The first Breeders’ Cup of the HISA era featured scratches galore and a Classic won by a trainer coming off a 10-year ban.
Defending Turf champion Magician was ruled out of this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup, as was Turf Sprint longshot Free as a Bird.
Blueskiesnrainbows, ranked top older horse in the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred Poll, lost on Saturday, plus other poll notes.
Giovanni Boldini, second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, is based in Ireland because his breeder wanted him to run in West Virginia. The story gets odder from there.