Notable Speech finished third in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Mile.

JUMPS racing in the UK is the appetiser this Saturday as the Breeders’ Cup from Del Mar provides an evening of blockbuster action on the Flat.

As usual there’s a real international flavour to the races with plenty of European contenders travelling over to take on the best of America on the Californian coast.

The Breeders’ Cup Classic (10.25pm) on dirt is the headline contest and is the preserve of American horses, with 2024 winner Sierra Leone set to line up alongside this year’s Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty.

Japan’s Forever Young represents the internationals but there’s no European contender and it looks a race to savour rather than bet on.

European horses have a fine record in the turf races at the Breeders’ Cup

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