TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2015 AMERICAN PHAROAH MORNING LINE PICK Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 5:35 p.m. EDT BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC-GI, $5,000,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) will PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT break from gate four when he goes postward for the final time 1 Tonalist Tapit Velazquez Clement 126 in his racing career in Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic at 2 Keen Ice K Curlin Ortiz, Jr. Romans 122 Keeneland. The sophomore, who will face nine foes in the 3 Frosted Tapit Rosario McLaughlin 122 $5-million centerpiece of championship weekend, was installed 4 American Pharoah Pioneerof the Nile Espinoza Baffert 122 the 6-5 morning-line favorite as he looks to rebound from a 5 Gleneagles (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Moore O'Brien 122 runner-up 6 Effinex Mineshaft Smith Jerkens 126 effort in the 7 Smooth Roller K Hard Spun Baze Garcia 126 Aug. 29 8 Hard Aces Hard Spun Talamo Sadler 126 GI Travers S. 9 Honor Code A.P. Indy Castellano McGaughey III 126 “The horse 10 Beholder K Henny Hughes Stevens Mandella 123 drew very Owners: 1-Robert S. Evans, 2-Donegal Racing, 3-Godolphin Racing, LLC, well,” trainer 4-Zayat Stables, LLC (Ahmed Zayat), 5-Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier & Bob Baffert Derrick Smith, 6-Tri-Bone Stables, 7-Lucky Charm Stable, 8-Hronis Racing commented LLC, 9-Lane's End Racing and Dell Ridge Farm LLC, 10-Spendthrift Farm, LLC after the draw. Breeders: 1-Woodslane Farm, 2-Glencrest Farm, 3-Darley, 4-Zayat Stables, “I’m happy with 5-You'resothrilling Syndicate, 6-Dr. Russell S. Cohen, 7-John R. Cummins, his post. But the 8-Dreamchaser Thorobreds, 9-Dell Ridge Farm, LLC, 10-Clarkland Farm main thing is Richard Mandella and B. Wayne Hughes are among the horse is the crowd at Monday’s Breeders’ Cup draw. | doing really Coady Photography well.” Second choice in the Classic is multiple Eclipse champion Beholder (Henny Hughes), who drew the 10 hole during Monday’s post position draw held at Keeneland. Earlier in the day, the two favorites turned in impressive works Beholder | Coady Photography American Pharoah | Horsephotos with American Pharoah zipping four furlongs in :46.60 at Santa Anita and Beholder sizzling five furlongs at Keeneland :59.40. Both were bullet moves. The contentious 10-horse Classic field includes nine Grade/Group 1 winners and Victor Espinoza, who will ride American Pharoah, acknowledged it would not be just a race between the top two favorites. “Beholder is tough,” Espinoza said. “She’s a great filly, but I don’t worry about just one. I think about the whole field. There is a reason why they are in the race, because they are all shooting to win, and they’re all going to try to beat American Pharoah again.” Last year’s GI Belmont S. winner Tonalist (Tapit) and late- running GI Whitney H. winner Honor Code (A.P. Indy) are co- third choice in the Classic at 6-1. Tonlist will break from the rail, while Honor Code drew post nine. In all, 175 horses, including 10 also-eligibles, were entered for 13 championships races to be held for the first time at Lexington’s historic Keeneland Friday and Saturday and worth more than $26 million. 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Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 16 • THETDN.COM TUES • OCT. 27, 2015 FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC Racing Manager Justin Zayat was also pleased with the work. “He worked in :46, but it was :46 easy,” said Zayat. “We’re very, very happy. We could not be happier with him. He’s right on target. He always works well every week, so it’s no surprise to us. But we can see that right now he’s in the zone. He’s feeling it, and that’s the feeling he’s giving everyone right now. All systems are go and we’re expecting a huge race from him.” Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic will be the final race of American Pharoah’s career and his first start since finishing second in the Aug. 29 GI Travers S. PHAROAH IMPRESSES IN FINAL WORK BULLET FOR BEHOLDER Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) Spendthrift Farm’s Beholder (Henny Hughes) sizzled five turned in the final work of his racing career Monday at Santa furlongs at Keeneland Monday, Anita, zipping four covering the distance in a bullet furlongs in :46.60 and :59.40 in preparation for galloping out five furlongs Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup in :59 2/5.