2026 Breeders’ Cup Weekend Preview

Oct 272026

October 30, 2026 Keeneland PPs

October 31, 2026 Keeneland PPs

Paulick Report – Final Post Times, Wagering Menu Revealed For 43rd Breeders’ Cup World Championships

Breeders’ Cup World Championship Races

Future Stars Friday

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf

Championship Saturday

Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf
Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint
Breeders’ Cup Mile
Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Breeders’ Cup Turf
Breeders’ Cup Classic
Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Breeders’ Cup Sprint

Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Week’s Schedule of Breeders’ Cup Coverage on TV, Radio

DRF – Breeders Cup

Bloodhorse – Longshot Fantasy Introducing Football-Style Draft At Breeders’ Cup

Longshot Fantasy

The final lot of this year’s Championship Sale is Castleton, a 951-acre horse farm listed by Bluegrass Sotheby’s International Realty. Located just minutes from downtown Lexington, Castleton is not only one of the oldest horse farms in the Bluegrass but is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful farms in the world.

Castleton Lyons Listing

2026 Keeneland – Breeders Cup – Championship Sale

2026 Keeneland – Breeders Cup – Championship Sale – Catalogue

Paulick Report – Catalog for Keeneland Championship Sale Now Online, Featuring Breeders’ Cup Contenders, Historic Castleton

TDN – Englishman Share Among Keeneland Championship Sale Offerings

Esquire – Francisco and the Esquire Editors -The 40 Best Halloween Movies for People Who Hate Horror Movies

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Alfred Hitchcock

Werewolves of London

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.

William Shakespeare,

The Wrap – Jacob Bryant – 10 Best Halloween Movies You Can Stream Right Now

Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.

William Shakespeare

1979

New York Times – Joe Coscarelli and Jon Caramanica – Billy Corgan Unloads After a Lifetime of ‘Mocking, Bullying, Laughing’

Esquire – Anthony Breznican – Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Will Be Considered a Classic For Lifetimes to Come

What does Frankenstein drive?

The ride of Frankenstein

The Wrap – William Bibbiani – The 20 Greatest Frankenstein Movies Ever Made, Ranked

The Conversation -Ann-Kathrin McLean and Juan Claudio Benavides del Carpio – Halloween meets history in many ghostly tourism attractions. Is this a problem?

New York Times – Rachel Wharton – Pan de Muerto Is Bread That Gets Into the Spirit

Who Flips Frankenstein’s Pancakes?

Count Spatula.

Shadow Play

Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.

Steve Almond

Keep On Dancing

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – ‘The Avengers’ May Have Another Hero in Hughes

Ring of Fire

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – UPDATE: Ricardo Santana Jr. Suspended, Off Breeders’ Cup Mounts Following Domestic Violence Arrest

Paulick Report – Joe Nevills – Tale Of The Tape: Kentucky Derby Winners Square Each Other Up Ahead Of Breeders’ Cup Classic

TDN – Notable Speech Leads BC Euro Workers At Keeneland

Study Finds – Popular Music Is Losing Both Its Heartache And Its Happiness

Phil has a question:

Is popular music morphing to Muzak.

Secretariat.com – Steve Haskin – Whats Become Of The American Turf Horse

Rocket Man

TDN – Steve Sherack – After ‘Unreal’ Summer, Manny Franco Loaded for Breeders’ Cup Weekend

America’s Best Racing – Meet the Jockeys of the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Classic

Riptides

America’s Best Racing – 2026 Breeders’ Cup Classic Cheat Sheet

The Magnificent Seven

Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Defections Forever Testing Breeders’ Cup Resilience

Paulick Report – Mike Kane – Exercise Rider Emily Ellingwood Perfect Fit for Classic Contender Napoleon Solo

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – ‘We’ve Never Been Ones To Duck Anybody’: Napoleon Solo To Classic

Spies Like Us

TDN – Knightsbridge, Napoleon Solo to Classic, Further Ado to Dirt Mile

Phil has a question:

Will the 2026 Breeders Cup Classic have more defections than starters.

Billboard – Bernie Taupin Talks His New Solo Album, Working With Elton John and Why He Can’t Name a Taylor Swift Song: ‘I Don’t Listen to the Radio’

Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – Sovereignty’s Road To Breeders’ Cup Classic Took A ‘Z’ Turn

Forever Young

Paulick Report – Breeders’ Cup Notes: Forever Young Draws Crowd During Breeders’ Cup Classic Preparations

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – Forever Young Tabbed 2-1 Favorite Over Sovereignty For Breeders’ Cup Classic

Sympathy For The Devil

The most evil person ever? Hmmm. Good question, good question. How’d God answer that one?

Esquire – What I’ve Learned – Satan

If it’s a good script I’ll do it. And if it’s a bad script, and they pay me enough, I’ll do it.

George Burns

Zombie

Bloodhorse – U. S. S. Valor Top Individual Choice in Derby Future

The Conversation – Amy Anderson – How The Rocky Horror Picture Show reveals the magic of cult cinema

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Three Witches

Bloodhorse – Alicia Hughes – Gimme a Nother Latest South African BC Horse for Motion

The Phantom

Bloodhorse – Racing Post – Scott Burton – Juddmonte, Balding Head to Breeders’ Cup With Blue Bolt

Werewolves of London

I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker colour.

Wednesday Addams

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – Top 5 Feel-Good Stories You Should Read Before Breeders’ Cup 2026 – Presented By NYRA Bets

Phil has a question:

Does reading a click bait feel good story make you a better handicapper.

Season of the Witch

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Ethical Diamond Aims for Another Upset Win in BC Turf

Food is celebratory. People who don’t cook don’t know how much fun they’re missing.

Leo Buscaglia

Epicurios – Adina Steiman – 16 Things Marcella Hazan Taught Us About Cooking

Bloodhorse – Breeders’ Cup Notebook: Fully Subscribed Looks ‘Great’

Epicurious – Moyer-Nocchi and Miller – Who Invented Mac and Cheese? This American Favorite Has Ancient Roman Roots

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Englishman Aims to Top Elders in Breeders’ Cup Sprint

Bloodhorse – Top Europeans Await Kathynmarissa in Breeders’ Cup

Bloodhorse – Joe Perez – Bacio, Cy Fair, Shisospicy Part of Loaded Turf Sprint

Ironic

TDN – Five For Forever Young As Favorite In Breeders’ Cup Classic

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Sovereignty, Golden Tempo to Meet in Stellar BC Classic

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Hughes, American History to Clash in BC Juvenile

Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – No Easy Task for Notable Speech to Repeat in BC Mile

Bloodhorse – Keeneland Star Further Ado Tops Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile

Garden and Gun – The Poole’s Diner Mac and Cheese Recipe

Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Julie June Stewart – Day Looks Back on His Four Breeders’ Cup Classic Wins

Southern Living – Kimberley Holland – Best Homemade Macaroni And Cheese

Bloodhorse – Lenny Shulman – Behind Nitrogen, D. J. Stable Poised for Breeders’ Cup

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Primetime Emmy’s Road Less Traveled to Breeders’ Cup

Nothing spoils the taste of peanut butter like unrequited love.

Charlie Brown

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Knightsbridge to Contest Breeders’ Cup Classic

Bloodhorse – Breeders’ Cup Notebook: Golden Tempo In ‘Good Order’

TDN – T.D. Thornton – Week in Review: Five Observations on the Eve of Breeders’ Cup Entries

Friday I’m In Love

Bloodhorse –Hughes Leads Baffert Breeders’ Cup Workers at Churchill

America’s Best Racing – Noel Michaels – What to Know About the Future Star Friday Breeders’ Cup Races

Ring Of Fire

America’s Best Racing – Brian Zipse – Ten International Horses to Know for the 2026 Breeders’ Cup

America’s Best Racing – Mike Curry – 2026 Breeders’ Cup Distaff Cheat Sheet

Doesn’t Remind Me

Paulick Report – Tim Wilkin – Sovereignty Set To Make Classic Case

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Mott Very Pleased with Sovereignty After Work

Paulick Report – ‘Best He’s Worked In A Long Time’: Sovereignty Tops Breeders’ Cup Works At Keeneland

Bloodhorse – Knightsbridge Decision Still Pending Following BC Work

How Soon Is Now?

TDN – Katie Petrunyak – “Quite the Ride,” Classic Q Points for Breeders’ Cup Before Fasig-Tipton

TDN – SoCal Breeders’ Cup Hopefuls Put In Final Drills Before Shipping To KY

Paulick Report – Phil D’Amato’s Breeders’ Cup Hopefuls Lead Santa Anita Work Tab

Fat Bottomed Girls

Bloodhorse – Alicia Hughes – BC Roundup: Hymn His Best Self Heading Into Sprint

Personal Jesus

Secretariat.com – Steve Haskin – For Magnitude The Pressure Is On

Bloodhorse – Alicia Hughes – Magnitude Inspires Confidence in Final BC Work

I think music should be scary. Music is an exorcism.

Florence Welch

Bloodhorse – Byron King – Lynch Trainees Breeze at Churchill for Breeders’ Cup

Ah, it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain.

Count Dracula

TDN – Bill Finley – Trainers Scrambling to Find Breeders’ Cup Replacements for Irad Ortiz Jr.

Bloodhorse – Byron King – Joseph, C2 Return to BC After White Abarrio Scratch

Sympathy For The Devil

My revenge has just begun! I spread it over centuries and time is on my side!

Count Dracula

Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Golden Tempo, Englishman Hone the Edge in Oct. 23 Works

Bloodhorse – Far Bridge Among Breeders’ Cup Workers at Belmont Park

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Pletcher’s American History, Damavand Work for Juvenile

Paulick Report – Joe Nevills – Pickerrell Taking ‘Structor Route’ Back To Breeders’ Cup With Let Em Know

Bloodhorse – Olivia Newman – Dotsy Out of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies

Bloodhorse – Byron King – Breeders’ Cup Contenders Tune Up at Churchill

DRF – Mike Welsch – Breeders’ Cup Sprint: Englishman fails to scare off competition

Garden and Gun – Ace Atkins – Is Preaching Pigskin from the Pulpit Out of Bounds?

Lee Ho Fook

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Derby Winners Provide Breeders’ Cup Classic Star Power

Bloodhorse – Karen M. Johnson – Franco Looks to Keep Momentum Going at Breeders’ Cup

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Ortiz Jr. Suffers Broken Ankle in Fall at Keeneland

Paulick Report – Lillian Davis – Report: Phileas Fogg Out Of Breeders’ Cup Classic

Beef Chow Mein

Bloodhorse -Bob Ehalt – BC Classic Holds the Key to Horse of the Year Honors

Paulick Report – Early Withdrawals From Breeders’ Cup Include Four Aidan O’Brien Trainees

TDN – Our Dream Looks to Have Been Dashed’ – Menzies Disappointed as Adonius Sits Sixth on Breeders’ Cup Also-Eligible List

I Like The Way You Kiss Me

TDN – Coal Battle, Rum Twist Work Toward Breeders’ Cup Day Card, Voyager to Juvenile Fillies

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Summers Chases Breeders’ Cup Win With Napoleon Solo

And Then He Kissed Me

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Ray Bradbury

Paulick Report – Lillian Davis – Forever Young, Sovereignty Highlight 11 Pre-Entries To 43rd Breeders’ Cup Classic

TDN – Ombudsman To Skip BC, Japan Cup Still A Possibility; Team Europe Strong For BC

All Along The Watchtower

Bloodhorse – Record 255 Pre-Entries Taken for 2026 Breeders’ Cup

Bloodhorse – Connections Target Breeders’ Cup Turf for Ombudsman

Werewolves of London

TDN – Breeders’ Cup Preps: Forever Young Breezes at Belmont, Contenders Hit the Track

Bloodhorse – Forever Young Breezes Before Shipping to Keeneland

Paulick Report – Victor Ryan – Cabo Spirit Works Toward BC Mile

TDN – Santa Anita Works: D’Amato Quartet Continues Breeders’ Cup Preps

Paperback Writer

Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Jennifer Kelly – Adonius Takes Writer Clancy to Breeders’ Cup as Owner

Bad Moon Rising

Paulick Report – Far Bridge Bypasses Breeders’ Cup Turf, Lambeth Unlikely

Psycho Killer

Bloodhorse – Summers Leans Toward B.C. Classic for Napoleon Solo

TDN – Breeders’ Cup Tab Includes Golden Tempo, Englishman, Napoleon Solo

TDN – The Puma to Target Breeders’ Cup Classic

America’s Best Racing – Mike Curry – An Early Look at the Prospective Field for the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Classic

America’s Best Racing – Brian Zipse – The Big Five: Ranking the Best Breeders’ Cup Classic Winners

Secretariat – Steve Haskin – Play Me Some Ragtime In Breeders Cup Juvenile

Believer

America’s Best Racing – SLIDESHOW: Meet the Fillies and Mares in the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Distaff

Bloodhorse – Byron King – Champion Stakes Wraps Up Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series

Bloodhorse – Shisospicy Aims to Put Foggy Season Behind Her in BC

Riders On The Storm

TDN – J.N. Campbell – ‘Horse Capital’ Lexington Prepares For Breeders’ Cup Festival

Paulick Report – Lillian Davis – Skippylongstocking Will Miss Breeders’ Cup Classic

Immigrant Song

2026 British Championship Day

Ride of the Valkyries

Bloodhorse – Forever Young, Phileas Fogg Work at Belmont for Classic

Bloodhorse – Prat Gets Feel for Magnitude With Breeze at Keeneland

TDN – Santa Anita Works: Breeders’ Cup Hopefuls Lead Work Tab

TDN – Steve Sherack – Sovereignty Continues Breeders’ Cup Classic Preparations at the Spa

I’m a Believer

America’s Best Racing – Nathan Rosen – Matching the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Contenders With Their Sports Counterparts

TDN – Leaning Towards The Classic, Napoleon Solo Works Fast at Belmont

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Connections Lean Toward Classic for The Puma After Work

America’s Best Racing – Mike Curry – An Early Look at the Prospective Field for the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Classic

Paulick Report – Frank Mitchell – Bloodlines Presented By Walmac Farm: A Theory Comes Together With U.S.S. Valor

TDN – When and Where to Watch Breeders’ Cup Pre-Entries

Paulick Report – Lilian Davis – How A Pair Of Beers Landed Jockey Adrian Escobedo His First Breeders’ Cup Mount

Paulick Report – Tom Pedulla – ‘She Believed In This Horse’: Breeders’ Cup Presents Connections

Make You A Believer

Bloodhorse – Primetime Emmy Interest Offered at Championship Sale

Paulick Report – Forever Young First In Final Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings

Paulick Report – Lillian Davis – Report: Flavien Prat To Ride Magnitude In Breeders’ Cup Classic

Bloodhorse – Gonzalez to Ride a Pair for Joseph at Breeders’ Cup

Secretariat.com – Steve Haskin – Tiz The better Part of Valour

1989 Breeders Cup Classic

Paulick Report – Napoleon Solo ‘More Focused’ Ahead Of Breeders’ Cup

2010 Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf

Paulick Report – Agate Stamps Breeders’ Cup Credentials In Bourbon Stakes

Paulick Report – ‘On To The Breeders’ Cup’: Adonius Surges To Indian Summer Victory

2010 Breeders Cup Classic

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Irwin Details Plan for Champagne Winner U. S. S. Valor

Paulick Report – U. S. S. Valor To Bypass Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

Secretariat.com – Steve Haskin – Forever Young Building A Ladder To She Stars

Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Santa Anita Undercard Has Breeders’ Cup Ramifications

Bloodhorse – Olivia Newman and Jeff Frank – Sovereignty Remains First in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

TDN – Arkansas Derby Winner Renegade Sidelined For Remainder Of 2026

Horse Racing Nation – Commandment ruled out for year after setback surfaces

Phil has a question:

With the number of Breeders’ Cup Classic candidates that have been put on the permanent or temporary shelf in 2026 will there be any horses left for the race.