NewsBreeders' Cup contenders abounded in weekend horse racing

Breeders’ Cup contenders abounded in weekend horse racing

1 of 3 | Idiomatic wins Sunday’s Grade I Spinster at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Keeneland

Oct. 7 (UPI) — A weekend full of final auditions for next month’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships turned up plenty of prospects from France to California.

Among them were top 2-year-old contenders whose continued development will stamp them as 2025 Kentucky Derby and Oaks prospects.

Distaff

Just hours after taking out the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in France, Juddmonte also landed Sunday’s $600,000 Grade I Spinster at Keeneland, a race the organization sponsors.

Reigning division champion Idiomatic led all the way under Florent Geroux to win by 6 1/2 lengths, returning to the winner’s circle for the seventh time in her last nine starts.

The race was a “Win and You’re In” for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff, which Idiomatic also won last year, also after winning the Spinster.

At Aqueduct on Sunday, Raging Sea took a late lead in the $250,000 Grade II Beldame Stakes and held off Batucada to win by a head as the 1-10 favorite.

Turf

At Longchamp in Paris, Bluestocking won Sunday’s Group 1 Pix de l’Arc de Triomphe, also a “Win and you’re In” race. It’s unlikely the Juddmonte filly will follow in the footsteps of Enabled and try the Arc-Breeders’ Cup double as she’s had a tough season already.

Carson’s Run rallied five-wide to get the lead in Saturday’s $500,000 Jockey Club Derby Invitational at Aqueduct and got home first by 3/4 length over Deterministic.

Filly & Mare Turf

Hang the Moon came from last of seven to upset Saturday’s $200,000 Grade II Rodeo Drive Stakes at Santa Anita, rallying five wide and clearing late to win by 1 1/2 lengths over Aspen Grove.

South African import Beach Bomb was a good third, followed by the favorite, Iscreamuscream.

Hang the Moon, a 4-year-old Uncle Mo filly, now owns a “Win and You’re In” ticket to the Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

Also: La Mehana rallied from last of six to win Friday’s $200,000 Grade III Waya Stakes at Aqueduct by a neck over Immensitude.

Mouffy passed most of her rivals in the lane en route to a head victory over fellow deep-closer Nadette in Saturday’s $200,000 (Canadian) Grade II Dance Smartly Stakes at Woodbine.

Turf Mile

Chad Brown-trained horses finished 1-2-3 in Saturday’s $750,000 Grade I First Lady Stakes on the Keeneland turf with Gina Romantica leading the parade by 2 lengths over Chili Flag, who was another 2 lengths better than Fluffy Socks. The race was a “Win and You’re In” for the Coolmore Breeders’ Cup Mile.

Carl Spackler, the even-money favorite, drew off in the stretch to a 1-length victory in the $1.25 million Grade I Coolmore Turf Mile at Keeneland, earning a “Win and You’re In” berth in the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile on Nov.

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