"Aidan O'Brien's gallop towards an extension of his record for Group One wins in a season has slowed a little in recent weeks, but there was still a shield-beating sense of theatre about the scene as his team for the 2025 Breeders' Cup meeting at Del Mar this weekend made its way to the track for morning exercise on Wednesday."
"O'Brien needs a single success this weekend to take sole control of the record for Breeders' Cup with 21, one more than the late D Wayne Lukas, who died in June. It would be a remarkable achievement for an overseas trainer to sit ahead of such names as Lukas, Bob Baffert (19) and Chad Brown (19), but he is not the only European trainer with great expectations this weekend."
"Francis-Henri Graffard, who has already won both the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe this year, will attempt to complete the set of the world's most prestigious mile-and-a-half turf events with three different horses when Goliath goes to post for the Turf. And in the same race, Charlie Appleby's popular gelding Rebel's Romance could become only the third horse to win a Breeders' Cup race three times, and set a new record"
Aidan O'Brien brings a large, successful contingent to the 2025 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar, though no single standout replaces last year's Classic contender. Several of his runners are already Group One winners and multiple entrants are expected to start as favourites across juvenile and turf events. O'Brien needs one victory to claim a record 21 Breeders' Cup wins, surpassing D Wayne Lukas. Other leading European trainers also carry strong hopes, with Francis-Henri Graffard targeting a turf treble and Charlie Appleby's Rebel's Romance bidding for a historic third Breeders' Cup triumph.
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