all in The Sport

The nearest a horse not trained by Bob Baffert could get in the Oct. 8 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita Park was 24 1/4 lengths behind undefeated winner Cave Rock. That’s because all four of the Baffert runners finished ahead of the other four in the race, with daylight between every one of them.

New York-based trainer Todd Pletcher wasn’t at Keeneland Oct. 8, but the Hall of Famer’s impact on a pair of back-to-back Grade 1 races late in the afternoon was unmistakable.

War Like Goddess made history in the Grade 1 $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Oct. 8 and paved the way for her to potentially make more during the upcoming Breeders' Cup World Championships next month.

Clearview Stables’ Wonder Gal was a precocious juvenile for trainer Leah Gyarmati, a stakes winner during her initial season in 2014 and the third-place finisher in that year’s 14 Hands Winery Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita Park.

Few races on the calendar have had as strong of an impact on a single Breeders’ Cup World Championships race as the Juddmonte Spinster Stakes at Keeneland has had on the Longines Distaff.

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