all in Breeders' Cup

The fields for the 14 races that comprise the Breeders’ Cup World Championships really begin to come into focus in summer and fall. This regular feature will offer a snapshot profile of one of the previous weekend’s standout stars, usually a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series winner, and whether I’m buying or selling their chances to win Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar.

It might seem hard to believe, but as little as 33 years ago, popular Del Mar racetrack in California lacked a signature race to define its summer stakes schedule.

There were plenty of quality races held each year at the seaside track, but none that could definitively rank as a must-watch, can’t-miss event.

As valuable and important as the $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic may be, there should be a highly intriguing race-within-the race during the Nov. 2 showdown at Del Mar.

Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from the Grade `1, $1.25 million DraftKings Travers Stakes, the Grade 1, $750,000 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Stakes and the Grade 1, $500,000 Ballerina Handicap, all at Sa

The cross-breeding of Union Rags with Callmethesqueeze, by Awesome Again, has proved a successful experiment, producing the courageous chestnut filly Power Squeeze. At 3 years old, with a record of six wins in 10 starts, she has given her trainer, Jorge Delgado, his 10th graded stakes win and his seventh of 2024, setting a record for any Venezuelan trainer in the competitive U.S. racing scene.

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