Breeders’ Cup 2025 Horse Racing: Day Two – Live

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Hello from Del Mar racetrack adjacent San Diego, wherever it is time 2 of nan 2025 Breeders’ Cup and it is also, successful lawsuit you’ve conscionable returned from Mars, Frankie Dettori’s last time arsenic a top-level jockey. His mutterings astir taking a fewer rides successful South America earlier yet calling it a time spoil nan consciousness of finality conscionable a little, but location is nary uncertainty that Khaadem, in nan Turf Sprint (19.41 GMT), Wimbledon Hawkeye in nan Turf (21.41 GMT) and Argine, in nan Mile (23.05 GMT), will beryllium nan past Grade One rides of a remarkable 40-year career.

All 3 autumn into nan class of unrecorded each-way chances, and each 3 were winners astatine a precocious level past clip out. Even so, Dettori will request to conjure up a career-best capacity from location among them if he is to front retired pinch 1 past flying dismount.

Dettori is acold from being nan only fable connected nan card, however. Rebel’s Romance, one of nan champion and astir accordant Group One performers successful nan game, will subordinate Beholder and Goldikova arsenic a three-times Breeders’ Cup victor if he tin get different triumph successful nan Turf connected nan board. Charlie Appleby’s gelding is up against Minnie Hauk, the Arc runner-up, and past year’s King George winner, Goliath, in 1 of nan champion renewals of 1 of nan 7 original Breeders’ Cup races.

Goliath is joined by 2 unchangeable companions astatine nan Francis-Henri Graffard yard, Sahlan in nan Mile and Gezora, in nan concluding Filly & Mare Turf, arsenic France’s caller champion trainer bids to extremity a acold streak for French-trained horses astatine nan gathering that dates backmost to 2017. And successful summation to nan European liking successful nan 4 contests connected turf, nan action connected nan ungraded includes a renewal of nan Classic that pits nan first 3 location successful past year’s title against 2 of nan first 3 location successful nan Kentucky Derby.

There has been immoderate play present already this morning, arsenic Tamara and Sweet Azteca, two of nan apical 3 successful nan betting for nan Filly & Mare Sprint, were among nan “veterinary scratches” announced earlier this morning, on pinch different runner successful nan aforesaid race, Fee Blanche, and Donnacha O’Brien’s Atsila, in nan Filly & Mare Turf. With nan overmuch fancied Arizona Blaze having been ruled retired of nan Turf Sprint yesterday, that takes nan full of veterinary scratches connected today’s paper to six.

The main paper astatine nan Breeders’ Cup is ever a giddy thrust which throws up commanding performances, compelling finishes and, arsenic a rule, a large upset aliases 2 on nan way. Picks for nan 9 races are here (if you scroll to nan end), nan action is underway pinch nan Filly & Mare Sprint connected nan ungraded astatine 19.00 GMT, and I’ll beryllium tapping distant trackside to support you up to day pinch each nan news and results until nan last equine location successful nan Filly & Mare Turf is crossed nan line.