Edited Press Release All-sources, common-pool handle for the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course was $167,930,278. Total common-pool handle on Saturday's 12-race Breeders' Cup card was $114,303,297. All-sources common-pool handle on Breeders' Cup's 10-race Future Stars Friday card was $53,626,981. Handle on the 14 Breeders' Cup races over the two days was

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It was about a week before the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup that Bill Mott revealed that Sovereignty (Into Mischief) would miss what was supposed to be a key prep for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic. He had an abscess in his left hind foot and would need a break from training. This didn't bode

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LEXINGTON, Ky.-“When you have the honor of getting to the top of the hill, next you have to stay there,” said her husband. “And let me tell you, the wind blows pretty hard up there.” Anyone could have told Cherie DeVaux as much, after the agonizing defeat of a horse so charismatic that even the

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Flavien Prat, who won three Breeders' Cup races at Keeneland Race Course during the World Championships on Oct. 30 and 31, was named the recipient of the 2026 Bill Shoemaker Award, given to the outstanding jockey of the event. The annual Shoemaker Award goes to the jockey who rides the most winners across the 14

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Sovereignty (Into Mischief), ruler of the 2026 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland. Last year's Horse of the Year closed out his brilliant career with one last gem, defeating The Puma (Essential Quality) by 1 3/4 lengths in Saturday's GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic. It was another half-length back to fellow Godolphin

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