Breeders' Cup Friday 2023 Preview

 

By Jarrod Horak

The 2023 Breeders’ Cup Friday card will be run at Santa Anita Park on November 3. Five BC races are on the docket including the Juvenile, a Kentucky Derby 2024 points race. In this post, I will share my early thoughts including updated information for all five Breeders’ Cup Friday races with defections, pre-entries, Today’s Racing Digest Final Time Ratings for the Juvenile Fillies and Juvenile, and much more. 

The following horses will not be running on BC Friday:

Breeders’ Cup Friday Races 2023 Defections

BC Juvenile Turf Sprint
Crown Imperial
Pearls and Rubies
Toca Madera

BC Juvenile
Johannes Brahms

BC Juvenile Turf
Johannes Brahms
Legend of Time

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Breeders' Cup Friday 2023 Video Preview

This horse racing video features a preview of the Breeders' Cup Friday races at Santa Anita on 11-3-23. 

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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint 2023 Preview

 

By Jarrod Horak

This is my first in a series of articles previewing all 14 Breeders’ Cup 2023 races. This is the sixth running of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint and the 2023 renewal will be held at Santa Anita Park on Friday, Nov. 3. They will be dashing an abbreviated five panels on the turf course. 

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Wesley Ward is the trainer to watch. He won this race with Four Wheel Drive in 2019, Golden Pal in 2020, and filly Twilight Gleaming in 2021, and was second with filly Chelsea Cloisters in 2018. Irad Ortiz Jr. booted home all three of Ward’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winners.

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