It is safe to say that never before have three consecutive graded stakes
on a single card – at a mile, 1 1/8 miles for fillies and mares, and 1 ¼
miles – produced the three favorites for the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Beginning
with Uncle Mo’s brilliant victory in the Kelso Handicap (gr. II) and
continuing with Havre de Grace’s Beldame Stakes (gr. I) romp and Flat
Out’s dominating score in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I), it was if
one layer at a time was being stripped away to reveal a potentially new
Classic favorite.
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