Bob Baffert came out of a strong Breeders’ Cup with choices to make about when and where Dirt Mile winner Nysos, Filly & Mare Sprint winner Splendora and a barn full of potential stars of 2026 will race next.

For one of them, there’s no waiting: Nevada Beach, who was overmatched when he finished seventh behind Forever Young in the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic , is back in competition just three weeks later to run Saturday at Del Mar in the $100,000, Grade III Native Diver Stakes.

The 1⅛-mile Native Diver looks like an easy if not especially lucrative spot for the 3-year-old whose victories in the Los Alamitos Derby and Grade I Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita make him the only stakes winner in a field with Indispensable, Westwood, British Isles and Clouseau.

“That (Breeders’ Cup Cla

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