The Breeders' Cup Distaff brings together the best female dirt horses for a championship showdown at 1 1/8 miles on the main track. This race was won by the great Zenyatta at Santa Anita in 2008.

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Breeders' Cup Distaff

The Breeders' Cup Distaff (formerly Ladies Classic) is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Distaff from its inception in 1984 through 2007, it is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup thoroughbred championships.

Gin Gin

Gin Gin's markings include a distinctive snip on her nose. She kept that nose down on the line to defeat a stacked field in the Spinster Stakes (G1), a Breeders' Cup Challenge race, on Oct. 5 at Keeneland, her favorite track. But before the 2026 Breeders' Cup comes to Keeneland, Gin Gin first will be traveling to Del Mar for this year's edition of the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1).

Gin Gin, by Hightail and out of the Hard Spun mare Before You Know It, races as a homebred for Brad Kelley's Calumet Farm. She began her racing career with trainer Brad Cox, and had a fair amount of success over two seasons with that barn.

She was a second-out maiden winner and was stakes-placed at age 2. In the winter and early spring of her 3-year-old season, the filly enjoyed a solid campaign at Aqueduct, winning the Busanda Stakes and finishing third in both the Busher (Listed) and Gazelle Stakes (G3). That earned her a spot in the 2024 Kentucky Oaks, in which she finished 12th on the sloppy, sealed track in what proved her final start of the year.

After making one more start for Cox, Gin Gin was transferred to trainer Brendan Walsh early this year. Her new barn unveiled her off a three-month break in the Doubledogdare Stakes (G2) at Keeneland's spring meet. The filly won by 5 ¼ lengths in a major upset - she returned $79.76 to her backers - against a solid field. Finishing second was multiple graded stakes winner Tarifa, and third was Grade 1 winner Candied.

As the Kentucky circuit moved to Churchill Downs, Gin Gin finished second in the Shawnee Stakes (G3) in May and fourth in the Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2) in June. Walsh then freshened her, with the idea of coming to the Keeneland fall meet off a break - a formula that had been successful in the spring. In the Spinister, Gin Gin led all the way and held off the star 3-year-old filly Nitrogen by a head at the wire, with reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna in fourth. This time, Gin Gin returned $38.64 for her upset of a strong field. She has pushed her career earnings just shy of millionaire status, to $942,796.

Seismic Beauty

She may have been bred in Maryland, but the home team for the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) at Del Mar will be led by Seismic Beauty. The filly is based in California and has made all of her starts in the Golden State, where she is a multiple graded stakes winner and never has missed the board.

Seismic Beauty, by Uncle Mo and out of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Knarsdale, was bred by 2500 Determined Stud, and was a Keeneland September yearling purchase by Peter Leidel and the micro-share syndicate My Racehorse.

Turned over to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, the filly was unraced as a juvenile, and then made two starts in maiden races in the summer of 2024 at Del Mar. In her debut, she was beaten just a neck by One Magic Philly, who went on to become a graded stakes winner. Seismic Beauty won her next outing by 5 lengths.

After that maiden win, Seismic Beauty was not seen at the races again for more than five months. She returned in allowance-optional claiming company early this year at Santa Anita, and needed a few starts to round back into form, finishing second and third in her comeback outings. In her third start off the layoff, on April 18, she won by 10 lengths while geared down, setting her up for the step to stakes company.

Seismic Beauty won the Santa Margarita Stakes (G2) by 5 lengths on May 25 at Santa Anita, then was freshened for a summer return at Del Mar. She faced a much stronger field in the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) on Aug. 2. In addition to Kopion, a Grade 1 winner this year, the field included a challenger from the Baffert barn in Richi, a Chilean champion who had come to the United States to become a multiple graded stakes winner. On the line was an automatic berth into the Distaff as part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series.

Seismic Beauty got some early pressure from graded stakes winner Royal Spa, but easily shook her off. She opened a 3-length lead in the stretch, and then easily held off a rallying Kopion by 1 ½ lengths to assume command of the California contingent.

Dorth Vader

Dorth Vader, long a looming presence in major races, secured her first career Grade 1 victory, striking for a score in the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1), a Breeders' Cup Challenge series race that also secured her spot in this fall's Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1).

Dorth Vader, a Florida-born homebred for John Ropes, is by Girvin and out of the Yonaguska mare Hardcore Candy. Ropes named her for partner Dorothy Harden, who had been asking him to name a Thoroughbred after her for years. He didn't want to name a horse 'Dorothy,' so he and his farm manager decided to shorten it to 'Dorth,' and since Harden is a Star Wars fan, the second half of the name was born.

Dorth Vader began her career in her native Florida in 2022, and after winning the Juvenile Fillies Sprint against her fellow statebreds, she ventured into open company to win the Sandpiper Stakes. A 4 ¾-length victory in the Davona Dale Stakes (G2) and a fourth in the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) earned her enough points to compete in the 2023 Kentucky Oaks (G1). In her first trip outside of her home state, she finished a creditable fifth after pressing the pace early, with the third-, fourth- and fifth-place finishers separated by just necks.

Five weeks later, Dorth Vader met Oaks winner and eventual divisional champion Pretty Mischievous again, in the Acorn Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park. Dorth Vader took the champion all the way to the wire while matching strides on the inside, beaten just a head. After a fourth in the Test Stakes (G1), Dorth Vader was given a freshening, having made 11 starts in less than a year.

The filly returned the following May, finishing fourth in the La Troienne Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs, behind champion Idiomatic, multimillionaire Free Like a Girl, and Pretty Mischievous. But that would be her only start of 2024. Preparing to train at Saratoga, trainer George Weaver thought the filly might have a sore spot on her suspensory ligament. Several scans detected no problems with the suspensory, but revealed some bone bruising. Dorth Vader was given another long break - and her connections have been rewarded by a solid 5-year-old campaign.

Dorth Vader finished second in an allowance-optional claiming race in her comeback, then returned for the La Troienne, in which she was banged around from the inside post in the clubhouse turn, then shut off in the stretch. She continued to fight on to finish fourth, beaten just 1 ½ lengths by Raging Sea. Dorth Vader turned the tables with a 4 ¾-length victory in the Ogden Phipps, with Raging Sea third. Following the Phipps victory, she headed to Monmouth Park where she finished fourth in the Molly Pitcher Stakes (G3) on July 19.

She returned to Saratoga after the Molly Pitcher with her sights set on the Aug. 23 Personal Ensign (G1) going 1 1/8 miles and taking on reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna. The two hooked up at the head of the stretch and quickly drew off from the rest of the field and hit the wire separated by a nose with Dorth Vader coming up just short.

Sarawak Rim

Argentinian-bred mares have made an impact on the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) throughout history, with Hall of Famers Bayakoa (1989-1990) and Paseana (1992), the latter also second in 1993, joined by Blue Prize (2019) as victresses. Fellow countrywomen Re Toss (1993), Different (1996), and Blue Stripe (2022) also finished in the top three for Argentina, which has had 17 Distaff starts over the years. Sarawak Rim, who earned an automatic berth into this year's Distaff at Del Mar with her victory in the Gran Premio Criadores (G1), part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, will attempt to add her name to the illustrious list.

Sarawak Rim, bred by Firmamento, was foaled in September 2021 in Argentina, on Southern Hemisphere time, with the breeding season running opposite to the U.S., where foals are born as close to Jan. 1 as possible. The filly is by Remote (GB) and out of the Giant's Causeway mare Sarawak Top (ARG). Owned by Hector Luis De Santi, she has made all of her starts to this point for trainer Juan Salvidia at Hipodromo de Palermo in Buenos Aires. Last year during her juvenile season on Southern Hemisphere time, she won all three of her starts by a combined 17 lengths.

Sarawak Rim stepped up to group stakes company for the first time in the Arturo R. y Arturo Bullrich (G2) in March, and finished second by 9 lengths to Martana (ARG) going 1 ¼ miles. She turned the tables on that foe next out, in the May 1 Criadores. Again going 1 ¼ miles, this time she came with a determined run to prevail by a length.

Sarawak Rim has been shipped to the U.S. to begin preparations for a Distaff tilt. She is now in training at Keeneland under the tutelage of Argentinian native Ignacio Correas IV, who, with his only Breeders' Cup starter to date, saddled Blue Prize to win the Distaff. Correas plans to retire from training and return to his native Argentina at the end of 2025. Another win in the Distaff, a race this country has been strong in, would be a fitting send-off.

Scylla

Juddmonte Farm homebred Scylla comes from some of the most regal lineage that will be seen in this year's Breeders' Cup, with several champions in her immediate pedigree. A talented runner around both one and two turns, she will look to add to that family legacy at Del Mar.

Scylla is by Tapit and out of Juddmonte's homebred champion Close Hatches, by First Defence. Close Hatches finished second in the 2013 Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) to Hall of Famer Beholder, while finishing ahead of another Hall of Famer, Royal Delta. In 2014, Close Hatches went on to win multiple Grade 1 races and to earn the divisional Eclipse Award.

As a broodmare, Close Hatches has produced graded stakes-winning millionaires Scylla - more on that in a moment - and Tacitus, as well as stakes winner Batten Down. Meanwhile, Close Hatches' full sister, stakes winner Lockdown, is the dam of 2023 Distaff winner and two-time Eclipse champion Idiomatic.

Scylla is named for a mythical sea monster, a nod to the nautical origins of her dam's name. Trained by Bill Mott, she has put together a consistent record of 15-5-5-3 and earned $1,247,795. Last year, she won the Shawnee Stakes (G3) and Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs before traveling to California to finish second in the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1). Cut back to one turn, she was a good second in the Ballerina Stakes (G1) at Saratoga before finishing fourth, beaten just a length, in the PNC Bank Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1).

Scylla caught a sloppy track off a six-month layoff when fourth in the Derby City Distaff (G1) as she returned to action in May. She has been on the board in all her other starts since. After finishing second in the Bed o' Roses Stakes (G2), third in the Honorable Miss (G2), and second in the Ballerina, she moved back to two turns for the first time in more than a year. The result was a third in the Spinster Stakes (G1) to Gin Gin and Nitrogen on Oct. 5.

Nitrogen

Earlier this year, Nitrogen was considered the best 3-year-old turf filly in America. She has now announced herself on the dirt as well, with a victory in the historic Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga. With plenty of options before her, the filly will continue to zero in on the dirt division for the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1).

Nitrogen is a homebred for D. J. Stable, and the daughter of Medaglia d'Oro and the Uncle Mo mare Tiffany Case is trained by Mark Casse. After she finished second in her debut at Saratoga last year, beaten a neck, her connections thought highly enough of her to wheel her back in the Natalma Stakes (G1) at Woodbine. The maiden was beaten less than a length, earning herself a trip to the John Deere Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) at Del Mar. She rallied from 11th of 14 in the stretch to finish third behind Lake Victoria (IRE), the Cartier Award European champion 2-year-old filly. Despite not winning a race at 2, Nitrogen also earned laurels, named Canada's Sovereign Award outstanding 2-year-old filly.

Nitrogen returned as a 3-year-old to rip through the early season turf stakes for her division. She won, in succession, the Ginger Brew Stakes (Listed) at Gulfstream Park, the Florida Oaks (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, the Appalachian Stakes (G2) at Keeneland, and the Edgewood Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs. She was set to target a lucrative series of stakes for her division on the New York turf - but Mother Nature intervened. The Wonder Again Stakes on June 7 at Saratoga was rained off the turf. Five fillies scratched - but Nitrogen was not among them. In the field of three remaining, she coasted to a 17-length win on the sloppy, sealed dirt track, leaving Casse eager for her future options.

Nitrogen did continue on to her original turf target, the Belmont Oaks (G1), on July 5. After holding the lead in the stretch, she was nailed by a nose by Fionn. She then targeted the Alabama on Aug. 16, a serious litmus test that could determine her future. Not only would she have to prove herself on a fast dirt track, she faced a larger and more quality field, including Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Good Cheer and her multiple Grade 1-winning stablemate La Cara. Bumped at the start, Nitrogen quickly recovered to track La Cara in second, poked her head in front at the quarter pole, and, despite drifting out, held sway by 1 ½ lengths over Good Cheer.

Nitrogen remained on the dirt and made her first start against older runners in the 1 1/8-mile Spinster (G1) at Keeneland on Oct. 5. She tracked early in third in the five-horse field a length off the pace set by Gin Gin and just behind reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna.

On the far turn, she moved past Thorpedo Anna and had dead aim on Gin Gin but never could go by and settled for second beaten a head.

Scottish Lassie

Scottish Lassie didn't just provide trainer Jorge Abreu with his first career Grade 1 victory last fall - she gave him his second this summer. The dominant winner of the historic Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) is now targeting a return trip to the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar, continuing an emotional journey for her trainer.

"This is a horse that I picked out at the sale, and for her to win two Grade 1s for me, I don't have words to describe it," Abreu told NYRA track publicity.

Scottish Lassie, from the first crop of McKinzie and out of the winning Bodemeister mare Bodebabe, was bred in Kentucky by Winchester Farm. She was sold for $50,000 at the Keeneland September yearling sale, then was pinhooked for $85,000 at the Ocala Breeders' March 2-year-olds in training sale. Abreu, who owns a piece of the filly, selected her, with client Parkland Thoroughbreds appearing on the sale ticket; her racing partnership now also includes Sportsmen Stable, Photos Finish LLC and Corms Racing Stable.

Scottish Lassie finished third in her debut late in the 2024 Saratoga meet, then broke her maiden in dramatic fashion, rolling by 9 lengths in the Frizette Stakes (G1). That earned her a spot in the NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar, becoming the third Breeders' Cup starter for Abreu, who hung out his own shingle in 2016 after working as an assistant to Chad Brown. He saddled Stellar Agent to finish third in the 2018 Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) and Jody's Pride to second in the 2023 Juvenile Fillies. Scottish Lassie added to that consistent record, picking up a check for fourth in the Juvenile Fillies, won by unbeaten divisional champion Immersive.

Scottish Lassie got an extended freshening, returning to action with a third-place finish in an allowance-optional claiming race May 1 at Aqueduct. She stepped back to stakes company with a third in the Acorn Stakes (G1) at Saratoga. In her third start off the layoff, she rounded back into her best form with a sublime effort in the Coaching Club American Oaks. Setting the tempo, she drew away for a 15 ½-length victory over Immersive.

"Oh my God, this is unbelievable, winning a Grade 1 at Saratoga," Abreu told track publicity. "Winning a claiming race at Saratoga is big, imagine a Grade 1. ... Turning for home, I was just walking down the stairs crying."

Scottish Lassie returned to action on Sept. 20 in the 1 1/16-mile Cotillion (G1) at Parx. The slight favorite in the field of seven, Scottish Lassie was a non-threatening fourth finishing 2 1/4 lengths behind the victorious Clicquot.

Gun Song

Multiple graded stakes winner Gun Song showed her quality last year with a narrow loss in Grade 1 company to Thorpedo Anna, who went on to win the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) and be crowned Horse of the Year. A year later, Gun Song recently won the historic Beldame Stakes (G2) and appears bound for Del Mar herself.

Gun Song, by Gun Runner and out of the Mr. Greeley mare Nicole H, won her debut in 2023 as a 2-year-old for owner R. Lee Lewis and trainer Mark Hennig. As a 3-year-old venturing into stakes company, she won the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at Pimlico, finished second in the Monmouth Oaks (G3), and won the Cathryn Sophia Stakes at Parx Racing. The latter was the local prep for the Cotillion Stakes (G1), which has become a major event in the division. Gun Song led in deep stretch before Thorpedo Anna collared her by a neck at the wire. Gun Song concluded her sophomore campaign by finishing second by a head in the Mother Goose Stakes (G2) to Tarifa, who had been third in the quality Cotillion field.

This year, Gun Song went winless in her first four starts, although she was second in the Obeah Stakes at Delaware Park. After the filly finished fourth in the Shuvee Stakes (G2) July 18 at Saratoga, Hennig decided to freshen her, address some persistent foot issues, and await the Beldame on Sept. 26 at the Belmont at the Big A meeting. The result was a 1 ¼-length win over multiple Grade 1 winner Randomized.

"We finally got her feet right," Hennig told New York Racing Association publicity following the race. "Ian McKinlay has shod her the last two times, and she really responds to him. He's done a great job with her and got her going the right [way]. We had a really good 60 days since her last effort.

"Very satisfying," Hennig added. "When you kind of put one away in mid-July and say, 'I'm going to point to one race in September,' you're putting some pressure on yourself. I said after that race in July that I'm just going to get her ready for one try, and if she runs well, we'll talk about whether she deserves a trip to California."

Majestic Oops

One-time claimer Majestic Oops has enjoyed her best season thus far in 2025, collecting her first taste of black-type success this year.

Runner-up in a 6-furlong starter allowance at Oaklawn in January, the 5-year-old was fifth stretching out to 1 1/16 miles facing allowance company in Hot Springs on Feb. 1 before coming up a neck short at odds of 24-1 in Oaklawn's Trivista Overnight Stakes on Feb. 23.

A winner of her next two of three starts at that venue, including the 1-mile Dig a Diamond Stakes on April 26, the bay mare made it three straight for trainer Dan Ward in a sloppy renewal of the Lady's Secret Stakes (Listed) at Monmouth Park June 14.

Facing Grade I winner Randomized in the Molly Pitcher Stakes (G3) when returning to the Oceanport track July 19, Majestic Oops finished second, beaten 3 lengths by the race favorite.

Cutting back to 7 furlongs while trying Grade 1 company for the first time in her career in Saratoga's Ballerina Stakes on Aug. 23, the California bred finished third, 6 lengths behind winner Hope Road in the "Win and You're In" event for the PNC Bank Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar.

In her next start, the 1 1/8-mile Delaware Handicap (G3) on Sept. 28 at Delaware Park, Majestic Oops found the muddy conditions not to her liking. Second early on in the field of five, Majestic Oops tired in the stretch and finished fourth 11 1/2 lengths behind the victorious Regaled.

Bred by William and Sandy Dory and Gary and Janet Kropp, Majestic Oops is by the late Grade 1 winner Majestic Harbor and out of Miss Oops (by Olmodavor).

Regaled

In the high-stakes world of Thoroughbred transactions, Regaled steadily has worked her way up the ladder through her life. The filly sold for $9,500 as a weanling and debuted for a $30,000 claiming tag in March 2024. A year later, she was worth 10 times that.

With a resume that included a third in the Delaware Oaks (G3), and then a second in the Heavenly Cause Stakes and a third in the Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes (Listed) in May this year, Regaled was offered in the Inglis Digital USA May sale. She sold for $300,000 - and had already paid her connections back, with an eye still on the $2 million Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1).

Now racing for Ribble Farms and Front Page Equestrian LLC and trained by Whit Beckman, Regaled has made three stakes starts since her purchase, finishing on the board in all of them. She was second, beaten a head by Impel, in the Groupie Doll Stakes (Listed) on Aug. 10 at Ellis Park, then third in the Locust Grove Stakes (G2) on Sept. 13 at Churchill Downs. About two weeks later, she came back in the Delaware Handicap (G3), a historic race moved from July to September this year to better serve as a final Breeders' Cup prep. Regaled not only won, she delivered her best performance to date, drawing clear by 6 ¼ lengths.

The Delaware Handicap has been won, since the turn of the century alone, by Hall of Famers Royal Delta (2012, 2013) and Songbird (2017), and by Eclipse Award champions Fleet Indian (2006), Blind Luck (2011), and Idiomatic (2023). Royal Delta and Idiomatic concluded those seasons by winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

With her Delaware Handicap win, Regaled, who is by Mohaymen and out of the Daaher mare Ascot Walk, has won 4 of 17 career starts. She sports a career bankroll of $498,810, with her richest challenge still to come.

Dry Powder

Dry Powder recently struck a spark with her biggest career win in Pennsylvania and will look to keep rolling through the Keystone State en route to the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1).

Dry Powder, by Gun Runner and out of the Broken Vow mare Tell All, was bred in Kentucky by Corser Thoroughbreds, and was a $525,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Al Gold's Gold Square LLC. The filly took time to come to hand, as she was unraced as a 2-year-old. She has not missed the board in her six career starts to date at age 3.

After winning her debut in March at Gulfstream Park, Dry Powder started the spring and summer campaigning in New York for trainer Chad Summers. After finishing second in an allowance-optional claiming race at the Belmont at the Big A meet at Aqueduct, she stepped up to stakes company to finish second in the Wilton Stakes there, beaten just a head by Sweet Seraphine after leading in the stretch.

Dry Powder took an even bigger step up for the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks on July 19 at Saratoga. The field was small because of scratches, but it still included 2024 NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner and Eclipse Award champion Immersive, Grade 1 winner Scottish Lassie, and stakes winner Take Charge Milady. After hitting the gate at the start, Dry Powder recovered and finished with interest to be third behind the runaway winner Scottish Lassie and Immersive.

Dry Powder scored her breakthrough win in the Cathryn Sophia Stakes (Listed) on Aug. 19 at Parx, in which she met a field of 13, including familiar foe Sweet Seraphine. The filly stalked the pace, made the lead approaching the quarter pole, and opened up through the stretch to win by 4 ¼ lengths. That effort earned Dry Powder another shot at Grade 1 company, at a track she clearly relishes at Parx.

The Cotillion Stakes (G1) on Sept. 20 provided her a major litmus test against Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Good Cheer and Grade 1 winners La Cara and Scottish Lassie. She more than held her own in the 1 1/16-mile test, stalking La Cara in the early going before taking over at the head of the stretch. Dry Powder yielded her advantage at the eighth pole to Clicquot but kept battling only to fall a neck short.

Alice Verite (JPN)

Alice Verite (JPN) faced a number of challenges when she competed in the 2024 Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) at Del Mar. She was shipping from Japan and would have to contend with not only the new American racing style, but was making her first start on dirt that day. She was away from the gate belatedly, but made up ground late to finish fourth, behind Thorpedo Anna, subsequently voted Horse of the Year, and two other American Grade 1 winners in Raging Sea and Candied.

With that experience under her belt, Alice Verite will eye a return trip to Del Mar - site of Japan's breakthrough with its first two Breeders' Cup victories on the 2021 program. Those included Marche Lorraine (JPN) who sprung a $101.80 upset in the Distaff.

Alice Verite also is likely to be a longshot in this year's Distaff. The 5-year-old daughter of Kizuna (JPN) who races as a homebred for Makoto Kato and is trained by Kazuya Nakatake, is winless in four starts this year, all on turf. Her career record stands at 25-4-7-4, and she has pushed her earnings to $1,020,668 in U.S. funds.

Alice Verite's major win came in the Mermaid Stakes (G3) in June 2024, on the turf at Kyoto Racecourse. She led throughout for a 2-length victory. In other notable stakes efforts, Alice Verite was third in the Artemis Stakes (G3) in 2022 at Tokyo Racehorse, beaten just a half-length total by two solid competitors in Ravel (JPN) and Liberty Island (JPN). She was also second in the Sweetpea Stakes in 2023 at Tokyo.

Sire Kizuna (JPN), a champion who won the Japanese Derby, is a leading sire in Japan, with runners including champion Songline (JPN). Kizuna is a son of Japanese Triple Crown winner and leading sire Deep Impact - in turn a son of the legendary Sunday Silence, the 1989 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner who went on to become a breed-shaping sire in Japan. Alice Verite is out of Lumiere Verite, a daughter of 1985 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) winner Cozzene.

Clicquot

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Royal Spa

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Argine (JPN)

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