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Every race is more fun if Louisville's Brook T. Smith is part of the ownership. We catch up w Brook, who's got a real fandom, after Haffner (which he owns in partnership w @coolmorestud & Peter Brant) won Friday's $1M @BreedersCup Juv Turf. It's similar partnership that won @Keeneland's 2024 Blue Grass & @BreedersCup Classic w Sierra Leone, now a @CoolmoreAmerica stallion. "To win a juv race at the #BreedersCup is like looking in a crystal ball," he said. "You just don't know what's going to happen next. It's the present you haven't completely opened yet." 📸 @CoadyMediaUSA. #BC26 #KyRacing @Ballydoyle @ESPN680 @Alex11Foley @NationalHBPA @Intracingbureau @kaitlinebenson @JoeyDaKRacing @MeganDevineTV @CBredar @Backside_LC @damon_thayer @ThePressBoxLTS @Steve_Byk youtu.be/lxzbc6_w0s0

.@BradCoxRacing already ranks #8 all-time in career @BreedersCup victories, all since 2018. Five of his 11 wins came at @Keeneland. Brad talks about his 2026 horses, with six running in four races. "There are months & months -- and sometimes maybe even years -- of preparation that goes into trying to get these horses here," Cox says. #BC26 #KyRacing @katietolbert16 @TraceMessina9 @Alex11Foley @nationalhbpa @KYTbred @ESPN680 @CBredar @kaitlinebenson @MeganDevineTV @horseracingKK @ThePressboxLTS @TonyCalo5 youtu.be/8p_bWAqEn2w

Is this the year that Ky-based trainer @brenpwalsh wins his first @BreedersCup race? He sends out three horses - @Gainesway's Alcibiades winner Emphatic in today's @BreedersCup Juv Fillies & Dixiana's Lush Lips & Farfellow Farm's Expensive Queen in Sat's F&M Turf. All three are G1 winners at @Keeneland. 🇮🇪☘️🏇 #BC #KyRacing @NBCSports @CBredar @TwinSpires @HorseracingKK @KeenelandRacing @Alex11Foley @HRRNBaron @NationalHBPA @KyTbred @ESPN680 @stephkuzy @KYHighs @pmadden29 @VirginiaRacing @EllisParkRacing @kaitlinebenson @JoeyDaKRacing @TonyCalo5 @MeganDevineTV @thepressboxlts youtu.be/rzJPG_VTib0