British And Irish Raiders To Follow Across Breeders Cup Weekend

Glass Slippers is the only runner for Kevin Ryan at the meeting and she will be entered into the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint and the filly has some stand out form throughout her career and if recapturing it could go very close in this event.

Having won the Group One Prix de l'Abbaye last season, she finished fifth at Royal Ascot in the King's Stands Stakes and improved for that run when a good second behind Battaash.

She got her season going in the Group One Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh when landing the black type event and then last time out finished a narrow second when trying to defend her title in the Abbaye in France.

Ryan had his first ever runner at the Breeders' Cup meeting with Frankel filly East last term and he will hoping this filly can go one better and land the event this term.

The Andrew Balding trained three year old is set to finish off his season in the Breeders' Cup Mile, a distance that he has given his best efforts at throughout his career

Having been a Group One winner as a juvenile, Kameko on his seasonal reappearance as a three year old ripped apart an even better field in the 2000 Guineas, showing some serious pace to beat the other runners which included champion two year old Pinatubo.

He was stepped up in trip for the Epsom Derby and with many thinking the horse would not stay and he didn't as he could only finish a tiring fourth.

Stepping back down to a mile for the Sussex Stakes, with two furlongs out he looked to be travelling the best of the pack but getting no run and running into other horses, he could not unleash his challenge.

He was tried in a hot Juddmonte International where again the step back up in trip did not suit him and the penny dropped that the mile is the distance he should be raced over.

He proved this when getting back to winning ways in the Group Two Joel Stakes at Newmarket and having bypassed the QEII on British Champions Day he is set to lay down a big challenge in this event.

The Aidan O'Brien trained Magical heads into what looks to be her final event of the season meeting of the season at Keeneland with the Breeders Cup festival set to start on Friday.

The race to be crowned Horse of the Year reaches its climax this weekend with the seven time Group One winner looking to finish on top with a strong performance in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, a race she finished second in behind Enable back in 2018.

The five year old has had an outstanding season making a stellar return to racing having been thought to be heading for retirement, Coolmore operations gave her one more season on the track and it has looked to have paid dividends after she romped home on seasonal debut in the Group One Pretty Polly Stakes.

She backed that up in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh and although it was not the strongest race it saw her land a hat-trick of black type events.

She took on Ghaiyyath in the Juddmonte International and was no match for the Godolphin, but reversed the form when landing consecutive Irish Champion Stakes.