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With two weeks to go until the Breeders’ Cup, trainer Chad Brown had the bulk of his likely World Championships contingent working Saturday at Keeneland on both the main track and the turf course.

Three-time Grade 1 winner Jack Christopher highlighted a busy work morning for the barn of trainer Chad Brown, who has gathered the bulk of his Breeders’ Cup hopefuls at Keeneland three weeks before the World Championships Nov. 4-5.

Spendthrift Farm has announced stud fees for its roster of 27 stallions set to stand at the Lexington-based farm for the upcoming 2023 breeding season, led again by North America’s reigning three-time champion general sire, Into Mischief who will stand for $250,000 S&N.

Trainer Chad Brown had six workers of note Saturday at Keeneland, headlined by three-time Grade 1 winner Jack Christopher, who breezed a half-mile on the main track in :48.40. Jack Christopher is considered a leading contender for the Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) or Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1).

Rodeo Creek Racing’s Blazing Sevens earned a career-best 91 Beyer Speed Figure for his victory in the Champagne (G1) Saturday at Aqueduct and is possible to ship to Keeneland next weekend to prepare for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) November 4 at the Lexington, Kentucky oval.

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Verifying, a half-brother to 2019 Champion Older Dirt Female Midnight Bisou, will make his stakes debut in Saturday’s Champagne

Grade 1 winner Gunite, the odds-on 3-5 favorite, ran down front-running stakes winner Conagher with a furlong to run and scored a three-length victory in Saturday night’s $274,500 Harrods Creek for 3-year-olds at Churchill Downs.

Biggest races of the Sept. 24-25 weekend take place at Parx Racing, where the Grade 1 duo of the Cotillion and Pennsylvania Derby topping a 13-race card.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing.