There will be no shortage of familiar names next week when the Breeders’ Cup is held for the second straight year and fourth time overall at Del Mar.

Among the 191 pre-entries announced Wednesday for the 14-race event on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 were eight former Breeders’ Cup champions, including five from last year.

Four of the five will be trying to win the same race; the fifth, Citizen Bull, won last year’s Juvenile, which is restricted to 2-year-olds. He will be in the Dirt Mile along with defending champion Full Serrano and White Abarrio, the 2023 Classic winner.

Two of the other three 2024 victors will be in the richest races of the weekend. In the $7 million Classic, Sierra Leone will try to join Tiznow as the only horse to win North America’s richest race twice. And, in the $5 millio

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