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Sovereignty Leads Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings For The Third Week
Sovereignty Leads Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings For The Third Week originally appeared on Paulick Report. Godolphin's homebred Sovereignty stayed atop the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings for a third consecutive week heading into his expected next start in the Aug. 23 Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings are a weekly rating of the top 10 horses in contention for the $7 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, which will be run Nov. 1 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., during the 42nd Breeders' Cup World by Bill Mott, Sovereignty, winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1), Belmont Stakes (G1) and Jim Dandy Stakes (G2), totaled 329 votes and held a 27-vote margin over Sierra Leone (302 votes), the defending Longines Breeders' Cup Classic winner and the winner of the Aug. 2 Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga. The remaining eight positions in the poll were also unchanged from last Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC's homebred 4-year-old Mindframe, winner of the Stephen Foster (G1), is in third place with 255 votes, followed by Preakness (G1) and Haskell Stakes (G1) winner Journalism, who is in fourth place with 234 votes for trainer Michael McCarthy and owners Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, Robert LaPenta, Elayne Stables Five, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor, and Derrick Corp's 4-year-old San Diego Handicap (G2) winner Nysos stays in fifth place with 184 votes for trainer Bob Baffert. Saudi Cup (G1) winner Forever Young is in sixth place with 143 votes for owner Susumu Fujita and trainer Yoshito Yahagi. The 4-year-old Fierceness, owned by Repole Stable, Derrick Smith, Michael B. Tabor, and Mrs. John Magnier, and trained by Todd Pletcher, is in seventh place with 139 votes.C R K Stable LLC and Grandview Equine's 3-year-old Baeza, third in the Kentucky Derby and third in the Belmont Stakes for trainer John Shirreffs, is in eighth place with 97 5-year-old homebred Highland Falls, runner-up in the Whitney Stakes, is in ninth place with 81 votes for trainer Brad Cox.C2 Racing Stable, Gary Barber, and La Milagrosa Stable LLC's 6-year-old White Abarrio, who won the 2023 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, is in 10th place with 46 votes for trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. Sierra Leone (Whitney), Mindframe (Stephen Foster), Journalism (Haskell), and Forever Young (Saudi Cup) have each earned automatic starting positions and fees paid into this year's Longines Breeders' Cup Classic through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings are determined by a panel of leading Thoroughbred racing media, horseplayers, and members of the Breeders' Cup Racing Directors/Secretaries Panel. Rankings will be announced each week through Oct. 7. A list of voting members can be found here. In the Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings, each voter rates horses on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 system in descending – The Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings have no bearing on qualification or selection into the Breeders' Cup 2025 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, which will be run at 1 1/4 miles on the main track at Del Mar, is limited to 14 starters. The race will be broadcast live on NBC. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Aug 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
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30-07-2025
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Sovereignty In First-Place On Latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Sovereignty In First-Place On Latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll originally appeared on Paulick Report. Sovereignty, fresh off his length victory in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy, is the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll's new leader. Already topping the NTRA's most recent Top 3-Year-Old Poll, Godolphin's G1 Kentucky Derby and G1 Belmont Stakes-winning homebred is now considered a top candidate for Horse of the Bill Mott trainee's resume is further bolstered by a win in the G2 Fountain of Youth and a second in the G1 Florida Derby. The son of Into Mischief is expected to make his next start in the G1 Travers on Aug. 23 at Saratoga Race Course. Repole Stable and St. Elias LLC's Mindframe is now second after leading this poll for the past month. The winner of the G1 Churchill Downs Stakes and G1 Stephen Foster is entered in the Whitney on Aug. 2, although it is unlikely he will run, unless stablemate Fierceness, ranked fourth on the poll, is out G1 Haskell winner Journalism holds third for a second week. The Michael McCarthy trainee also won the G1 Preakness Stakes and G1 Santa Anita Derby. He was second in the G1 Kentucky Derby and G1 Belmont Stakes to Sovereignty. Journalism is owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, Robert V. LaPenta, Elayne Stables Five, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor, and Derrick Smith. Jumping to sixth on the poll is Baoma Corp.'s Nysos. The 4-year-old son of Nyquist won the G2 San Diego Stakes over the weekend and the G3 Triple Bend in May. Nysos is trained by Bob addition to Mindframe and Fierceness, No. 8 Sierra Leone and No. 10 White Abarrio are also entered in the 1 ⅛-mile Whitney. Other horses receiving votes: She Feels Pretty (23), Far Bridge (16), Baeza (16), Ways And Means (14), Magnitude (12), Excellent Truth (7), Spirit Of St Louis (6), Kopion (5), Nitrogen (4), Be Your Best (4), Mystik Dan (4), Deterministic (3), Phileas Fogg (3), Hit Show (3), Sweet Azteca (2), Locked (2), Carl Spackler (2), Gosger (1), Think Big (1), Forever Young (1), Obliteration (1), Formidable Man (1). The weekly Top Thoroughbred Poll represents the leading contenders for Horse of the Year. Rankings in the poll are on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis with first-place votes in parentheses. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 29, 2025, where it first appeared.
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25-07-2025
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‘Keep All Our Options Open': Mindframe Still Possible For Whitney
'Keep All Our Options Open': Mindframe Still Possible For Whitney originally appeared on Paulick Report. Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's millionaire Mindframe, undefeated in three starts this year, including back-to-back Grade 1 victories, remains under consideration for the G1, $1 million Whitney on Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course. The 98th running of the 1 1/8-mile Whitney for 4-year-olds and up is a 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the Gr1 Breeders' Cup Classic on November 1 at Del Mar and the headliner on a program featuring five graded stakes worth $3.2 million in purses. Owner Mike Repole and Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher already have Fierceness pointed to the Whitney. The three-time G1 winner and Champion 2-Year-Old Colt of 2023 lost for the first time in four starts at Saratoga when he was second in the G1 Hill 'n' Dale Metropolitan Handicap on June 7. 'We're going to breeze Mindframe on Saturday and make a decision,' Pletcher said. 'Talking to Mike, there's a good chance we'll enter both and make a decision about Mindframe on race day.' The Maryland-bred Mindframe was first or second in four starts as a 3-year-old, including runner-up finishes in the G1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets and G1 NYRABets Haskell. After more than seven months away, he launched his comeback with a victory in the G2 Gulfstream Park Mile on March 1, and followed up with scores in the G1 Churchill Downs sprinting seven furlongs and G1 Stephen Foster going 1 1/8 miles. Pletcher said the usual factors will come into play when deciding whether to run Mindframe in the Whitney, a race he has won previously with Left Bank [2002], Lawyer Ron [2007], Cross Traffic [2013], and Life Is Good [2022]. 'Just everything – post position draw, how the race is shaping up, how the breezes go this weekend,' he said. 'We want to keep all our options open. As we all know, things can change quickly in this game.' Of his other horses nominated to Whitney, Pletcher said Centennial Farms' G3 winner Antiquarian, most recently second in the Grade 2 Suburban presented by Subourbon July 4, will be pointed to the G1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup on Aug. 31 at Saratoga [a "Win and You're In" for the Breeders' Cup Classic], while no decision has been made on the next spot for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' G1-winning millionaire Locked, third as the Suburban favorite. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 24, 2025, where it first appeared.
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19-07-2025
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Repole Stables' Mindframe, Fierceness Work Toward Saratoga Grade 1s
Repole Stables' Mindframe, Fierceness Work Toward Saratoga Grade 1s originally appeared on Paulick Report. Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables' Mindframe, the last-out Grade 1 Stephen Foster-winner on June 28 at Churchill Downs, completed his first breeze back when covering a half-mile in 52.46 seconds on Friday, July 18, over the main track at Saratoga Race by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, the 4-year-old Constitution dark bay currently leads the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll following wins in the nine-furlong Stephen Foster and the seven-furlong G1 Churchill Downs on May 3. Mindframe is 3-for-3 this year, also capturing the G2 Gulfstream Park Mile in March, among his 7-5-2-0 lifetime record with over $1.8 million in earnings.'We were just looking to get an easy half in, he went by himself,' Pletcher said of Friday's work. 'He does whatever you ask him to do. He is cool that way. He goes easy if you want him to go easy, fast if you want him to go fast.' On Aug. 2, Saratoga hosts the G1, $1 million Whitney, a nine-furlong main track test for older horses, offering a 'Win and You're In' berth to the G1 Breeders' Cup Classic in November at Del Mar. The question for Pletcher has been whether or not Mindframe could run there alongside Fierceness, who has been reported to be targeting the race for Repole Stable, Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor, and Mrs. John Magnier.'I've got to gather up with the connections. We are still a couple weeks away, but he is a fit horse coming out of the Foster win. We don't have to do a lot with him if we did decide to run in the Whitney,' Pletcher if he'd like running Mindframe and Fierceness against each other in the Whitney, Pletcher said, 'Ideally, no. We'd split them up, so if we decide to wait for the [G1] Jockey Club Gold Cup with him [Mindframe], that would be one way of splitting them up.'The G1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup, a 10-furlong 'Win and You're In' event for the Breeders' Cup Classic, is run on Aug. 31 at the Spa.'Fierceness hasn't run since the Met Mile, so we have always been pointing him towards the Whitney,' Pletcher said. Fierceness worked Friday over the main track, covering five furlongs in 1:01.70 in company with Dreamlike.'He worked terrific today. He is giving us every indication he is on target for it [the Whitney],' said Pletcher. 'I'd say if he stays that way, that would probably give us a good reason to wait a little longer on Mindframe and give him a little extra time off a huge effort shipping to Churchill.' Fierceness, the multiple G1-winning 4-year-old City of Light colt and the 2023 Champion 2-Year-Old Male, last ran second in the one-mile G1 Metropolitan Handicap here after a track-record setting win in the 1 1/16-mile G2 Alysheba on May 2 at Churchill Downs.'I thought he worked terrific, like he always does, he finished up nicely and put in a huge gallop out, moving great, doing everything you'd like to see,' Pletcher has earned in excess of $4.5 million through an 11-6-2-1 record, including a head score over subsequent Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna in the G1, $1.25 million DraftKings Travers in August here. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 18, 2025, where it first appeared.
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29-06-2025
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Stephen Foster Stakes All About A Mindframe
Mind frame proved himself as a classic distance horse in the Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs The Stephen Foster has long been a Stakes race that showcases talent. Sometimes it has been an affirmation race and for others it serves as an arrival. The 44th running of this test for older horses at Churchill Downs on June 28 was a red-carpet rendition for a runner that has now arrived as a major player in the Classic distance division. An imposing figure physically, Mindframe came into the $1 million Foster as a runner with considerable potential, but still unproven at the classic distances of a mile and an eighth or better. Unraced at two and having been just about a length and a half away from grade 1 glory in both the Belmont Stakes and Haskell Invitational at three, his four-year old campaign had began with graded stakes wins at a mile (Gulfstream Park Mile) and seven furlongs (Churchill Downs Stakes). Yes, his four wins and two seconds in six lifetime starts were impressive, but could this somewhat lightly raced Maryland-bred get it done at that longer distance? As a 'win and you're in' qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Foster, with perhaps the saltiest field in race history, served as an excellent proving ground. Always considered as being of a talented Mindframe, this Todd Petcher trained son of Constitution responded in a big way. Facing the 2024 Kentucky Derby champ, 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic winner, 2025 Oaklawn Handicap victor, and 2025 Dubai World Cup winner, the Mindframe had to be right. Understanding the field he was facing, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. immediately put his horse in the race as he stalked a somewhat moderate early pace (23.94 opening quarter, 47.94 half mile) set by First Mission. As the race unfolded, the talent exuded and the pace quickened. Rolling through quicker fractions for the next two quarter miles (23.53 third and 23.47 fourth), Pletcher's masterfully prepared runner assumed command and opened up by two lengths at the top of the stretch. As his powerful stride lengthened and the wire drew ever closer, it was obvious this multi-talented grandson of Street Sense is the Mindframe he was thought to be. Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. handled his Mindframe in fine fashion Finishing a geared down length ahead Sierra Leone, Mindframe picked up $552,420 in earnings along with his third win of 2025 in three starts at three different distances. Having been bet down to post time favoritism, this Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables owned four-year-old returned $5.76 on a $2 win wager. 'What a fantastic effort against a stellar field', says trainer Todd Pletcher. 'To win back-to-back grade 1 races at seven furlongs and then nine furlongs is a remarkable achievement.' With an automatic berth to the Breeders' Cup Classic secured, the next steps toward those World Championships are to be determined. But what the 44th running of the Foster proved was if the Mindframe is right, the sky is the limit.
