all in Breeders' Cup

The $250,000 Vosburgh Stakes funnels directly into the $2 million Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint with a booked ticket handed to the winner. It’s simple: “Win and You’re In!”

Of all the horse races taking place across North America this week, Friday’s $500,000, Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades Stakes on opening day at Keeneland has to rank among the most challenging to handicap.

Each week a panel of media members, horseplayers, and Breeders’ Cup World Championships officials release a poll tabulating their votes on the nation's top contenders for the 2022 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.

The fields for the 14 races that comprise the Breeders’ Cup World Championships really begin to come into focus in summer and fall and this regular feature will offer a snapshot profile of one of the previous weekend’s standout stars.

Steve Laymon, who manages First Row Partners, was searching online for potential names for a daughter of Ghostzapper out of the Smart Strike mare Salty Strike. Not surprisingly, he started with the word “ghost.”

The content that popped onto his screen was surprising, if not unsettling.

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