Trainer Gordon Elliott and jockey Jack Kennedy score another victory in the American Grand National Hurdle Stakes (NSA-1), this time with Western Fold.
It took until the final jumps, but a powerful late rally by Dr. Kapur was enough to carry him to victory over Triple Crown alumnus Chief Wallabee and pull off an upset in the $350,000 Perryville Stakes (G3) Oct. 17 at Keeneland.
Working Oct. 17 at Santa Anita Park toward expected starts in the Breeders' Cup were American Pharoah Stakes (G1) runner-up Net Par and a quartet of runners for trainer Phil D'Amato: Gold Phoenix, Thought Process, Sorrento Sky, and Majestic Oops.
A number of horses aimed at the Oct. 30-31 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland breezed over the fast main track Oct. 17, including Magnitude for trainer Steve Asmussen, and Fully Subscribed, Kathynmarissa, and Segesta for trainer Chad Brown.
Beaten by 2 1/4 lengths by Calandagan in last season's Champion Stakes (G1), Ombudsman turns the tables in emphatic fashion, sprinting away to register a 3 3/4-length verdict in this year's running Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse.
A number of horses aimed at the Oct. 30-31 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland breezed over the fast main track Oct. 17, including Magnitude for trainer Steve Asmussen, and Fully Subscribed, Kathynmarissa, and Segesta for trainer Chad Brown.
Talk of New York came of age on British Champions day with a dominant win in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse. Almeraq, Mount Atlas land other group 1s on the British Champions day card.
Minnie Hauk put a frustrating run of form behind her to hold off Believed and earn Aidan O'Brien a 22nd group 1 winner of the season in the Oct. 17 British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse.
Andrew Balding described Kalpana as a "horse of a lifetime" after the four-time group 1 winner ended her career on the track in the British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes (G1) Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse.