No surprise....Pegasus Wind to BC Juvy

I guess we know who the pacesetter will be.....

For a trainer that has dominated the Breeders' Cup World Championships like no other in the 23-year history of the event, this year's Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs looms as a fairly quiet day for the racing Hall of Famer.
But Lukas could make considerable noise in the one race in which he is likely to saddle a contender. Lukas said on Monday that he would shoot for his 19th Breeders' Cup victory in the Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI) with Robert Baker and William Mack's Pegasus Wind. A victory by the son of 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusiachi Pegasus, who finished a close third behind Scat Daddy and Nobiz Like Shobiz in Saturday's Champagne (GI) at Belmont Park, would be Lukas's sixth in the Juvenile.
Although he has only a maiden win in four career races, Lukas has always offered a glowing assessment of Pegasus Wind's ability and the colt's Champagne effort did nothing to diminish his trainer's enthusiasm. Pegasus Wind set the early pace and held strongly in the stretch under jockey Mike Luzzi to be beaten by just 1 ¼-lenghts.
"I liked it, especially considering that he had never been over that racetrack and both the horses that beat him have trained there all year," said Lukas. "I thought it wasn't to his best advantage to ship in and hit that bunch."
Lukas was so high on Pegasus Wind's ability that the colt made his debut in the Bashford Manor Stakes (GIII) at Churchill Downs, where he finished fifth to eventual Hopeful (GI) winner Circular Quay. He followed that effort with a seven-length romp in a maiden race at Saratoga, then finished fourth to Circular Quay in the Hopeful.
Pegasus Wind, who was bred by a partnership that includes Hall of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen and former Turfway Park President Mark Simendinger, was dismissed at odds of 21-1 in the Champagne. Longtime Lukas-watchers would advise racing fans not to make the same mistake on Nov. 4 at Churchill Downs.
"I think I've got 'em right where I want 'em," said a smiling Lukas.
With his third-place finish in the Champagne, Pegasus Wind improved his record to 1-0-1 in four races with earnings of $85,545. Luzzi is schedule to ride Pegasus Wind in the Juvenile.
Lukas' previous Breeders' Cup Juvenile champions include two winners at Churchill Downs: Is It True, who upset the mighty Easy Goer in 1988, and Timber Country, who won in 1994. His other Juvenile winners were Capote ('86), Success Express ('87), and Boston Harbor ('96).

....I always love Lukas' rationale.....classic stuff