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- June 24, 2018
Mikki Rocket (JPN) Holds Off Werther (NZ) to Win Takarazuka Kinen in Japan and Gains Automatic Berth into Longines Breeders' Cup Turf
June 23, 2018Merchant Navy (AUS) Wins Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot and Earns Automatic Berth into Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
Merchant Navy (AUS) edged City Light (FR) by a short head at the wire to win the six-furlong Diamond Jubilee Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot and earned an automatic berth into the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) through the international Breeders’ Cup Challenge.
June 23, 2018La Divina (PER) and Smart Choice (ARG) Lead Sunday's Gran Premio Pamplona at Montericco in Peru for Automatic Berth into Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
Led by Stud Unicornio’s 3-year-old filly La Divina (PER), a winner of her last four starts, and the consistent Smart Choice (ARG), 13 fillies and mares have been entered for Sunday’s 1 ¼- mile Gran Premio Pamplona (G1) at Hipodromo Monterrico for an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) through the international Breeders’ Cup Challenge.
June 22, 2018World’s Top-Rated Sprinter Harry Angel Out to Break His Ascot Duck in the Diamond Jubilee
Champion sprinter Harry Angel will face 11 rivals at Royal Ascot on Saturday in the G1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes, a race that has attracted exceptional sprinters from across the globe.
June 21, 2018Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs and Louisville Visual Art Announce Winner of the 2018 Offical Artist Program
Tyler Robertson is named Official Artist of the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships
- June 21, 2018
Shang Shang Shang Wins Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot and Earns Automatic Berth into New Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
Breeze Easy LLC’s Kentucky-bred 2-year-old filly Shang, Shang, Shang won the six furlong Norfolk Stakes (G2) by a nose over Pocket Dynamo and became the first horse this year to earn an automatic berth into the new Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint through the international Breeders’ Cup Challenge.
- June 21, 2018
Harry Angel, Merchant Navy and Defending Champion the Tin Man Lead Saturday's Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot for Automatic Berth into Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
Led by Godolphin’s Haydock Sprint Cup (G1) winner Harry Angel (IRE), Merchant Navy Syndicate’s Merchant Navy (AUS) and defending champion The Tin Man (GB), a field of 12 horses has been entered for Saturday’s Group 1, six-furlong Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, with the winner receiving an automatic berth into the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) through the international Breeders’ Cup Challenge.