Breeders’ Cup preps on tap at Aqueduct on Saturday

By NY Hot List Staff | Thursday, September 26, 2024

Fall has arrived and so have Breeders’ Cup prep races in New York. A slate of four of them will be contested Saturday at Aqueduct with the Joe Hirsch Turf the lone Grade 1. The field of seven includes the 7-year-old mare War Like Goddess who should love the 1 ½-mile distance.

The $500,000, Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Saratoga, Saturday, Race 6, 2:40 pm ET.

(4) War Like Goddess will try and win the Turf Classic for the third time in a row having beaten the boys in this race in 2023 and 2022. She gets back to her preferred distance of 1.5 miles at which she has a spectacular record of 10: 7-1-1 with more than half of her career earnings of $2.8 million. (6) Silver Knott won her first three starts of the year in three American Grade 2 races as part of the Appleby barn at Saratoga. Last time he was third in the Sword Dancer (G1). (5) Truly Quality is in the best form of his career with an allowance victory at Aqueduct in the Spring and a win in the Colonial Cup at the Virginia track with that name. (7) Far Bridge was a front-end winner of that Sword Dancer which was not typically his running style for one that usually is closing from off the pace.

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