Let Em Know won the Pilgrim Stakes, and Good to Be King took the Futurity at Belmont Park to earn a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint berth. Two juvenile turf stakes with Breeders’ Cup implications. ##BC2026

Dotsy won the Frizette (G1) at Belmont Park, giving trainer John Grabowski his first graded stakes win. The 2-year-old also earned a Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies berth for owner Thomas Paluck. ##BC2026

Domain Expansion broke her maiden in the Oak Leaf Stakes (G2), winning by 7 lengths Oct. 3 at Santa Anita to earn a spot in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). ##BC2026 ##KYOaks2026

ALERT: American History ran down Coach Pope and Q B Rocket to win the Oct. 3 Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. The win earned him a spot in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. ##BC2026

ALERT: U. S. S. Valor won the Champagne Stakes (G1) by 6 1/2 lengths at Belmont Park. Team Valor has not committed to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. ##BC2026 ##TC2027

Evanescence earned a Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint berth with her win in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes at Keeneland. Earlier on the card, Joe Shiesty won the Woodford Stakes (G2T). ##BC2026

Counting Stars meets older rivals for the first time in the Oct. 4 Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland. The winner earns a fees-paid berth to the Breeders' Cup Distaff, and the race could influence the Eclipse picture. ##BC2026

Serenas Ghost went from a debut win at Horseshoe Indianapolis to a clear victory in Keeneland’s Jessamine Stakes in three weeks. The Joe Sharp trainee earned a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf berth with the Grade 2 win. ##BC2026

Nakatomi passed six horses in the final quarter-mile to win the Phoenix Stakes (G2) at Keeneland for the second straight year. The win earns him a paid berth to the Breeders' Cup Sprint. ##BC2026

ALERT: Emphatic stayed unbeaten in the Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland, holding off favored Summer Starlet and earning a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). Forever Carina was third. ##BC2026 ##KYOaks2026

An evenly matched juvenile field goes postward in Keeneland's $400,000 Bourbon Stakes (G2T) Oct. 4, with a Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf berth to the winner. ##BC2026

Fully Subscribed heads the Oct. 4 Spinster at Keeneland after wins in the Shuvee and Personal Ensign. The Grade 1 drew five, including Regaled, Immersive, Snowyte, and Counting Stars. ##Handicapping ##BC2026

Imperial Honor is the pick for Friday’s American Pharoah Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita, a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile qualifier. The field brings together runners from the Best Pal, Del Mar Futurity, and Frontrunner. ##Handicapping ##BC2026

The Breeders' Cup Challenge Series has 23 qualifiers this week, with the Champagne, Breeders' Futurity, and American Pharoah all awarding Juvenile berths. Gaudreau, U. S. S. Valor, and Coach Pope headline the 2-year-old races. ##BC2026

Kathynmarissa won the $650,000 Flower Bowl (G2T) at Belmont Park for her third graded stakes win of the year and a Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf berth. Chad Brown trains the mare for Michael Dubb and Michael Caruso. ##BC2026

T Kraft held off Crazy Mason by a nose in the Vosburgh Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park for his first graded stakes win. The Bill Mott trainee also earned a fees-paid berth to the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1). ##BC2026

Registration is open for the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge, a $10,000 entry event with a projected $1.5 million prize pool. Qualifiers start at Keeneland before the final at Santa Anita during the World Championships. ##BC2026

R Disaster went wire to wire to repeat in the Gallant Bloom (G2) Oct. 1 at Belmont under Jose Ortiz. A race later, Shelzawa rallied past rivals to win the Winter Memories (G3T). ##BC2026

Coach Pope heads a six-horse field for Keeneland’s $650,000 Breeders’ Futurity, a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile qualifier and Road to the Kentucky Derby prep. American History, Title Worthy, Q B Rocket, and Phone Booth are among those entered. ##BC2026 ##TC2027

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps six Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks qualifying races this weekend at Keeneland, Belmont at the Big A, and Santa Anita. His picks cover both divisions across all three tracks. ##Handicapping ##BC2026 ##TC2027 ##KYOaks2026