Benvenuto Cellini fulfilled Aidan O’Brien’s long-stated prophecy that he was made for the race and helped the trainer tie his own world record for Grade/Group 1 wins in a season.

Jockey Jose Ortiz carried his momentum to the Belmont Park turf to make it a graded-stakes triple on Thursday.

*Friday update: Belmont has canceled racing this weekend due to the impending nor'easter. The stakes races are postponed to Thursday, Oct. 1.

International dominance continued in Saturday’s $4.6 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), although from an unlikely quarter in a Willie Mullins-trained sometime hurdler.

Rebel's Romance could not have had a better prep in advance of a third Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) title on Nov. 1.

Rebel's Romance and El Cordobes will turn in their final prep for the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) on Saturday at Aqueduct in the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) over 1 1/2 miles.

In its roughly half a century of existence, the $750,000 Sword Dancer (G1) has tended to yield multiple winners.