Susumu Fujita's Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) will look to become just the second horse in the 43-year history of the GI Breeders' Cup Classic to record multiple victories and the Yoshito Yahagi trainee will jump from gate five with Ryusei Sakai up against seven classy rivals. What the Classic may lack in numbers,

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Trainer Howard Belvoir, for six decades a fixture in horse racing in the Pacific Northwest, died Oct. 23 from heart failure at the age of 82, according to a post on the Emerald Downs website. Based mainly in Washington, but having also done stints in California, Oregon and British Columbia, Belvoir won 2,192 races in

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“They are both running in the Classic,” trainer Bill Mott said Monday morning, ending speculation on whether Godolphin's GI Pacific Classic winner Knightsbridge (Nyquist) would join stablemate Sovereignty (Into Mischief) in GI Breeders' Cup Classic or instead start in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Saturday at Keeneland. Connections of Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map) also

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The Fasig-Tipton Eastern Fall Yearlings Sale, reverting to its former name, will be held Tuesday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium under a new format and weeks later than its traditional spot on the calendar. The one-day auction's catalogue has been structured to give each of the region's state-bred programs its own section. The

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GI Champagne Stakes winner U.S.S. Valor (War of Will), at 8-1, is the individual favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens Wednesday. “All Other Colts and Geldings Foaled in 2024” is the 6-5 morning-line favorite among the pool's 40 wagering interests. Other leading individual interests in Pool 1 include undefeated

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