$1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (Grade 1) Saturday, September 27, 2014 Belmont Park Elmont, NY NBC Sports Network, 6-8 pm ET live!

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3 $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (Grade 1) Saturday, September 27, 2014 Belmont Park Elmont, NY NBC Sports Network, 6-8 pm ET live! Haynesfield (2010) is the only horse to wire the JCGC in the last 10 years, beating eventual BC Classic champ Blame in the process. Six straight JCGC winners had prepped at Saratoga, but four consecutive winners lost that previous start at the Spa. The trifecta in 5 straight JCGC editions has been made up exclusively of horses who prepped at Saratoga most recently. JCGC also-rans have won the Breeders' Cup Classic in three of the last four years: Fort Larned (2012), Drosselmeyer (2011), & Blame (2010). Curlin (2007) is the last horse to win both the JCGC and the Classic in the same year. Favorites have lost the last four runnings of the JCGC at odds of 5/2, 5/2, 6/5 and 4/5. The JCGC favorite has missed the trifecta just once in the last 10 years (2005, when the entry of Flower Alley and Bishop Court Hill finished fourth and eighth, respectively, at odds of 3/2). Borrego is the only horse to win the JCGC in the last 10 years with a true closing run, scoring from nearly a dozen lengths off the pace. Only one other winner in that timeframe has been more than 5 lengths off the pace at any point in the race, Flat Out in 2012.

4 Track Record 1:58.33 (In Excess, 1991) JCGC Stakes Record 1:58.89 (Skip Away,1997) Most jockey wins Eddie Arcaro (10) Most trainer wins Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons (7) Highest Win Mutuel $70.00 (Wagon Limit, 1998) Lowest Win Mutuel $2.20 (4 times) Largest Winning Margin 15 lengths (3 times) Smallest Winning Margin Nose (5 times) The Breeders Cup Challenge Players Guides are researched, written and designed by Jeremy Plonk along with Brian W. Spencer and the Horse Player NOW team. Photographs by Eclipse Sportswire. Look for exclusive Breeders Cup Challenge Players Guides! Oct. 4-5: Keeneland Fall Stars double issue!

5 #1 MICROMANAGE Record: 19 starts 5 wins, 4 seconds, 4 thirds ($630,881) He can give Todd Pletcher his 1 st Jockey Club Gold Cup win, and a rare major trophy missing from his NYRA war chest. Winner of the G3 Skip Away and listed Birdstone Stakes this year. Runner-up in the G2 Brooklyn and G3 Greenwood Cup this season competing against the east s top marathon dirt division foes. Third in last summer s G1 Haskell at Monmouth, his last G1 attempt. Son of Travers winner Medaglia d Oro, whose touch with fillies at stud has included the great Rachel Alexandra, Plum Pretty & Marketing Mix. Dam Catnip was a multiple route stakes winner in MN and LA. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: Pletcher 2 nd in 2013 JCGC with Palace Malice & 7 th w/ Cross Traffic. Pletcher/Repole s Stay Thirsty 3 rd in 11 JCGC and 2 nd in 12 edition. 1 st Jockey Club Gold Cup mount for rider Luis Saez. Jockey Luis Saez: 22-year-old native of Panama City, Panama. 09 Eclipse Award finalist for leading apprentice; won 13 Travers. Trainer Todd Pletcher: 47-year-old native of Dallas, TX. #1 all-time in trainer earnings in N. America ($276M). 6-time Eclipse Award winner. Owner Repole Stables: Mike Repole of Queens, NY. Founded and sold Vitamin Water. Owned 10 BC Juvenile champ Uncle Mo.

6 #2 LAST GUNFIGHTER Record: 19 starts 9 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds ($1,205,205) He used last year s JCGC as a springboard to a BC Classic check (5 th ). 4-time graded stakes winner of races like Pimlico Special, Iselin. 1-for-4 in 14, taking Mountainview at Penn National; failed to muster on-the-board efforts in G3 Suburban, G 1 Whitney or G1 Woodward. 5 th, beaten 4-3/4 lengths, in last year s Breeders Cup Classic. Son of star 2YO First Samurai, winner of 2005 G1 Champagne at Bel. Dam curiously-named Saratoga Cat, but never raced at Spa in 20 tries. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: Can join select list of horses to win Pimlico Special & JCGC in career last of which was Mineshaft in Skip Away only other modern. Last JCGC winner to exit a prep finish out of the superfecta was Miner s Mark in 93, who was 5 th in the Woodward prior. Brown s only career G1 win on dirt 11 Gazelle w/ Awesome Feather. Jockey Joe Bravo: 42-year-old native of Long Branch, NJ. Set pace & wound up 6 th in last year s JCGC aboard Alpha. Nearing 5,000 wins. Trainer Chad Brown: 35-year-old born in Saratoga, raised in nearby Mechanicville, NY. Ex-Frankel asst. w/ Ghostzapper, Empire Maker. Owner John Gunther: Vancouver, BC native owned graded winners like Eye of the Tiger, Bending Strings. Bred Travers hero Stay Thirsty as well as Hopeful winner First Samurai, sire of Last Gunfighter.

7 #3 WICKED STRONG Record: 10 starts 3 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third ($1,474,610) Expected final start of highly productive 3YO season, a chance to make a statement about his presence in next year s Classic chase. 2-time graded stakes winner of the Jim Dandy & Wood Memorial missed by a nose in Travers to stablemate V.E. Day. 7: in New York lifetime, 3: outside of New York. Finished 4th in this year s Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. Son of 2007 Kentucky Derby runner-up Hard Spun, whose offspring include Saratoga G1 10F winner Questing. Maternal grandson of 1999 Ky Derby & Preakness winner Charismatic. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: 3YOs have won JCGC 4 times since 00 last Summer Bird 09. Last 3YO to win Wood & JCGC same season Easy Goer 89. Jerkens father Allen won JCGC 3 times in 98, 75 & 73. Jockey Rajiv Maragh: 29-year-old native of Kingston, Jamaica. Won 11 BC Dirt Mile on Caleb s Posse. Has won 4 G1 races this year. Trainer Jimmy Jerkens: 55-year-old Bay Shore, NY native and son of legendary trainer Allen. Saddled BC champs Artie Schiller, Corinthian. Owner Centennial Farms: Beverly, MA-based partnership headed by Don Little, Jr. Won Belmont Stakes with Colonial Affair in 1993

8 #4 ZIVO Record: 16 starts 9 wins, 2 seconds, 4 thirds ($812,300) New York-bred upset the G2 Suburban over this track in July at 13/1. 5-for-6 this year with 4 stakes wins (3 vs. state-bred rivals). Last-to-first winner of the G2 Suburban and Commentator overnight stakes this summer at Belmont Park. 4 th in the G1 Woodward, rallying 5 lengths belatedly. PEDIGREE: NEW YORK-BRED Son of sprinter True Direction, who won the 2002 G3 Fall Highweight. $200K-earning dam was a 2-time allowance winner going 1-1/8 miles. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: Recent NY-breds to win JCGC: Funny Cide ( 04) & Haynesfield ( 10). Jockey Lezcano won last year on Ron the Greek; last jockey to win back-to-back JCGCs on different horses Braulio Baeza 65/ 66. Can be 3 rd Suburban winner in last 5 years to add JCGC (Haynesfield 10) and Flat Out ( 11). Jockey Jose Lezcano: 29-year-old native of Panama. Piloted BC champs Wise Dan and Royal Delta among others. Trainer Chad Brown: 35-year-old born in Saratoga, raised in nearby Mechanicville, NY. Ex-Frankel asst. w/ Ghostzapper, Empire Maker. Owner Thomas Coleman: 48-year-old hedge fund manager from Westchester County, NY. Has owned horses for about 10 years.

9 #5 PRAYER FOR RELIEF Record: 33 starts 8 wins, 6 seconds, 7 thirds ($1,907,938) Running in 30 th career stakes race with chance to top $2 million mark. Superfecta finishes in the G2 Suburban, G1 Whitney & G1 Woodward in succession, each time at 25/1 odds or greater. Last graded win 6/29/13 G3 Cornhusker at Prairie Meadows. Won 3 Derbies in succession in 2011 Iowa, West Virginia, Super. Son of 2001 Saratoga Special winner & Champagne 2 nd Jump Start. Sire Jump Start best known at stud for millionaire sons Rail Trip & Prayer For Relief, as well as Pants on Fire. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: 6-year-olds have won last 2 JCGC editions Ron the Greek, Flat Out. Amazingly, John Velazquez seeks 1 st JCGC score (7 th, 8 th, 6 th last 3). 1 st JCGC starter for trainer Dale Romans. Jockey John Velazquez: 42-year-old native of Carolina, PR; 2011 Hall of Fame inductee, only US jockey to top $300M mount earnings. Trainer Dale Romans: 47-year-old Louisville, Ky native. Earned 12 Eclipse Award as top US trainer; won 11 Preakness (Shackleford). Owner Zayat Stables: Ahmed Zayat, Egyptian native and NJ-based businessman made mark in beverage industry; raced stars like Bodemeister, Pioneerof The Nile and Paynter.

10 #6 LONG RIVER Record: 14 starts 4 wins, 3 seconds ($328,347) Regally bred Breeders Cup legacy runner seeks 1 st G1 win. 2-time listed stakes winner with G1 pedigree, but 0-7 in graded stakes. Off-the-board in 4 straight (Woodward, Monmouth Cup, Stephen Foster, Charles Town Classic) in an eclectic mix of races. Ran 2 nd in March s G3 Excelsior at Aqueduct to barnmate Romansh. Son of Breeders Cup Classic winner AP Indy and Breeders Cup Distaff champ Round Pond. Maternal grandson of Breeders Cup Classic winner Awesome Again. Paternal grandson of legendary 77 Triple Crown champ Seattle Slew. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: Sire AP Indy was 3 rd in 1992 JCGC before BC Classic rebound win. 1 st JCGC mount for Cornelio Velasquez since 5 th on Rail Trip in McLaughlin s last 3 JCGC bids ran 6 th, 6 th, 7 th, beating 2 horses total. Last JCGC winner to exit a prep finish out of the superfecta was in 93. Jockey Cornelio Velasquez: Turns 46 on 9/28, native of Panama City, Panama. 6-time Breeders Cup race victor from 6F to 1-1/2 miles. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin: 53-year-old Lexington, KY native won 06 Belmont and BC Classic with Jazil and Invasor, respectively. Owner Godolphin: UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid at Maktoum founded Big Blue in 92; more than 100 worldwide G1 wins.

11 #7 SPEAK LOGISTICS Record: 17 starts 3 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds ($427,580) 11 th hour JCGC addition could give trainer his 1 st G1 win in 23 years. 0-5 this year and carries a 6-race losing streak in into the JCGC. Third in the G2 Fountain of Youth and G3 Smarty Jones at age 3. Only stakes win 12 In Reality at Calder nearly 2 years ago. Sire High Cotton sired Currency Swap, G1 Hopeful winner, in his first crop. High Cotton best known on-track for 3yo stakes wins in Sir Barton, Rushaway and Northern Dancer. Maternal grandson of Preakness winner Summer Squall. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: 1 st JCGC mount for Paco Lopez, who also pilots top divisional runner Itsmyluckyday. Last JCGC winner to exit a prep finish out of the superfecta was Miner s Mark in 93, who was 5 th in the Woodward prior. Jockey Paco Lopez: 28yo native of Veracruz, Mexico; 2-time leading Mth rider; Won 1 st G1 in 14 Woodward; 08 Eclipse top apprentice. Trainer Gary Contessa: 57-year-old Merrick, NY native. 2-time NYRA trainer of year. Only G1 win came in 1991 Ashland w/ Do It With Style. Owner Hardaway Stables: Ralph Nabavi of NY and Davie, FL. Owns a transportation logistics company and his is his only stakes winner.

12 #8 TONALIST Record: 7 starts 3 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third ($1,202,000) California Chrome s flat finish in Philly opens 3YO title discussions if he can win JCGC and Breeders Cup Classic on top of his Belmont score. 9/1 upset winner of Belmont Stakes, advancing his career mark to 2- for-2 over Big Sandy, having also won G2 Peter Pan locally. Disappointed a bit in 2 follow-up tries at Saratoga, 2 nd in the G2 Jim Dandy and 3 rd in the G1 Travers at 4/5 and 5/2, respectively. Sire Tapit has taken this year s 3YO crop by storm also with Untapable, Tapiture, Constitution, Coup de Grace, Ring Weekend. From same female family as Horse of the Year Havre de Grace. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: 3YOs have won JCGC 4 times since 00 last Summer Bird 09. Recent 3YOs to win Belmont/JCGC: Summer Bird 09, Easy Goer 89. Joel Rosario won JCGC in 2012 aboard Flat Out. Jockey Joel Rosario: 29-year-old native of Santo Domingo, D.R. 1 of only 2 jockeys to win Dubai World Cup/Ky Derby in same year ( 13). Trainer Christophe Clement: 48-year-old native of Paris, France. Trained turf champion Gio Ponti and is a 5-time BC runner-up. Owner Robert Evans: Industrial building businessman is brother of late Edward Evans (sons of Buckland Farms Thomas Mellon Evans).

13 #9 STEPHANOATSEE Record: 18 starts 3 wins, 4 seconds, 1 thirds ($304,600) Trainer Zito seeks to snap a G1 stakes drought dating back to April 12. Rallied 7 lengths to be a non-threatening 5 th in the G1 Woodward. 2-time Grade 3 winner of Aqueduct s Excelsior and Discovery Hcp. Third in Grade 1 Met Mile to Palace Malice on Belmont Stakes Day in stakes races lifetime: best finish a runner-up in 2013 G2 Strub. Half-brother to 2011 Preakness/2012 Met Mile winner Shackleford. Son of 92 Belmont, BrCup Classic & Horse of Year winner AP Indy. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: Sire AP Indy was 3 rd in 92 Jockey Club Gold Cup before Classic win. Zito won 2000 JCGC with Albert the Great; 2 nd /3 rd with Strike the Gold, also 2 nd with the likes of Wanderin Boy in this race. Last JCGC winner to exit a prep finish out of the superfecta was Miner s Mark in 93, who was 5 th in the Woodward prior. Jockey Jose Ortiz: 20, Trujillo Alto, P.R. native; Aqueduct s leading jockey in this year s winter-spring meet by earnings. Trainer Nick Zito: 05 Hall of Fame inductee has won Ky Derby twice, Preakness once, and Belmont twice. 66-year-old Brooklyn native. Owner My Meadowview Farm: Leonard Riggio of Water Mill, NY, Barnes & Noble chairman and owner of Game Stop.

14 #10 V.E. DAY Record: 6 starts 4 wins, 1 second ($829,010) 4 straight wins coming into JCGC makes him 1 of hottest 3YOs in US. Notched both lifetime stakes wins at Saratoga, rallying from 8+ lengths back to win the Curlin & more than 14 lengths to take the G1 Travers. Defeated stablemate Wicked Strong by a nose in G1 Travers at 19/1. 3-for-3 lifetime on dirt despite a turf pedigree. Sire English Channel won Breeders Cup Turf in 2007 among remarkable $5.3 million-earning career. English Channel s top offspring include Optimizer & The Pizza Man, the latter winning this summer s American St. Leger at Arlington Park. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: 3YOs have won JCGC 4 times since 00 last Summer Bird 09. Recent Travers /JCGC-winning 3YO: Summer Bird 09, Bernardini 06, Castellano won 06 JCGC aboard fellow Travers champ Bernardini. Jockey Javier Castellano: 36-year-old native of Maracaibo, Ven. Reigning Eclipse Champion jockey. Leading 14 US rider in wins/$$$. Trainer Jimmy Jerkens: 55-year-old Bay Shore, NY native and son of legendary trainer Allen. Saddled BC champs Artie Schiller, Corinthian. Owner Magalen Maggie Bryant: Renowned conservationist on board of directors of the WILD Foundation. Farm in Middleberg, Va.

15 #11 MORENO Record: 21 starts 3 wins, 7 seconds, 3 thirds ($1,829,940) NOW horse has doubled his career earnings in his last 2 starts. Snapped 8-race losing streak w/ G1 Whitney score and just failed late in G1 Woodward to add a Saratoga sweep when 2nd. Winner of G2 Dwyer during 3YO season in 2013 that finished with 10 th in Breeders Cup Classic. Went 0-for-9 in Cali maiden ranks before coming east & breaking out. Son of 04 Horse of Year Ghostzapper, who was 5-5 lifetime at Bel. Dam, Danceinthesunlight, closely related to historic Canadian mares Dance Smartly and Dancethruthedawn. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: 20 years since a Whitney-JCGC sweep Colonial Affair in 94. Last 4YO to win JCGC Haynesfield in 10. Last Woodward runner-up to rebound & win JCGC 11 Flat Out. Jockey Junior Alvarado: 28-year-old from Barquisimeto, Venezuela; 5 career G1 wins, and was 3 rd in last year s JCGC (Flat Out). Trainer Eric Guillot: 52, New Iberia, LA native same town as Eddie Delahoussaye; trained G1 winners Champagne d Oro / Santa Teresita. Owner Southern Equine Stables: Louisiana native Mike Moreno, now of Houston. Acquired an interest in Bodemeister prior to Ky Derby 2nd.

16 #12 BIG CAZANOVA Record: 17 starts 3 wins, 6 seconds, 6 thirds ($264,692) He provides some east-west barometer albeit on major class rise. Jockey Club X-Factor has won 2 straight Del Mar allowances. 6: since relocated to Southern California, running well on dirt, turf and Polytrack surfaces. Began career in native South America, and was DQ d from the win to 2 nd in Peru s G1 Jockey Club Del Peru in PEDIGREE: ARGENTINE-BRED Son of Breeders Cup Classic runner-up Giant s Causeway. Damsire Morning Bob, 3 rd in the 84 Belmont to Swale, was Nick Zito s 1 st big horse on the Triple Crown trail. JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP POINTS: West-coasters to win JCGC since 1990 include Borrego, River Keen, Festin, Flying Continental. Ortiz 4 th in last year s JCGC in his debut in this race. Miller seeks 2 nd career NYRA graded stakes win ( 13 Tom Fool). Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.: 22yo from Trujillo Alto, PR. 2 nd in Spa standings breakout meet. 2 G1 wins (Acorn/Test this year Sweet Reason). Trainer Peter Miller: 45, Santa Monica, CA native; Leading Dmr trainer in 12 and conditioned G1 winner Comma to the Top. Owner Wachtel Stable: Adam Wachtel of Briarcliff Manor, NY. 52- year-old son of owner Ed Wachtel, he s owned horses since college.

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18 $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (Grade 1) Saturday, September 27, 2014 Santa Anita Park Arcadia, CA NBC Sports Network, 6-8 pm ET live! Lava Man (2006) is the only horse to wire the Awesome Again Stakes in the last 10 years. Mucho Macho Man parlayed a win in the Awesome Again Stakes into a Breeders' Cup Classic in 2013, making him the first horse to do so since Pleasantly Perfect in Favorites have won the last three editions of the Awesome Again, and the last five run on dirt dating back to Seven of the last 10 winners made their previous start in the state of California. The other three winners exited races at Saratoga (Mucho Macho Man, 2013), Nad al Sheba (Lundy's Liability, 2004) and Wolverhampton (Gitano Hernando, 2009). Bob Baffert won three consecutive runnings before finishing second with Paynter in The early pacesetter has hit the board just once in the last seven years (Crown of Thorns, 2010). Longshots have not fared well in the Awesome Again. Just four of the 30 horses to hit the Trifecta in the last decade have been sent off at more than 10/1. Gitano Hernando (2009) and Tiago (2007) are the last 3-year-olds to win the Awesome Again. Favorites have missed the board just twice in the last 20 runnings: Lewis Michael, 4 th at 2/1, 2007; Twirling Candy, 4 th at 3/5, There have been 10 odds-on favorites in the Awesome Again, accounting for five wins, three seconds, and a third.

19 Track Record: 1:45.80 (Star Spangled, 1979) Awesome Again Stakes Record: 1:46.72 (Bertrando, 1994) Most jockey wins: Gary Stevens (5), Kent Desormeaux (4) Most trainer wins: Charlie Whittingham (5), Bob Baffert (4) Highest Win Mutuel: $80.00 (Freedom Crest, 2001) Lowest Win Mutuel: $2.60 (Game On Dude, 2012) Largest Winning Margin: 4 ½ lengths (Pettrax, 1983) Smallest Winning Margin: nose (3 times) The Breeders Cup Challenge Players Guides are researched, written and designed by Jeremy Plonk along with Brian W. Spencer and the Horse Player NOW team. Photographs by Eclipse Sportswire. Look for exclusive Breeders Cup Challenge Players Guides! Oct. 4-5: Keeneland Fall Stars double issue!

20 #1 FED BIZ Record: 17 starts 6 wins, 2 seconds, 3 thirds ($170,496) Baffert can tie Charlie Whittingham s mark of 5 Awesome Again wins. 3-time stakes winner at 7 furlongs, 1 mile & 1-1/16 miles in his career. Runner-up last out in G2 Pat O Brien title defense at Del Mar in only 2 nd start of career races at 1/8 miles 4 th in Eddie Read (turf), 3 rd Strub (dirt). Has a Breeders Cup Classic pedigree as sire Giant s Causeway was 2 nd in Classic & he s a maternal grandson of 84 champ Wild Again. Dam Spunoutacontrol was a 7-furlong stakes winner at Laurel. AWESOME AGAIN POINTS: Baffert won this in with Richard s Kid and Game on Dude (twice) before 2 nd a year ago with Paynter. Also won 98 Silver Charm. No Pat O Brien champ has also won the 9F Awesome Again Stakes. Jockey Martin Garcia: 29-year-old native of Veracruz, Mexico. Seeks 1 st win in this race teamed w/ Baffert to win $1M PA Derby last week. Trainer Bob Baffert: 09 Hall of Fame inductee is a 61-year-old native of Nogales, AZ. 10 Breeders Cup wins, 7 Triple Crown tallies all-time. Owner Diamond Pride LLC, Lanni, Schiappa et al: Diamond Pride is baseball great Joe Torre; Terry Lanni is ex-ceo of MGM Mirage; Schiappa is a retired Vegas auto dealer.

21 #2 SKY KINGDOM Record: 16 starts 5 wins, 2 seconds, 2 thirds ($399,872) Baffert upset Espinoza last week when Bayern topped California Chrome in the PA Derby now they team up with Sky Kingdom. Returned from a 1-year layoff to win American Flag Stakes at Los Alamitos in August. Runner-up at 6/5 favorite in Del Mar s G2 Cougar II Handicap. 3-for-5 at Santa Anita on dirt, including G3 Tokyo City in March 13. Son of 2003 Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker, best known at stud for producing the likes Royal Delta, Bodemeister & Pioneerof The Nile. Empire Maker was sold to Japanese interests in 10 & stands there. AWESOME AGAIN POINTS: Baffert s 4 Awesome Again wins ( 98, 10, 11, 12) trails only Charlie Whittingham s 5 wins in this race. Last horse to win Tokyo City & Awesome Again: Budroyale in Jockey Victor Espinoza: 42yo from Veracruz, MX. Twice won 2/3 of Triple Crown with California Chrome 14 and War Emblem 02. Trainer Bob Baffert: 09 Hall of Fame inductee is a 61-year-old native of Nogales, AZ. 10 Breeders Cup wins, 7 Triple Crown tallies all-time. Owner Westrock Stables LLC: Father-son duo of Joe and Scott Ford of Little Rock, AR. Made money via Alltell, and now Westrock Coffee.

22 #3 BIRD E HOUSE Record: 5 starts 2 wins ($39,650) New shooter to the California handicap division via Florida. Exits a 3-1/4 length allowance win at Gulfstream on June 7, his final race for Marty Wolfson after having started career with Mike Mareina. 3 rd start maiden breaker came April 19 after 2 maiden claiming losses. All 5 career starts have been around 1 turn (three 1-turn miles at GP). Son of 2004 Belmont Stakes and Travers hero Birdstone. At stud, Birdstone best known for Triple Crown race winners Mine That Bird & Summer Bird, as well as recent CD stakes winner Thank You Marylou. Dam Not In My House was a minor stakes-placed turf filly at Lone Star. AWESOME AGAIN POINTS: Would be 1 st Awesome Again win for trainer Sadler & jockey Talamo. Talamo was 4 th last year board Golden Ticket. Sadler 8 th last year with You Know I Know; had his best chance in this when 3/5 favorite Twirling Candy disappointed in 4 th in Jockey Joe Talamo: 24-year-old native of Marrero, LA won Santa Anita s first summer meet title in 2014; riding pro since 06 at age 16. Trainer John Sadler: 58-year-old native of Long Beach, CA. Best trainer to never win a major seeks 1 st BC/TC win. Career wins. Owner Hronis Racing: Kosta and Pete Hronis of Delano, CA. Family business is grapes and citrus farming; owned horses since 2010.

23 #4 SHARED BELIEF Record: 6 starts 6 wins ($1,372,200) With recent retirements and sputtering of California Chrome, unbeaten colt could assume the mantle as racing s biggest star. 6-for-6, all in California, but has yet to run at Santa Anita. Beat elders in G1 Pacific Classic, adding to G2 Los Al Derby in July. Won all 3 starts at age 2 en route to Eclipse Award, blowing out Hollywood Juvenile and Cash Call Futurity fields by 13 ½ lengths. Son of the unbeaten Argentine import Candy Ride, who went 6-for-6 in his career and set Del Mar s 1 ¼ miles track record on dirt. 1 of 8 G1 winners sired by Candy Ride, and he can became sire s 4 th millionaire earner with the win in the Pacific Classic. AWESOME AGAIN POINTS: Three 3YOs have won this race: Gitano Hernando, Tiago & Tiznow. No 2YO champion has added Awesome Again Stakes later in career. 2 have swept Pacific Classic-AwAgn: Richard s Kid 10, Lava Man 06. Jockey Mike Smith: Roswell, NM native turned 49 on Aug Hall of Famer; won this race in 07 with fellow 3YO Tiago. Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer: 10 Hall of Famer is 67 from Akron, OH. #3 on all-time wins list for N. American trainers. 2 nd w/ Nonios in 10. Owner Jungle Racing, Hollendorfer, Todaro et al: Nom de course of Jim & Janet Rome; Rome a leading national sports radio/tv host.

24 #5 FOOTBRIDGE Record: 12 starts 3 wins, 4 seconds, 2 thirds ($206,836) International powerhouse Godolphin tries to get back to the BC Classic. Runner-up in G2 San Diego Handicap last time out at Del Mar, seeking his first career stakes win. 5 straight in-the-money finishes for late-developing 4-year-old. 14 th last year in the G1 Blue Grass trying to make late foray into Triple Crown scene. Son of recently departed sire Street Cry, best known for siring Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense & the great mare Zenyattta. Maternal grandson of Godolphin s all-time great Dubai Millennium. AWESOME AGAIN POINTS: Harty trained 08 Awesome Again winner Well Armed and was assistant trainer for Baffert when Silver Charm won 98 edition. Bejarano piloted 12 winner Game on Dude to victory in this race. Godolphin also has Long River in today s Jockey Club Gold Cup. Jockey Rafael Bejarano: 32-year-old native of Arequipa, Peru. 4-time Breeders Cup winner, approaching 3,300 career victories. Trainer Eoin Harty: 50-year-old native of Dublin, Ire. He developed such stars as Street Cry, Tempera, Colonel John & Imperial Gesture. Owner Godolphin: UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid at Maktoum founded Big Blue in 92; more than 100 worldwide G1 wins.

25 #6 MAJESTIC HARBOR Record: 24 starts 6 wins, 6 seconds, 4 thirds ($656,014) G1 Santa Anita Gold Cup winner gets back to his preferred surface. Sixth on Polytrack in G1 Pacific Classic behind Shared Belief. 14/1 upset winner of G1 Santa Anita Gold Cup for his second graded win of the season also won G2 Tokyo City at Santa Anita. Superb Santa Anita season saw him hit superfecta in 5 straight graded stakes all between 5/1 and 17/1 odds. Split time early in his career in Kentucky & Louisiana with Paul McGee. Half-brother to 2014 Kentucky Derby 3 rd / Ark Derby winner Danza. Late sire Rockport Harbor passed in 2013 and best known for his offspring May Day Rose and Pataky Kid. AWESOME AGAIN POINTS: Last year Awesome Again winner Game On Dude also won the Gold Cup (then at Hollywood). Would become sixth 6-year-old to win this race, tying for eldest. Jockey Tyler Baze: 31-year-old native of Seattle, WA. 00 Eclipse Award-winning apprentice; mom, dad, brother, uncle, cousins all rode. Trainer Sean McCarthy: Monrovia, CA. HRTV analyst & former apprentice under Monty Roberts, The Horse Whisperer. Owner Gallant Stables: Ron Beegle, former exec with Aeropostale, Gap, etc., along with partners David & Loren Osborne et al.

26 #7 MYSTERY TRAIN Record: 20 starts 8 wins, 4 seconds, 3 thirds ($425,507) Argentine speedster finds pace much different without Game On Dude. Dueled Game On Dude in Pacific Classic, wilted to 9 th by 42 lengths. Won 3 straight stakes this spring in native Argentina, including the G1 Gran Premio Honor while setting a track record. Scored the $250,000 G1 Gran Premio Republica May 1. 7-time stakes winner in his homeland. PEDIGREE: ARGENTINE-BRED Sire Not For Sale best known for producing international star Asiatic Boy, and was a top sprinter in South America in his racing heyday. Dam, American Whisper, broke her maiden in US and is a daughter of Quiet American, sire of Kentucky Derby/Preakness winner Real Quiet. AWESOME AGAIN POINTS: Last Argentine-bred to win this race was Lord At War in 84-85, while last South American-bred to win was Lundy s Liability in 04. Jockey Brice Blanc: 41-year-old native of Lyon, France. Seeking 1 st G1 win on dirt despite nearly 1000 US wins. Trainer Darrell Vienna: 67-year-old Los Angeles native. Trained champion Gilded Time; practicing lawyer, poet & screen writer. Owner Red Baron s Barn and Rancho Temescal: Jed Cohen, 81, of Piru, CA. Investor has spent more than 6 decades in ownership.

27 #8 IMPERATIVE Record: 18 starts 3 wins, 4 seconds, 3 thirds ($1,314,870) $50,000 claim in December has earned $1.2 million since that time. 26/1 upset of $1.5M G2 Charles Town Classic over Game On Dude. Stakes-placed in G1 Pacific Classic / G1 Santa Anita Gold Cup in 14. Went 2-for-10 for Eoin Harty/Darley Stable to open career pre-claim. Son of 2006 Preakness/Travers winner Bernardini, who has gone on to sire the likes of Stay Thirsty, Alpha and To Honor and Serve. Half-brother to elite national sprinter Battle Won. AWESOME AGAIN POINTS: Last year s CT Classic winner Game On Dude added the Awesome Again later in the season as well tries to follow suit. Jockey Kent Desormeaux 4-time winner of this race: 01, 95, 92, 93. He can match Gary Stevens record of 5 Awesome Again victories. Jockey Kent Desormeaux: 04 Hall of Fame inductee is 44yo native of Maurice, LA. 1 of 4 jocks to win Eclipse as apprentice & journeyman. Trainer George Papaprodromou: 38-year-old from Cyprus; 43 career wins since starting in 03; C-Town Classic his only graded stakes win. Owner KM Racing Enterprise: Kenji Morinaga of Arcadia, CA. 47- year-old has raced horses for just 1 year; owns employee leasing firm.