Multiple championships could be on the line in the Breeders\u2019 Bowl Turf Sprint. Wins by any number of horses would lead to champion three year old or older turf sprinter and we have a filly in the mix who could win her divisional honors with a win as well. There are three runners who have already earned a championship and one who is a Hall of Famer. But perhaps the biggest distinction goes to a mare who not only has two entrants in the field but they are the top two choices. Let\u2019s take a look at the twenty horses set to go six and a half furlongs on the California turf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#1 Fireside Cat 17\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fireside Cat is a winner of two graded stakes in 2025. In May he took the six furlong Grade Three Houdini by sitting midpack before getting up to win by a length and a half with a 113 speed. He ran a faster number of 115 when employing similar tactics in the Grade Two King\u2019s Last Stand Sprint but fell just under a length short. That race came at seven furlongs but he dropped back to six for his next start in the Grade Two Goldene. He was further back early on in that spot but unleashed a closing run that would not be denied, getting up to win by a head with a 108 speed. His most recent race came going a sixteenth shorter and while he made a closing rally the race was just too short for him to show his best. He\u2019s a four year old son of War Front out of the grade two winning Pivotal x Storm Cat mare Inflection. The twenty two year old mare produced two grade one winners and a grade three winner in her career in addition to Fireside Cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#2 Bragi Accla 13\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bragi Accla is a four year old gelding by Acclamation out of the grade one winning Danehill Dancer x Seeking the Gold mare Decer Meztli. He is her third foal and first graded winner but his two younger siblings include a grade two winner and a stakes winner. Bragi Accla is an all or nothing sort. From nineteen starts he\u2019s won ten times but otherwise has only hit the board once. He started this year with three straight wins including the Grade One Sand Castle Turf Sprint and the Grade One Golden Goose Sprint. All three wins came at six furlongs as did his next two starts both of which were also grade ones. The wheels came off for those as he was seventh in both but his connections dropped him down to an allowance in his most recent start and increased the distance to six and a half furlongs and he scored a facile win against twelve over-matched opponents. In his best races he sits towards the back-middle of the field but doesn\u2019t let the front runners get too far ahead of him. If he falls back too far early on his late run tends to be a bit flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#3 Bearded Galaxy 22\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four year old Bearded Galaxy scored the first stakes win of any kind in his career in the Grade One Ordinary Affluence in July. Going six furlongs that day he lead wire to wire to win by a measured half length with a 110 speed. That was a career best speed for him. He had shown some early speed in previous races but is not a confirmed front runner. That said he also does not have a lot of wins under his belt so that race is an outlier for several reasons. Most recently he sat just off the early leaders in another grade one and faded to finish eighth when going six furlongs. He\u2019s a son of Blackbeard out of a Galileo x A.P. Indy mare. He is her third foal and first graded winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#4 An Arrangement 41\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first three year old in the field is An Arrangement and he\u2019s a bit of a head scratcher. His connections have run him at various distances and he\u2019s had success at both sprints and routes. Last season he won a grade two going a mile which gave him the points to get into the Breeders\u2019 Bowl Juvenile Turf where he was sixth. This year he won the Grade Two Hobart Stakes at seven furlongs in February. He was unplaced in a grade one sprint before trying an allowance on dirt going a mile. Returning to turf he was a strong winner of the Grade Two Beckham Stakes at seven and a half furlongs. In that spot he sat third early on before getting the win by a head. Rather than stick to sprinting he tried a mile once again in the Grade One Hollywood and he ran third, beaten two and a half lengths but running a career best 111 speed. This will be his first start against his elders. He\u2019s a son of Wootton Bassett out of a stakes winning Kingman x King\u2019s Best mare. He is her third foal and second graded winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#5 Warm Up 19\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just over a year ago Warm Up was running (poorly) in the Grade One Europe Classic at a mile and a half. That race convinced his connections that he probably wanted to sprint and they dropped him way back. After running third in a listed on the dirt he switched back to turf and has had much more success. In June he was second by just a quarter of a length in the Grade Two Highlander at six furlongs. He got his first stakes win in a listed in his next start at that distance before trying seven furlongs in a grade two where he finished fifth. He rewarded the patience his connections have shown to him in his most recent start, the Grade One Longchamp Sprint at five furlongs which he won after closing from eleventh to get up by a head. Interestingly his career best speed of 111 came going a mile with his best sprint numbers being multiple 108s. He\u2019s a son of Shocking out of a stakes winning Lord Kanaloa x Elusive Quality mare. The four year old is the first stakes winner for his dam from six foals. She wasn\u2019t bred in 2024 but her 2025 two year old is already stakes placed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#6 No Wine Baby 51\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No Wine Baby is a scratchbred three year old gelding by No Nay Never x Galileo x Mr. Prospector. He\u2019s won four of six starts on the dirt which is where he has spent much of 2025 but his last three starts have come in turf sprints and his form has been very solid. He first took a listed going this distance and then jumped straight into a grade one at six furlongs where he sat twelfth early on before getting up to win by a quarter of a length. He ran in another grade one at the same distance at the end of August and ran a similar race but this time was on the wrong side of the quarter length photo when third. He ran a career best 107 speed in that spot. He\u2019s another making his first start against his elders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#7 Sparkrender 64\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The longest shot on the board is three year old Sparkrender. Of course as as three year old his speeds are lower than others in the field but he\u2019s won three of his four starts this year, all of them graded stakes. All four of his races this year have come at six furlongs and he\u2019s lead from the get in all of them. His best race came two back when he took the grade one Iron Knight Sprint with a 105 speed. Most recently he took the early lead in the Grade One Hotless Stud Stakes but faded down the stretch. Interestingly he\u2019s never run longer than six furlongs. He\u2019s a son of Tarzino out of the grade two winning War Front x Sebring mare Fleur Du Mal. He\u2019s her fifth foal and first graded winner but he has two older siblings who won at the stakes level and the mare\u2019s two year old is also already a stakes winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#8 Sou Invencivel 9\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third choice here is the five year old gelding Sou Invencivel. He was third in this race last year before concluding his season in a residency championship event. In 2025 he\u2019s only made four starts. He began the year with two races going seven furlongs. He was second in a grade three before winning the Grade Two Rising Sun Spring Cup with a 111 speed. His two more recent starts saw him drop back to six furlongs with his best finish coming in the Grade One Ordinary Affluence where he was third, beaten less than a length while running a 109 speed. He does have a grade one badge having won the Sand Castle Turf Sprint in 2024. His best runs see him sitting midpack early on. The danger for him will be if he gets shuffled back to far in such a large field. He\u2019s a son of Zoustar based on a stakes winning I Am Invincible x Uncle Mo hemare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#9 Mojito Barbara 12\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mojito Barbara won his first grade one last November in the six furlong Euro Sprint Final. He added another in his first run of 2025 in the Cup of July which, yes was run in July. His only other start this year saw him finish a fast closing fourth in the Grade One Sprint Cup. He tends to fall well out of it early on but has a powerhouse kick to him. He ran a 115 in the Cup of July and then a 111 in the Sprint Cup both of which were run at six furlongs so his speeds are right up there with the best of them and he\u2019s certainly fresh! He\u2019s a four year old gelded scratchbred son of Written Tycoon x Danili x Nureyev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#10 Hard Take 13\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The horse with the most starts for any in the field is Hard Take who also has the most wins under his belt with thirty and sixteen respectively. The five year old gelding is a son of All Too Hard out of a stakes winning millionaire daughter of Square Eddie x Storm Cat. He is her first and so far best foal. All but one of his races have come on turf and all but one in sprints. He\u2019s living his best life at age five with six wins and two seconds from eight starts. His wins include two listeds and the Grade Two Get Shorty between five and six furlongs. He was also second in a grade three going six furlongs and most recently was second by a head in the Grade Two Champions of Britain Stakes at that distance. He\u2019s a need the lead kind of horse but with a career best speed of 116 and a 2025 best of 112 he\u2019s a legitimate front running threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#11 Fighting Destiny 14\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fighting Destiny started the year with three straight stakes wins including two graded wins. The first of those races came at today\u2019s distance and saw him battle for the early lead before going past his rival and winning by a comfortable length and three quarters while running a 113 speed. His next two starts saw him win at six furlongs in similar fashions the latter of which saw him run a career best 114 speed. The wheels came off the rails over the summer as the made two starts where he wasn\u2019t as close to the front end early on, or late either. Things came together for his most recent start though as he won the Grade Two Sprinter Stakes although in that six furlong race he allowed two others to battle for front end supremacy and then pounced after they had tuckered each other out. He\u2019s a four year old son of No Nay Never based on the grade two winning Dubawi x Frankel hemare Prince Destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#12 Personality Cult 15\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Personality Cult is the first of our End of Year Award winning entrants. The four year old scratchbred son of No Nay Never x Danehill x Storm Cat earned that distinction by taking the 2024 title for Champion Three Year Old Turf Sprint. He won three grade ones last year and finished fourth against his elders in this spot. Interestingly he was also third in the 2023 Breeders\u2019 Bowl Juvenile Turf Sprint. This year he began a bit rusty but he\u2019s really put things together in his two most recent starts. In July he won the Grade One MGD Special at this distance while running a 112 speed. He ran back to that number in September\u2019s Heyduck Sprint Cup at six furlongs but he finished second by a quarter of a length. He was well back in eighth early on in the MGD and closed strongly down the lane. In the Heyduck he was a much closer fourth early on and was just nipped at the wire by a closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#13 Tempts the King 24\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only filly in this field is Tempts the King who is making her first start against males. She\u2019s a grade one winner versus fellow females a distinction she earned by taking this year\u2019s Junebug at six furlongs. This year she also has a grade three win and two thirds in grades. The Junebug was run over a yielding surface and saw her sit midpack before rallying to win by a head with a career best 109 speed. She ran an uncharacteristically poor race in her most recent start which came in a five furlong grade one. She\u2019s a daughter of Franekl out of the grade two winning Street Cry x Danzig mare Walks Away. Tempts the King is the third graded winner for her dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#14 I\u2019m Not The Devil 11\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m Not The Devil has three graded wins under his belt including this year\u2019s Grade Three The Orange Tree at six furlongs. This year he was also third in the Grade One Universal at five and a half furlongs. His two most recent runs have been in grade ones and the five year old veteran closed strongly in each but failed to hit the board in either. His career best speed is a 114 he earned last season but he did run a 113 in the Orange Tree and a 110 last time out. He\u2019s a gelded son of Farnan out of a stakes winning Galileo x Giant\u2019s Causeway mare. She has six foals and while I\u2019m Not The Devil is her only graded winner she has two stakes winners and her two year old is graded placed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#15 Eishinsky 7\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eishinsky is the second choice in the field as well as the second End of Year Award winner. The six year old gelding was the Champion Older Turf Sprinter last season in which he won three grade ones including this race. Since his Breeders\u2019 Bowl win he was off the board in two graded stakes and then his connections decided to drop him down to allowances. He won two and was second in another two. His wins saw him run stratospheric speeds of 116 and 117 which would be tops in many grade ones. Most recently he returned to the listed level where he finished second by a head going six and a half furlongs while running a 112. His best races, including last year\u2019s Breeders\u2019 Bowl win have seen him on the lead from the start although he has the tenacity to battle for it and put his rivals away. He\u2019s a son of Eishin Flash out of a graded placed stakes winning Giant\u2019s Causeway x Nijinsky II mare. Named Beanstalk, her first seven foals saw her produce just one stakes winner even though she was bred to some top stallions. Now at twenty three she has the incredible distinction of having two Breeders\u2019 Bowl runners in the same year as her Aisling Ollmhor is the favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#16 Woette\u2019s King 11\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five year old Woette\u2019s King is by the sire Sobeyay who stands in, of all places, Indiana. He is easily his sire\u2019s best son having won the Grade One Canter Stakes at this distance earlier this season. In that spot he was next to last early on before closing by over six lengths down the lane while running a 113 speed. He ran a 112 two starts later when third in the Grade One Cup of July and then again in his most recent start in the Grade One Sprint Cup which he lost by just half a length when second. He\u2019s going to need a lot of luck in this big field and coming from such a wide post but he\u2019s very consistent and his numbers are solid. He\u2019s the last foal produced by a Forty Niner x Storm Cat mare and first graded winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#17 Seeing the Never 26\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seeing the Never is the oddsmaker\u2019s favorite among the three year olds attempting this race. He enters off a win in the Grade One Saints and Sinners Sprint at this distance where he was nearly last early on before rushing to the front to win by a length and a half while running a career best 111 speed. That was his second grade one of the year and fourth of his career with another notable win coming in last year\u2019s Breeders\u2019 Bowl Juvenile Turf Sprint. He\u2019s a scratchbred son of I Am Invincible x No Nay Never x Redoute\u2019s Choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#18 Executive Derision 50\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Executive Derision started the year running third in two grade ones against his fellow sophomores. He was well beaten in his next two starts over the spring but blossomed in the summer\u2019s Grade One Sovereign Stakes at six furlongs. In that spot he sat third early on before moving to the front and holding off the closers to win by a quarter of a length while running a 108 speed. That came in early August so he\u2019s had plenty of time to mature since but this is a big ask. Of course you get a big payday if you play him and he triumphs! He\u2019s a son of Extreme Choice out of the grade three winning Orfevre x Sadler\u2019s Wells mare Mimosa Barbara. He\u2019s her fourth foal and first graded winner although his two year old half brother has already won a grade three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#19 Unfarnan 11\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2022\u2019s Champion Two Year old Turf Colt Unfarnan made his way into the Hall of Fame earlier this year having won five grade ones and hitting the board in an additional five. He\u2019s something of an off track specialist where he\u2019s never been off the board in eleven starts including seven wins. His last three starts have come on the off and all at six furlongs. He won a listed by nine lengths back in June where he battled for the early lead before just demolishing the field while running a 114 speed. He followed that up with a third in a grade three and then most recently was second in the Grade Two Near Tic where he was fourth early on and just missed by a quarter of a length. He\u2019s a scratchbred son of Farnan x Unfuwain x El Prado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#20 Aisling Ollmhor 6\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Favorite Aisling Ollmhor starts from the farthest stall which will make his task that much more difficult but his form is unparalleled. He enters off three straight graded wins which he\u2019s taken with 115, 116 and 116 speeds. All three came at seven furlongs and saw him come from near the back of the pack. He won two of those races in photos but took his last race by almost two lengths after closing from tenth. That was his first top level win. Overall he\u2019s won seven of nine sprint starts but only one, his debut as a two year old came at a distance under seven furlongs. With his late running style he\u2019ll leave his backers chewing their fingernails all the way around the track to see if he can get up in time. He\u2019s a five year old son of Dream Valentino and as was mentioned produced by the Giant\u2019s Causeway x Nijinsky II mare Beanstalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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