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Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares his selections for all 14 races at the 2021 Breeders' Cup.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Ack Ack (G3), American Pharoah (G1), City of Hope Mile (G2), and Woodward (G1).

United Repeats in Eddie Read At Del Mar Sponsored by: United and jockey Flavien Prat, left, outleg Smooth Like Strait, right, to win the Grade 2 Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar. Under Del Mar's leading rider Flavien Prat, United bettered his last-out fourth place in the Grade 2 Charlie Whittingham with a repeat victory in the Grade 2 Eddie Read, following up his half-length win in the 2020 edition at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. United stalked the early pace fifth behind the front-running Award Winner, who set steady fractions of :25.19 for the first quarter and :49...

Read Contender Award Winner Thriving In Southern California Weather Sponsored by: Amerman Racing's Award Winner and jockey Juan Hernandez (outside) outfinish Acclimate in the Charles Whittingham Relocating to California has proven to be a good move for Award Winner, a 5-year-old son of Ghostzapper bred and owned by John and Jerry Amerman and trained by David Hofmans. Four starts at Santa Anita since shipping in from the Midwest produced runner-up results in January and February and a victory in March, all at the allowance level, then an upset victory in the Grade 2 Charles Whittingh...

Colonel Liam, Domestic Spending Dead-Heat In A Turf Classic Thriller Sponsored by: Domestic Spending (outside) and Colonel Liam hit the wire together in the Turf Classic A pair of Grade 1-winning 4-year-olds – Colonel Liam from the barn of Todd Pletcher and the Chad Brown-trained Domestic Spending – hit the wire together in Saturday's Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., producing the first dead-heat in the 35-year history of the Grade 1 grass fixture run immediately prior to the Kentucky Derby. Colonel Liam, ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., seized command from fr...