Sovereignty leads the first week of the Breeders’ Cup classic rankings

Photograph by Carlos J. Calo / Eclipse Sportswire

The Breeders’ Cup Traditional Rating is a weekly ranking of the highest 10 horses within the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Traditional competitors to be held at Delmar on November 1st.

The mischievous three-year-old son, Sovereignty gained 383 votes. Invoice Mott trainees have gained 4 of their 5 begins this yr, together with his current victory at Jim Dandy in Saratoga on July twenty sixth.

Sierra Leone, the winner of the Defending Breeders’ Cup Traditional, got here in second with 365 votes. Owned by Peter Brandt, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg and Brook T. Smith and educated by Chad Brown, Sierra Leone gained Saturday’s Whitney Stakes (G1) in Saratoga.

Sierra Leone follows the third place finisher of the 3-year-old Journalism, the winner of Preakness Stakes and Haskell Stakes. Skilled by Michael McCarthy, house owners Eclipse Sorrbred Companions, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Steady, Robert Lapenta, Elayne Stables 5, John Magnier Mrs. Magnier, Michael B. Tabor and Derrick Smith, Journalism acquired 289 votes.

Repole Steady and St. Elias Stables’ do-it-yourself 4-year-old mindframes had been undefeated in three begins, together with The Churchill Downs Stakes (G1) and Stephen Foster Stakes (G1), and completed fourth with 286 votes from coach Todd Pletcher.

Baoma’s 4-year-old NYSOS, the current winner of the San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar, gained 197 votes for coach Bob Baffert, taking fifth place.

Repole Steady, Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier owns the 4-year-old’s ferociousness within the sixth place. He completed second in final yr’s Breeders’ Cup Traditional and completed fifth at Whitney on Saturday, with Todd Pluterter trainees accumulating 186 votes.

Younger was third in final yr’s Breeders’ Cup Traditional, and the winner of this yr’s Saudi Cup (G1) got here in seventh, incomes 143 votes for proprietor Susumu Fujita and coach Yoshito Yahagi.

Baeza, three-year-old from CRK Steady and Grandview Equine, is in eighth place with 109 votes. Third within the Kentucky Derby and third within the Belmont Stakes, Baeza is educated by John Shirreffs.

The five-year-old Highland Falls, runner-up within the Whitney Stakes, completed ninth with 107 votes for proprietor/breder Godolphin and coach Bradcox.

Ending the highest 10 is the 6-year-old White Abario of C2 Racing Steady, Gary Barber and La Milagrosa Steady, who gained the 2023 Breiders’ Cup Traditional. This yr’s Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) winner and coach Saffy Joseph Jr. Whitney positioned fourth, whereas White Abilio gained 64 votes.

Journalism, Mindframe, Sierra Leone and Eternally Younger every have mechanically earned and paid for this yr’s Breeders’ Cup Traditional via the Breeders’ Cup Problem collection.

Within the Breeders’ Cup traditional rankings, every voter charges horses in descending order on the 10-9-8-7-6-5-5-4-3-2-1 system.

The Breeders’ Cup Traditional Rankings has no relation to {qualifications} or alternative for the Breeders’ Cup Traditional.