Lovely Bernadette a winner at Keeneland

Todd Pletcher says his Breeders’ Cup brigade is ready to hit the Jersey Shore following final tuneups at Belmont Park on Sunday. “It was an excellent morning,” the trainer said outside his barn after watching a dozen of his pre-entries work, including Breeders’ Cup Classic contenders Any Given Saturday and Lawyer Ron.

Half of a Churchill Downs barn that was put under quarantine last Friday had the restriction lifted Tuesday, allowing the horses to return to regular training. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture imposed the quarantine after a horse in Barn 47 was found to be infected with equine herpes virus. The 40-stall barn is divided by a firewall, the track said.

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