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A total of seven fillies and mares will travel one mile over the Churchill Downs dirt course in Saturday’s $300,000 Chilukki S. (G3).

Given that it’s been a light week for Derby contenders, this week’s Power Rankings will take an advanced look at one of the most exciting upcoming Derby Future Wager betting options.

A very good field of 10 fillies and mares will dash six panels on the famed Churchill Downs dirt oval in Saturday’s $300,000 Dream Supreme S.

The triumph of Japan’s Forever Young in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar last Saturday reiterates the longstanding connection between the Classic and the Kentucky Derby (G1).

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) may not have the best record as a Kentucky Derby predictor. But it’s always a key date in assessing where the Derby contenders stand.

Welcome to our 2025 Breeders' Cup Saturday coverage!

Ted Noffey capped an undefeated season and undoubtedly clinched championship honors as the country's top two-year-old colt of 2025, with a one-length tally in the $1.76 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar on Friday.

Welcome to our 2025 Breeders' Cup LIVE coverage!

The contenders in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) have pedigree connections to past editions of the championships.

In 1920, another distaffer challenged colts and geldings beneath the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs: Cleopatra, a stakes-winning filly from the barn of William Robinson Coe. Derby Day 1920 was not her day to shine, but this lucky loser started a lineage...