Lower than 3 weeks left till the forty second matchn.d. It has been a comparatively quiet week for high-class races throughout North America throughout the Breeders’ Cup, apart from the $800,000 Queen Elizabeth II Problem Cup Stakes for 3-year-old fillies hosted by Dixiana on Oct. 11 at Keeneland.
Rushlips put in an impressive efficiency in QE II, defeating beforehand undefeated Laurelyn by 1 1/4 lengths. The British-bred 3-year-old filly received the 105 Equibase Velocity Determine in her first begin since ending second on the Del Mar Oaks Introduced by Keeneland Gross sales in mid-August, and notched her second stakes win of the yr with a decisive three-quarter size victory within the Tepin Stakes at Churchill Downs in June. With income of $740,608 this yr, Lush Lips jumped from exterior the highest 100 to No. 48 on the leaderboard.th She positioned seventh general amongst 3-year-old fillies.
QE II’s win additionally continued coach Brendan Walsh’s stellar efficiency on the Keeneland Fall Meet, marking his seventh profession win and third graded stakes win. Walsh at the moment leads all trainers at Keeneland in each wins and earnings, with a formidable 27% win price. Moreover, he topped all North American trainers final week with earnings of $637,230, and stays ninth general within the 2025 rankings with earnings of $12,312,185.
Canadian and American Corridor of Fame coach Mark Kass final week led Time to Dazzle to his fifth win within the Franklin Stakes on October 12 at Keeneland by three and 1 / 4 lengths. After elevating $617,495 final week, Kass narrowly edged out Chad Brown for third place amongst all North American trainers with 2025 earnings of $19,536,779, at the moment $133,322 forward of fourth-place Brown.
Brad Cox continues to carry a commanding lead within the coach rankings, with an roughly $4.5 million lead in earnings, nevertheless it was second place Steve Asmussen who stole the present this week. On Saturday evening at Remington Park, Asmussen achieved a historic milestone by working 11,000 seconds.th Profession victory with Beausoleil ridden by his son Eric Asmussen. Asmussen was the primary coach in North American horse racing historical past to succeed in 11,000 wins, an astonishing 20% of the time.
Flavien Prat stays on the high of the jockey rankings for 17 consecutive yearsth Nevertheless, Airado Ortiz Jr. is shortly closing in on second place Platt, with simply $661,235 behind him. Ortiz Jr. earned $600,208 in eight appearances within the winner’s circle final week, together with Saturday’s three-win day at Keeneland.
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