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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 48m

Sovereignty remains on top in final NTRA Thoroughbred poll.

📸: Candice Chavez / Eclipse Sportswire

Sovereignty remains on top in final NTRA Thoroughbred poll

Sovereignty remains no. 1 in final NTRA Thoroughbred poll.

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2h

After a short rest, Baeza will prepare for a 4-year-old campaign.

📸: Scott Serio / Eclipse Sportswire

Pennsylvania Derby winner Baeza will return to racing next year

Pennsylvania Derby winner Baeza will return to racing next year.

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 3h

Even without Sovereignty, the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic lived up to the anticipation.

📸: Charles Toler / Eclipse Sportswire

Breeders' Cup Classic watch: Best horse meets the challenge

Forever Young earns his 1st U.S. victory with an outstanding performance.

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 20h

Works report: Magnitude, Iscreamuscream lead the Monday-morning tab.

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📸: Ben Breland / Eclipse Sportswire

Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 22h

See how Forever Young and more Breeders' Cup stars came out of their weekend races at Del Mar.

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📸: Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 1d

Speed figures: Bishops Bay leads the day's fastest horses with his win in the Forty Niner.

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📸: Adam Coglianese

Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 1d

Parchment Party, from the barn of Bill Mott, will become the first U.S.-trained Melbourne Cup runner in the 164-year history of the race.

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📸: NYRA / Angelo Lieto / Coglianese Photo

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 1d

First Look: Way to Be Marie leads the Long Island at Aqueduct, one of seven graded-stakes races in the coming days.

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📸: Candice Chavez / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 1d

Bishops Bay, Cugino and Damon's Mound win Sunday's graded stakes at Aqueduct.

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📸 NYRA TV

Aqueduct: Bishops Bay, Cugino, Damon's Mound win Sunday stakes

Bishops Bay (pictured), Cugino and Damon's Mound win Sunday stakes at Aqueduct.

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 1d

Forever Young's landmark win Saturday at Del Mar leads HRN daily top 10 Speed Figures.

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📸 Katie Vordenberg / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

Shine a light.
Late scratch of White Abarrio shows who truly holds power at Breeders’ Cup. Ron Flatter says the work of veterinarians should not be veiled in secrecy.
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📸 Katie Vordenberg / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

The afternoon after.
Forget the Breeders’ hangover. The Red Smith, Bold Ruler and Forty Niner stakes highlight today’s Belmont at Aqueduct card.
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📸 Sue Kawczynski / Eclipse Sportswire

Belmont at Big A: Red Smith, Bold Ruler, Forty Niner go Sunday

Red Smith, Bold Ruler and Forty Niner stakes highlight Sunday card.

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

Heir apparent.
Forever Young‘s win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic restores the memory of his great-grandsire Sunday Silence. Brian Zipse has more in his Sunday column.
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📸 Shamela Hanley / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

Ron Flatter: At Breeders' Cup, no one is more powerful than the veterinarians. There needs to be transparency.

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📸: Katie Vordenberg / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

Gezora surges late to deny She Feels Pretty in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

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📸: Jetta Vaughns / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile: In a Bob Baffert exacta, Nysos gets the nod over Citizen Bull.

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📸: Scott Serio / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

Notable Speech becomes the 4th Breeders' Cup Mile winner for Charlie Appleby, and William Buick in the last 5 years.

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📸: Bentley Breland / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

Forever Young scores the biggest international win yet for a Japan-based horse, holding off Sierra Leone in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

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📸: Scott Serio / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

Breeders' Cup Turf: Ethical Diamond, a winner both on the flat and over jumps, delivers 25-1 shocker for trainer Willie Mullins.

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📸: Bentley Breland / Eclipse Sportswire

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Breeders' Cup Distaff: Scylla seizes the early lead and draws off to 5 1/2-length victory for Bill Mott and Júnior Alvarado.

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📸: Scott Serio / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

Breeders' Cup Sprint: Trainer José D'Angelo, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. win their second championship race of the day with frontrunning Bentornato.

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📸: Bentley Breland / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint: The speedy Shisospicy leads from gate to wire, becoming the first 3-year-old filly to win the race.

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📸: Lindsay Affleck / Eclipse Sportswire

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 2d

This was the 20th Breeders’ Cup win for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, tying him for second with the late D. Wayne Lukas.

📸: Tere Poplin / Eclipse Sportswire

Breeders’ Cup: Splendora, Baffert win Filly & Mare Sprint

Splendora powers home for Baffert in Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 3d

The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile features an accomplished field, but 1 stands out above the rest.

📸: Rich Steele / Eclipse Sportswire

1st to last: Ranking the 2025 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile

The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile features an accomplished field, but 1 stands out above the rest.

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Horse Racing Nation @horseracingnation.bsky.social · 3d

NOT TOO LATE
Get 11th-hour Breeders’ Cup analysis from Andie Biancone of FanDuel TV, Ned Toffey of Spendthrift Farm & Paddock Prince David Levitch on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.
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Plus the hard-core handicappers.
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