DEL MAR — Whatever talk there is in this country about horse racing usually is dominated by discussion of 3-year-olds, interrupted only occasionally by conversations about 2-year-olds. As in: “Who will be the next good 3-year-olds?”

But there are interesting stories elsewhere, particularly at the Breeders’ Cup, where two older horses – much older in one case – have come from England to Del Mar in search of historic victories.

Both are geldings, of course; colts or horses with this much ability almost always are retired at 3 or 4 for breeding.

The old gelding, the 7-year-old Rebel’s Romance, will be familiar to some, given his wins in the Breeders’ Cup Turf in 2022 and 2024. A victory Saturday would make him the first to win that race three times and put him with the mares Goldikova and

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