Triple Crown: Check in with 11 alumni at Breeders’ Cup, more
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Shamela Hanley / Eclipse Sportswire
The Triple Crown Tracker checks in with the horses who raced in the 2024 Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont, keeping up with what they have done since the classics.
2024 Kentucky Derby
Horses from the 2024 Kentucky Derby swept the podium in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic. Sierra Leone, who missed by a nose in the Kentucky Derby, scored his signature victory when overhauling Fierceness to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic by 1 1/2 lengths. Fierceness, near a flying pace early, ran an excellent race in second. Forever Young, racing stateside for the first time since his third-place finish in the Kentucky Derby, kept on to finish third, 1 1/4 lengths behind Fierceness.
Domestic Product, who emerged as more effective going shorter than the classic distance, finished his career with a late-running third-place finish behind Full Serrano in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. He has been retired to Coolmore’s Ashford Stud, where he will stand for $30,000.
Society Man was also recently in action. Stepping down into allowance company for his first start since the West Virginia Derby (G3), he rallied in a 1 1/8-mile allowance at Keeneland on Oct. 24, but could not reel in wire-to-wire winner Woodcourt.
Two runners from the 2024 Kentucky Derby, Track Phantom and West Saratoga, are entered for upcoming races. Track Phantom is scheduled to make his first start since the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs in a seven-furlong allowance optional claiming race on the dirt. He drew post 8 in a field of 12, plus four also-eligible entrants. West Saratoga is entered Wednesday, also at Churchill Downs, in a 7 1/2-furlong allowance on the dirt. He drew post 3 in a field of nine.
| Derby | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mystik Dan | 8th Belmont | Worked 3f Sat. at KEE |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 1st Breeders’ Cup Classic | No works since last race |
| 3 | Forever Young | 3rd Breeders’ Cup Classic | No works since last race |
| 4 | Catching Freedom | 4th Ohio Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 5 | T O Password | 5th Kentucky Derby | Out for the rest of the year |
| 6 | Resilience | 10th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 7 | Stronghold | 2nd Pennyslvania Derby (G1) | Worked 3f Mon. at SA |
| 8 | Honor Marie | 8th Travers | No works since last race |
| 9 | Endlessly | 5th Belmont Derby (G1) | Worked 5f Aug. 10 at DMR |
| 10 | Dornoch | 4th Travers | Stands for $40,000 at Spendthrift |
| 11 | Track Phantom | 11th Kentucky Derby | Entered Sat. in Alw OC at CD |
| 12 | West Saratoga | 5th Matt Winn (G3) | Entered Wed. in Alw at CD |
| 13 | Domestic Product | 3rd Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile | Stands for $30,000 at Ashford |
| 14 | Epic Ride | 3rd Perryville (G3) | Worked 3f Sat. at TTC |
| 15 | Fierceness | 2nd Breeders’ Cup Classic | No works since last race |
| 16 | Society Man | 2nd Alw OC (Oct. 24 at KEE) | No works since last race |
| 17 | Just Steel | 5th Preakness | Recovering from leg surgery |
| 18 | Grand Mo the First | 2nd Virginia Derby (G3) | Worked 4f Oct. 6 at GP |
| 19 | Catalytic | 2nd Carry Back | Worked 4f Sun. at GP |
| 20 | Just a Touch | 2nd Iowa Derby | No works since last race |
| SCR | Encino | 1st Lexington (G3) | Worked 4f Nov. 2 at KEE |
| SCR | Mugatu | 3rd Maryland Million Classic | Entered Sat. in Alw OC at GP |
2024 Preakness Stakes
Preakness winner Seize the Grey, coming off a win in the Pennsylvania Derby (G1), was bumped in the early stages of Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and never fired, finishing eighth, 7 1/2 lengths behind winner Full Serrano. The race was his first try against older company.
On Oct. 26 at Santa Anita, Imagination made his first start since a third-place finish in the Shared Belief. He attended the pace three deep and edged to a half-length lead midstretch, but could not hold off the re-rally of pacesetter Tarantino and settled for second by a head.
Mugatu, last seen finishing third in the Maryland Million Classic, returns to the races Saturday in an allowance optional claiming race at Gulfstream. He drew the outermost post of 12 in the first-level turf mile for horses aged 3 and up.
| Preakness | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seize the Grey | 8th Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile | No works since last race |
| 2 | Mystik Dan | 8th Belmont | Worked 3f Sat. at KEE |
| 3 | Catching Freedom | 4th Ohio Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 4 | Tuscan Gold | 4th Preakness | Worked 4f Sat. at SAR |
| 5 | Just Steel | 5th Preakness | Recovering from leg surgery |
| 6 | Uncle Heavy | 4th Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | No works since last race |
| 7 | Imagination | 2nd Alw OC (Oct. 26 at SA) | No works since last race |
| 8 | Mugatu | 3rd Maryland Million Classic | Entered Sat. in Alw OC at GP |
2024 Belmont Stakes
On Oct. 25 at Keeneland, Protective made his first start since running tenth in the Pennsylvania Derby. He returned in a first-level allowance at 1 3/16 miles on the lawn. Protective settled last of 12, and though he did make up some late ground, he had to settle for fourth, 4 3/4 lengths behind long shot winner Native Shaman, who was more forwardly placed.
| Belmont | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dornoch | 4th Travers (G1) | Stands for $40,000 at Spendthrift |
| 2 | Mindframe | 2nd Haskell (G1) | No works since last race |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 1st Breeders’ Cup Classic | No works since last race |
| 4 | Honor Marie | 8th Travers (G1) | No works since last race |
| 5 | Antiquarian | 5th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 6 | Protective | 4th Alw (Oct. 25 at KEE) | No works since last race |
| 7 | Seize the Grey | 8th Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile | No works since last race |
| 8 | Mystik Dan | 8th Belmont | Worked 3f Sat. at KEE |
| 9 | The Wine Steward | 9th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 10 | Resilience | 10th Belmont | No works since last race |
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