Roadrunner Racing News Today

Nearly six months after his loss to Hot Rod Charlie in the Grade 2 Lukas Classic Stakes, the owner of Rich Strike has filed a lawsuit in Kentucky court over Hot Rod Charlie's shoes.

Hot Rod Charlie, a Grade 1 winner and earner of over $5.6 million on the racetrack, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Shadai Farm in Japan for the 2023 breeding season, Daily Racing Form reports.

“I know how good (Flightline and Life Is Good) are, but I’m not going to rule (winning) out,” Bill Mott said of Olympiad.

Happy Saver did not train Wednesday morning because of a quarter crack in his left hind foot. The crack will be patched today and trainer Todd Pletcher hopes to make Saturday’s Classic.

Trainer Steve Asmussen said he’s had a high level of confidence in the 3-year-old Not This Time colt since right before the Travers Stakes

Undefeated Flightline jogged once around a sealed, sloppy track shortly after 6 a.m. with assistant trainer Juan Leyva in the saddle.

Racing fans will have the unique opportunity to bid on and acquire halters and hats of this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) entrants during “Hats and Halters,” an online auction fundraiser, which opens today and runs through Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.

Keeneland-based Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) candidate Hot Rod Charlie worked a half-mile in :49.40 Saturday morning over a fast track for trainer Doug O’Neill.

The undefeated Flightline has finished No. 1 in the final Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings, earning a unanimous vote in the international poll.

Winchell Thoroughbred’s Travers Stakes (G1) winner Epicenter moved into second place, and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Rich Strike entered the top 10 for the first time, while the undefeated Flightline retained his overall lead in this week’s Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings.