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Posted on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Four race horses earned automatic berths into the 1 1/4-mile Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf led by Arindel Farm’s Wait A While, the morning line favorite in the field of 10 at 3-1.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Wait a While has won all 3 of her career starts on the Santa Anita turf course including victories in the 2006 and 2008 renewals of the Yellow Ribbon. Jockey John Velazquez has the mount on Wait a While and will break from post position 5.
Other automatic 2008 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf contenders were Folk Opera, Forever Together and Mauralakana.
Stardom Bound & Sky Diva Showdown In The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
The 1 1/16-mile Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies figures to be a showdown between the gem of the West Coast, Stardom Bound, and the undefeated East Coast sensation Sky Diva.
Charles Cono’s Stardom Bound has won her past 2 starts, the Del Mar Debutante and the Oak Leaf, in spectacular stretch-running fashion under jockey Mike Smith for race hrose trainer Chris Paasch. Installed as the 2-1 favorite, Stardom Bound will break from post position 10.
Puglisi Racing’s Sky Diva, trained by Steve Klesaris, won her debut by 10 lengths at Delaware Park on September 9 and followed that up with a 3 3/4-length score in the Frizette on October 4 at Belmont Park. Jockey Ramon Dominguez has the call on Sky Diva, the 7-2 second choice who will break from post position four.
View the rest of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies contenders.
Full Field For The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
2008 Breeders’ Cup Day Friday’s other 2-year-old race is the $1-million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, which drew a full field of 12 for the 1-mile test. Automatic qualifiers for the race were Pamela Edel’s C Karma, IEAH Stables, et. al’s Laragh and Karen Woods and Saud bin Khaled’s Maram, who is undefeated in 2 starts.
View the other 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf contenders.
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint
The $1-million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint will offer Patti and Hal Earnhardt’s Indian Blessing the opportunity to become the first horse in Breeders’ Cup history to win two different Breeders’ Cup races.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Indian Blessing won last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Monmouth Park. This year, Indian Blessing has won 5 of 7 starts and is a perfect 2-for-2 at the 7-furlong distance of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.
Installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite, Indian Blessing will be ridden by John Velazquez and break from post position five in a full field of 14.
View the rest of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint contenders that will race against Indian Blessing this Friday.
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Tags: C Karma, Folk Opera, Forever Together, Indian Blessing, Laragh, Maram, Mauralakana, Sky Diva, Stardom Bound, Wait a While
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