White Abarrio Breezes Another Bullet For BC Dirt Mile

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C2 Racing Stable LLC, Gary Barber and La Milagrosa Stable LLC's White Abarrio (Race Day) went a half-mile Thursday morning at Gulfstream Park as he continues his preparations for the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar on Saturday, Nov. 1.

Winner of the 2023 GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita, the 6-year-old took to the main track following the renovation break and drilled a half-mile in :46.56 (1/7) before galloping out five furlongs in :59.29. A latest fifth, but placed fourth, in a rough-and-tumble renewal of the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga on Aug. 31, the 10-time winner was recording his second breeze since, having registered a three-furlong bullet in :33.73 on Sept. 25.

“Last week's breeze was sharp and this week's breeze going a half is similar,” said trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr., who has scheduled White Abarrio to ship to Del Mar Oct. 23. “He seems to be in good order and going well. We just want to get him in the right spot mentally to hopefully fire one of his best races again.”

Joseph, Jr. has as many as five horses in the mix for Breeders' Cup weekend, including 'TDN Rising Star, Sponsored By Hagyard' Be Your Best (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}) for the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf; and GIII Princess Rooney Stakes victress Haulin Ice (Coal Front), R Disaster (Awesome Slew), a latest winner of the GIII Vagrancy Stakes and Mystic Lake (Mo Town) for the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

Soul of an Angel (Atreides) gave Joseph, Jr. his first win at the Breeders' Cup in last year's Filly & Mare Sprint.

 

Work of the Day from @GulfstreamPark—White Abarrio worked 4 Furlongs in 46.56 on October 2nd, 2025, for trainer @SaffieJosephJr. pic.twitter.com/cz1bksPdiM

— 1/ST TV (@Watch1ST) October 2, 2025

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