Asmussen Duo Heads Breeders' Cup Workers at Santa Anita

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Photo: Zoe Metz
Clairiere (inside) and Max Player work in company Oct. 24 at Santa Anita Park

The Breeders' Cup work tab continued Oct. 24 with contenders breezing at Belmont Park, Churchill Downs, Keeneland, Palm Meadows Training Center, and Santa Anita Park.

Several key contenders worked at Santa Anita Sunday morning, including possible Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) starters Express Train , Max Player , and Tripoli .

Max Player, who burst into championship contention with back-to-back victories in the July 3 Suburban Stakes (G2) over Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1) hero Mystic Guide  and a four-length romp in the Sept. 4 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1), drilled five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 in company with Stonestreet Stables' Clairiere  in his penultimate tune-up for the Classic.

An impressive winner of the Sept. 25 Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx Racing, Clairiere is pointing toward the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1).

TVG Pacific Classic (G1) captor Tripoli worked a sharp five furlongs in 1:00 for trainer John Sadler. The son of Kitten's Joy   was most recently fourth in the Awesome Again Stakes (G1).

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Finishing just ahead of Tripoli when third in the Awesome Again, C R K Stable's Express Train , breezed five furlongs in 1:01 4/5. The John Shirreffs trainee captured the San Diego Handicap (G2) and San Pasqual Stakes (G2) this year.

Pinehurst (inside) and As Time Goes By work at Santa Anita Park for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert on October 24, 2021.
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Pinehurst (inside) and As Time Goes By work in company Oct. 24 at Santa Anita Park

At Belmont, Peter Brant's three-time grade 1 winner Raging Bull   breezed five-eighths in 1:01 4/5 in company with graded stakes winner Orglandes  over firm Belmont inner turf.

"They both worked great," said trainer Chad Brown.

Raging Bull, a last out third in the Sept. 18 Ricoh Woodbine Mile (G1T), will make his next start in the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile Presented by PDJF (G1T). The 6-year-old Dark Angel  bay was 10th in last year's Mile.

A comprehensive list of Sunday workouts from possible Breeders' Cup starters is in the chart below. The deadline for pre-entries is Oct. 25.

Horse Track Distance Time Division
As Time Goes By Santa Anita Park 5F 1:00 Distaff
Astronaut Santa Anita Park 5F 1:02 1/5 Turf
Barossa Santa Anita Park 4F :49 4/5 Juvenile
Beer Can Man Santa Anita Park 5F 1:01 4/5 Turf Sprint
Blue Stripe Santa Anita Park 1M 1:42 3/5 Distaff
Bombard Santa Anita Park 5F 1:01 Turf Sprint
Clairiere Santa Anita Park 5F 1:00 2/5 Distaff
Club Car Keeneland 5F 1:00 3/5 Filly & Mare Sprint
Credibility Churchill Downs 4F :49 3/5 Juvenile Turf
Degree of Risk Santa Anita Park 4F :49 4/5 Juvenile Turf
Diamond Wow Palm Meadows TC 6F (Turf) 1:12 Juvenile Fillies Turf
Distinctlypossible Belmont Park 4F :48 4/5 Juvenile Fillies
Edgeway Santa Anita Park 5F :59 4/5 Filly & Mare Sprint
Elevado Santa Anita Park 5F 1:03 Juvenile Turf Sprint
Express Train Santa Anita Park 5F 1:01 4/5 Classic
Helens Well Santa Anita Park 5F 1:01 3/5 Juvenile Fillies Turf
Hit the Road Santa Anita Park 4F :48 1/5 Mile
Max Player Santa Anita Park 5F 1:00 2/5 Classic
Mucho Churchill Downs 4F :48 1/5 Sprint
Pinehurst Santa Anita Park 5F 1:00 Juvenile
Pizza Bianca Belmont Park 4F (Turf) :51 Juvenile Fillies Turf
Raging Bull Belmont Park 5F (Turf) 1:01 4/5 Mile
Sail By Belmont Park 3F (Turf) :37 2/5 Juvenile Fillies Turf
Snapper Sinclair Santa Anita Park 5F 1:00 4/5 Dirt Mile or Mile
Tough to Tame Keeneland 5F 1:00 4/5 Juvenile
Tripoli Santa Anita Park 5F 1:00 Classic