Breeders’ Cup Friday kicked off with CONDUCTED ($5.40) with Proton second ($28.80 exacta) and Plutarch third ($12.95 50-cent trifecta). MOHAVEN ($5.60) took the third race and QUEEN MAXIMA ($4.80) the Ken Maddy Stakes OCEAN BEAR ($6.60) won the Golden State Juvenile with Sammy Davis second ($40.60 exacta). CY FAIR ($12.00) captured the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) with Brussels second ($126.00 exacta). TED NOFFEY ($3.60) cruised to an easy score in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1),stamping himself the early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite.
Saturday saw MODUS BESTIA ($6.20) get the party started in in the second race. BENTORNATO ($5.40) did not disappoint in the Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) and SCYLLA ($17.20) followed that one up with a victory in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). FOREVER YOUNG ($9.00) gave Japan their first Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), a race they have been coveting for a long time, with Sierra Leone second ($34.60 exacta), Fierceness third ($30.05 50-cent trifecta) and Journalism fourth ($20.74 dime super). International star NOTABLE SPEECH (7.20) eked out the victory in the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) and NYSOS ($3.40) won the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) to no one’s surprise.