Breeders' Cup Classic

Third in last year's Kentucky Derby in Belmont.

He was only sixth in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

And that started this annoying tendency he has to miss the break.

But despite missing the break two starts ago, he still produced 112 by a speed figure in the Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs when he split magnitude and sovereignty.

Forever Young, all things being equal, should win the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

Opening day of brand-new Belmont Park, Friday, September the 18th, before heading to the Breeders' Cup Classic as the likely market leader.

Uh, what about the Arc, Nahiro? We haven't had too many, uh, Arc contenders heralded from Japan.

There's still five Japanese entries in the race.

Unfortunately, the opposition has just dwindled away, and he, he's got everything to lose really.

[laughs] He just needs to get on and win the race.

Yeah, hopefully all goes okay for Forever Young, and he can add to the buildup for the, the Breeders' Cup Classic, uh, at Keeneland.

But as you point out, yeah, um, great to see racing at Belmont.

No, no, no. That's no cigar, the donkey.

Let me let you hear what Tom Duncan had to say about Cigar the Horse, right? This is 1995 when he was winning the Breeders' Cup Classic.

And he was coming down the stretch, right? And me and Dustin will tease each other about this all the time.

Listen carefully to what he said about Cigar the Horse, which could be applied to Cigar the Donkey.

And to maintain sort of that, that middle ground.

I think about the 2006 Breeders' Cup Classic, we ran 17 horses.

Holy cow.

And that's when they were only eight races.

It's a mile and an eighth.

But at least, you know, the breeders, he would still, he could still get a prep in for the Breeders' Cup Classic, and it would be four weeks instead of, you know, instead of more time in between races.

But I'll be surprised if he runs.

Randy, let me throw out another scenario.

Is there another possibility here? He skips the Jockey Club Gold Cup, doesn't run on the Lucas Classic.

Is there any reason why...

If he gets them healthy in time, and so he said this is not a real serious problem, he still couldn't run in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

I mean, last year, I mean, he was intending to run, go straight from the Traverse to the Breeders' Cup Classic.

It is a half million dollar race.

So as Sean points out, a reasonable spot a month out from the Breeders' Cup Classic.

I think that's technically five weeks, actually.

So I think it would give him plenty of time to actually be ready there for Halloween and our trip there to Keeneland.

Mm-hmm.

And, um, then he won the King's Bishop, and then he ran second in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Yeah.

So.