Breeders' Cup Speaker’s Corner Makes Final Start Before Breeders’ Cup | 2022 Ack Ack Stakes Preview & FREE Picks October 1, 2022 Speaker's Corner (Coglianese Photos) Breeders' Cup Speaker’s Corner Makes Final Start Before Breeders’ Cup | 2022 Ack Ack Stakes Preview & FREE Picks October 1, 2022 By: Curtis "Magic" Kalleward twitteremail Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article Aaron previews the 2022 Ack Ack Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs, then gives his top picks and longshots from this “Win & You’re In” for the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1). The multiple graded stakes champion Speaker’s Corner must rebound from hist last-out dud in the Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) as he makes his final start before the World Championships. Tell us YOUR thoughts in the Comments section! SMASH the *Thumbs Up* ~ HIT *Subscribe* ~ RING the *Notification* bell Join the Inner Circle Sign up for exclusive 10% discount on orders, plus be the first to access our daily free and premium horse racing picks, articles, podcasts, and more! Sign Up Jon White’s 2025 Kentucky Derby Strikes & PicksOne of the big stories in 1999 was President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial in the United States Senate. When the trial concluded, Clinton was not removed from office. Later in… Read more: Jon White’s 2025 Kentucky Derby Strikes & Picks Kentucky Derby Trends 2025 | Post Position AnalysisPost position is important in every race, but the Kentucky Derby trends for gate assignments are magnified. With up to 20 horses loading into the 2025 Kentucky Derby gate, post position… Read more: Kentucky Derby Trends 2025 | Post Position Analysis Jon White’s Kentucky Derby 2025 Strikes and Picks | Blinkers Off 718The Racing Dudes interview Jon White, former Santa Anita, Del Mar, and Breeders’ Cup morning line oddsmaker, and member of the Washington Racing Hall of Fame, who gives his thoughts… Read more: Jon White’s Kentucky Derby 2025 Strikes and Picks | Blinkers Off 718 2025 Kentucky Derby Preview & FREE Picks | Who WINS the Run for the Roses?Aaron previews the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) from Churchill Downs, then gives his top picks & long shots. Who wins America’s biggest horse race of the year? Aaron debates between… Read more: 2025 Kentucky Derby Preview & FREE Picks | Who WINS the Run for the Roses? 2025 Kentucky Oaks Preview & FREE Picks | Good Cheer Headlines Friday’s Main EventAaron previews the 2025 Kentucky Oaks (G1) from Churchill Downs, then gives his top picks & long shots. Who wins America’s biggest filly race of the year? Aaron debates between… Read more: 2025 Kentucky Oaks Preview & FREE Picks | Good Cheer Headlines Friday’s Main Event 2025 Kentucky Derby Pace AnalysisAaron Halterman analyzes the pace for the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Will there be a pace melt down in this year’s running of the race, or will the front runners be… Read more: 2025 Kentucky Derby Pace Analysis The track press release:Godolphin’s Speaker’s Corner, a Grade I winner in this year’s Carter Handicap (GI), tops a competitive field of 10 older horses that were entered in Saturday’s 30th running of the $300,000 Ack Ack (GIII) at Churchill Downs.The one-mile Ack Ack is a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” event for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (GI). The winning horse will receive an entry-fees paid berth to the Nov. 5 race at Keeneland along with a travel stipend if the winning horse is based outside of Kentucky.The Ack Ack was carded as Race 9 of 11 with a post time of 4:55 p.m. (all times Eastern). The race will share the Saturday spotlight with the $500,000 Lukas Classic (GIII), which will go as Race 10 at 5:26 p.m. The first race is 12:45 p.m.Trained by Bill Mott, Speaker’s Corner arrived at Churchill Downs on Wednesday morning from his main base at Saratoga Race Course. The 4-year-old son of Street Sense is a three-time graded stakes winner. He previously won the Fred Hooper (GIII) and Gulfstream Park Mile (GII) earlier this year. Three starts ago, Speaker’s Corner finished third to the world’s top-rated horse, Flightline, in the Metroplitan Handicap. In his last start, Speaker’s Corner was the even-money favorite in the Pat O’Brien (GII) but faded to fourth after dueling on the pace in the early stages of the Aug. 27 race. Junior Alvarado will have the mount in the Ack Ack and will break from the rail.Other accomplished horses that entered the Ack Ack include Juddmonte’s three-time Grade III winner Fulsome; Joe Peacock’s 2020 Springboard Mile winner Senor Buscador; Ed and Susie Orr’s Grade III winner Silver Prospector; David Miller’s Knicks Go winner Three Technique; Carl Moore Management’s Fort Larned Stakes winner Twilight Blue; and Team Valor International’s multiple graded stakes placed Untreated.Here is the Ack Ack field from the rail out (with jockey and trainer):Speaker’s Corner (Alvarado, Mott); Untreated (John Velazquez, Todd Pletcher); Fulsome (Florent Geroux, Brad Cox); Surly Furious (Luis Saez, Glenn Wismer); Three Technique (Rafael Bejarano, Jason Cook); Silver Prospector (Ricardo Santana Jr., Steve Asmussen); Injunction (Gerardo Corrales, Carlo Vaccarezza); Senor Buscador (Francisco Arrieta, Todd Fincher); Mailman Money (Gabe Saez, Bret Calhoun); and Twilight Blue (Brian Hernandez Jr., Joe Sharp)The Ack Ack Stakes is named after the 1971 Horse of the Year. That same year, Ack Ack also received championship honors as Champion Older Horse and Champion Sprinter. As a 3-year-old, Ack Ack won the 1969 Derby Trial – his lone start at Churchill Downs – in 1:34.40, which was a track record at the time for the one-mile distance.
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