Elite Turf Club president Scott Daruty discusses computer-assisted wagering.

Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst

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.

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.