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Tepin Aims for Breeders’ Cup Mile

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TEPIN The First Lady Gr I - 18th Running Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky October 3, 2015 Race #07 Purse $400,000 One Mile-Turf 1:37.04 Robert E. Masterson, Owner Mark E. Casse, Trainer Julien Leparoux, Jockey Crowley's Law (2nd) My Miss Sophia (3rd) $5.40 $4.00 $3.00 Please Give Photo Credit To: Keeneland / Coady Photography

Saturday’s GI First Lady S. winner Tepin (Bernstein) will aim for the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile, trainer Mark Casse said Sunday morning.

“She’s good today,” Casse said Sunday. “She went back to Churchill last night. I think we’ll go to the [Breeders’ Cup Mile]. That seems to make the most sense. A mile is better for her than the mile and three-sixteenths of the [GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf]. Any time when you run that big, it’s a nice surprise. One thing that helps is that [Tepin is] a big, beautiful and powerful horse. People keep asking how many times she can keep throwing a big race after a big race, and even I ask myself that question sometimes. What’s amazing is that the more you run her, the more she gets better. She’s a lot like [2014 Canadian Horse of the Year] Lexie Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}) in that respect. Yesterday’s race was just powerful and what makes you feel good is that it wasn’t taxing for her. Now we have a month until the Breeders’ Cup.”