Roundup of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events and other stakes action on Day 1 of the Irish Champions Festival at Leopardstown

Kalpana’s victory in this “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) crowned a banner day for trainer Andrew Balding.

Europe struck first when Breeders' Cup 2024 kicked off Friday at Del Mar, as Magnum Force topped a longshot exacta in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1).

The William Haggas-trained Economics added to his burgeoning profile by dethroning Auguste Rodin in the Irish Champion (G1), one of three Breeders’ Cup Challenge races at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Day two of the Irish Champions Festival witnessed surprises in both Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” events at the Curragh, as the favorites failed to fire.

The trainer/jockey tandem of Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore won two of the three Breeders’ Cup Challenge events on Saturday’s opening day of Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown.

Odds-on favorite St Mark’s Basilica survived an inquiry in the Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Irish Champion (G1), but otherwise upsets were the order of the day at Leopardstown.

Transcript for the Nov. 7th, 2020 Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland.