line of the five Future Stars Friday races that kick off the Nov. 6-7 Breeders' Cup world championship races from Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.

But is this unbeaten, Grade 1-winning son of Maclean's Music worth a play in the $2-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile? Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick offers an alternative selection, the Dale Romans-trained Brody's Cause colt Sittin On Go, coming off a late-running victory in the G3 Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs and listed at 12-1 on the morning line.

Watch the Breeders' Cup News Minute to find out why.

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Breeders’ Cup Presents The News Minute: Let The Handicapping Begin

With 184 entries, including 48 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series Win and You're In victors, 37 international competitors and four returning champions, officials drew post positions for the Nov. 6-7 Breeders' Cup world championship races today at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.

There are nine full fields in the 14 races, including four of the five Future Stars Friday Breeders' Cup races on Nov. 6, giving horseplayers a virtual feast of handicapping opportunities.

The three Bob Baffert horses in the $6-million Breeders' Cup Classic drew the three outside post positions in the field of 10, headed by 5-2 morning line favorite Improbable in post eight. Trainer Barclay Tagg had hoped his Tiz the Law would draw outside, but he was not so lucky, drawing the No. 2 post position.

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Breeders’ Cup Presents The News Minute: For Classic, The Works Are Complete

Improbable, the likely favorite in the $6-million, Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic, breezed a quick six furlongs at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Sunday morning. At Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., where the world championships will be contested Nov. 6-7, Tacitus worked out alongside Bill Mott stablemate Channel Maker for his engagement in the Classic.

Those two workouts complete the final preparations for the horses pre-entered in the Classic.

There was plenty of action in New York on Sunday, where trainer Chad Brown put many of his 13-strong Breeders' Cup team through their paces at Belmont Park, one day before entries are taken and post positions are drawn.

A reminder that you can watch the post-position draw live from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Eastern on TVG, breederscup.com or the Breeders' Cup mobile app. And don't forget to tune in each morning for “Breakfast at the Breeders' Cup” from 7-10 a.m. Eastern on TVG.

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