Laurel Park-based Ben's Cat, winner of the $356,000 Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT)) on Labor Day at Parx Racing, is still on the fence for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs..
Though the 5-year-old earned an automatic bid into the race, he s not Breeders’ Cup nominated so breeder-owner-trainer Leatherbury has been looking for an investor to flip the bill on the $100,000 supplemental fee, which is due by Oct. 24, the day pre-entries close.
“We are working on it,” Leatherbury said Oct. 21. “I almost gave up on it yesterday but then we received a shot in the arm this morning. It is just a matter of getting everybody to put their money where their mouth is. I’d say there is a 50-50 chance this is going to happen, up from about 10 percent yesterday.”
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