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Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott worked a trio of Breeders' Cup contenders, including Tacitus, Channel Maker and Frank's Rockette at Belmont Park over the weekend, as well as Horologist on the Oklahoma training track on Friday at Saratoga Race Course.
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Trainer Todd Pletcher, who has 4,993 career wins heading into Friday's racing action, breezed a quintet of Breeders' Cup contenders over the past two mornings at Belmont Park.
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Chester and Mary Broman's Mr. Buff will look to defend his title in the nine-furlong $175,000 Empire Classic, the feature event on Saturday's 11-race Empire Showcase Day card offering eight stakes races worth $1.2 million.
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R.A. Hill Stable and Gatsas Stables' multiple Grade 1-winner Vekoma worked five furlongs in 1:01.28 Sunday at Saratoga Race Course on the Oklahoma training track in preparation for a start in either the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint or Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile on November 7 at Keeneland.
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Sackatoga Stable's New York-bred Tiz the Law recorded his final breeze over the Belmont Park main track on Friday in preparation for the Grade 1, $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic on November 7 at Keeneland Race Course. He registered six furlongs in 1:12.26 over a fast main track.
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Veteran conditioner H. James Bond said he has always wanted to win the Grade 1, $250,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup and is hoping that he can score in Saturday's historic classic-distance event at Belmont Park with William L. Clifton, Jr.'s Prioritize.
