![]() Own second guessing came after Malathaat, a 7-2 second choice, finished third toĤ9-1 long shot Marche Lorraine of Japan in the 2021 Distaff at Del Mar. With Malathaat last year, I think we’d haveīeen better off having a prep in between. With Liam’s Map and Stop Charging Maria (inĢ015), we trained them up to it. Race or not to race once in the early fall before the two big days in November isĪ dilemma more and more trainers are facing.Ī very delicate balance,” said Todd Pletcher, whose has 12 Breeders’ Cup wins. Ward said he intended to enter Love Reigns in “I just didn’t want her to run her Breeders’ Cup race Got to looking at it, and it was going to be 26 days until her race onīreeders’ Cup Friday,” said Ward, who was confident Love Reigns still would get Indian Summer even though it was a last chance to automatically qualify for Scratch stakes winner and likely odds-on favorite Love Reigns from that day’s It was an 11th-hour decision, as when Wesley Ward decided Sunday morning to It was a long-held plan for trainers to give their horses a break. Years since the event added a second day, that figure was 81 percent. Race within 43 days of the climactic meet. ![]() The last two years, 71 percent of the Breeders’ Cup starters had a last-out
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