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Get to know more about multiple grade 1 winner Essential Quality as he prepares to compete in the Nov. 6 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar.

Comments from the connections of Echo Zulu, winner of the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Courtesy Breeders’ Cup

Cammarota Racing’s Miss Marissa will attempt to win her third graded stakes event when facing four other fillies and mares in the $150,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (G3) going nine furlongs over the Belmont Park main track. 

A veterinarian’s premature recommendation to scratch Modern Games led to a confusing stewards’ decision ahead of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T).

Comments form the connections of Corniche, winner of the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Courtesy Breeders’ Cup

Christophe Clement, the Ernie Banks of the Breeders’ Cup, entered the 2021 championship with a big, fat 0-for-40 around his neck, but Nov. 5 captured his first World Championships victory with Pizza Bianca in the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T).

Speedway Stables’ Corniche led throughout in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) Nov. 5 at Del Mar to remain undefeated in three starts.

Corniche, who is Quality Road’s 12th grade 1 winner, is in a strong position to become Quality Road’s fourth champion.

R3 Racing’s A G Indy emerged victorious in the $200,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes at Del Mar, the most valuable race on the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup undercard.