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Defending champion Cafe Pharoah and multiple graded-stakes winner Red le Zele (JPN) headline 16 runners entered for Sunday’s US$2.25 million February Stakes (Group 1) at Tokyo Racecourse, with the winner receiving the first automatic berth into this year’s US$6 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) through the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series.
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Cafe Pharoah wins the Unicorn Stakes in 2020 (Japan Racing Association Photo)
TokyoHorseRacing Co. Ltd. s Red le Zele (JPN) and Koichi Nishikawa s Cafe Pharoah (JPN) lead the 16-horse field for Sunday s 38th running of the 1-mile, $1.84 million February Stakes (G1) on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse. The February Stakes winner will earn the first automatic qualifying berth for this year s $6 million Longines Breeders Cup Classic (G1) to be awarded through the Breeders Cup Challenge Series.
The Breeders Cup Challenge is an international series of stakes races whose winners receive automatic starting positions and fees paid into a corresponding race of the 2021 Breeders Cup World Championships, which is scheduled to be held on Nov. 5-6 at Del Mar racetrack in Del Mar, California.