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Five-time grade 1 winner She Feels Pretty's two-year wait to achieve World Championship glory is at hand as she headlines the field for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

Three entered in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) are seeking their second World Championships win: 2024 Juvenile (G1) winner Citizen Bull, last year's Dirt Mile winner Full Serrano, and White Abarrio, who won the 2023 Classic (G1).

Johannes will look to improve off last year's finish and take home the top prize against an international cast in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

The Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar looms not only as a $7 million shoot-out at 1 1/4 miles but also a battleground on which Horse of the Year and other year-end titles may pivot.

There's an overpowering foreign flavor providing the spice in a field of 14 entered in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

Seismic Beauty will aim to use a well-timed arrival at the top level when she faces an expected 13 rivals in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

Straight No Chaser, who won the 2024 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), could become the fourth horse to win back-to-back editions of the race when he starts in the Nov. 1 edition at Del Mar.

After beating the boys in the Jaipur Stakes (G1T) earlier this year, Ag Bullet aims to become the sixth filly or mare to win the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Del Mar Nov. 1.

Although East Coast-based horses have captured the last three runnings of the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1), it's safe to say there is a strong chance a California-trained contender could take this year's $1 million prize.

European-trained runners have won 12 of 18 runnings of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T). They're favored to win another: the Oct. 31 race with the Aidan O'Brien-trained Gstaad.

The $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) usually features an East vs. West showdown. Yet the Oct. 31 edition of the champion-making race at Del Mar offers a matchup with more pizzazz than normal.

A year after Lake Victoria exceeded expectations in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), Aidan O'Brien and Coolmore aim to do it again with Precise.

Iron Orchard, trained by Danny Gargan, recently sold for $2.5 million and is undefeated going into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).

After adding to an already impressive initial campaign with a victory in the Cheveley Park (G1), True Love will aim for success in North America when she makes her overseas debut in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

ESPN Louisville will be live at the Breeders' Cup, offering two days of shows from the shadows of the Del Mar paddock, anchored by BloodHorse Monday co-host Louie Rabaut.

Mike Smith, the all-time leader in wins (27) at the Breeders' Cup, has given patient and professional Breeders' Cup rides to some all-time greats in horse racing, including Lure, Skip Away, Azeri, Zenyatta, Royal Delta, Songbird, and Arrogate.    

Owner/breeder Debby Oxley may have a mere 20 mares on the farm and a few graded stakes winners to her credit as an owner, but the impact of her breeding operation has been nothing short of potent.

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BloodHorse Monday: Larry Johnson's daughters on Mindframe carrying his legacy to the Breeders' Cup Classic, Racing Post's David Jennings highlights European runners, Conrad Bandoroff on Denali's Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale consignment.

The first of six opportunities to bet on the 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1) opens Oct. 29 through Oct. 31 with Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, headlined by likely Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) favorite Ted Noffey.