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Cavalieri Out Of Breeders' Cup Distaff

| 4:05 pm

By Bill Finley

Speedway Stables' Cavalieri and jockey Juan Hernandez win the Grade II, $200,000 Zenyatta Stakes Sunday, September 28, 2025 at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA. Benoit Photo

Cavalieri (Nyquist), the undefeated filly who figured to be one of the top choices in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff, will pass the race, reports trainer Bob Baffert.

Baffert made the announcement while being interviewed on FanDuel TV on Friday by Joaquin Jaime. Baffert did not give Jaime many details.

Cavalieri is undefeated in five starts and her 5-for-5 record includes a win in the GI Beholder Mile and the GII Zenyatta Stakes, which was supposed to be her final tuneup before the Breeders' Cup.

Baffert did tell Horse Racing Nation that Cavalieri will not be retired.

With 2024 Distaff winner Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) also unlikely to start in this year's Distaff, the roll of favorite may fall to another Baffert-trained horse, Seismic Beauty (Uncle Mo). The Maryland-bred is coming off a win in the GI Clement L. Hirsch Stakes.