2026 Breeders' Cup Sprint Pre-Entries

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2026 Breeders' Cup Sprint Pre-Entries

The 2026 Breeders' Cup weekend draws near! Pre-entries for the 14 Breeders' Cup World Championships races at Keeneland were announced on Wednesday, October 21st, with a record 255 pre-entries.

There are 14 races over two days (Friday, October 30th and Saturday, October 31st).

The Breeders' Cup Sprint is scheduled for 3:42 PM ET on Saturday, October 31st. Here's who has been pre-entered for the race.

Pre-entries are subject to change. Final entries and the post-position draw take place on Monday, October 26th.

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Breeders' Cup Sprint Race Information

Date: October 31st, 2026
Distance: 6 furlongs (dirt)
Purse: $2,000,000
Grade: 1
Age: 3+

Breeders' Cup Sprint Pre-Entries

18 horses were pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. The race is limited to 14 starters, with up to four also-eligibles. When a race is oversubscribed, the Breeders' Cup ranks the horses outside the field in order of preference, and they can draw in if others defect before final entries.

Selected Into Field

Horse	Trainer	Notes
American Stage	Yoshito Yahagi	First preference: Turf Sprint (also pre-entered there)
Built	Wayne M. Catalano	First preference: this race (also pre-entered in the Dirt Mile)
Dark Saffron	Ahmad bin Harmash
Englishman	Cherie DeVaux
Hymn	Ron Moquett	First preference: this race (also pre-entered in the Dirt Mile)
Iron Man Cal	Philip D'Amato	First preference: this race (also pre-entered in the Dirt Mile)
Listenupshance	Doug F. O'Neill	Win and You're In (Bing Crosby)

Not Selected (in order of preference)

Horse	Trainer	Notes
Little Thunder	Timothy E. Hamm
Mad House	David VanWinkle
Praying	Robert Medina	First preference: Filly & Mare Sprint (also pre-entered there)
Liam Smith	Peter Miller

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