Scratches, Changes for Breeders' Cup Saturday

Breeders' Cup Saturday is here and with perfect fall weather at Keeneland, it feels more like California outside than Kentucky. Sunny skies and a high temperature of 73 degrees is forecast.

As one would expect, the main track is fast. The turf course remains good, as it was for racing yesterday, following rainfall late last month. Conditions should not be an excuse.

There is no paid attendance on track for the Breeders' Cup due to COVID-19, but there was a sizable group of people here yesterday, comprised of owners and their guests, breeders, sales consignors, participating horsemen, and media. It was more people than during the fanless meet in October, leading to some close quarters at times surrounding the paddock and atop the trackside rail.

Here are today's changes for the Breeders' Cup races:

Race 4: Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1): Scratch # 4 Inthemidstofbiz 

  

Race 5: Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T): Scratch also eligibles #15-18, Equilateral, Chaos Theory, Archidust, Bulletproof One 

  

Race 6: Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1): Scratch also eligible #13 Pingxiang 

  

Race 7: Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T): No changes 

  

Race 8: Breeders' Cup Sprint: Scratch #14 Vekoma , moving also eligible #15 Lasting Legacy into the field  

  

Race 9: FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile Presented by PDJF (G1T): Scratch #9 One Master, moving also eligible #15 Order of Australia into the race. Rider change on Order of Australia to Pierre Charles Boudot 

  

Race 10: Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1): No changes 

  

Race 11: Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T): Rider change on #3 Tarnawa to Colin Keane 

  

Race 12: Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1): No changes