With a plethora of Breeders' Cup berths up for grabs over the past weekend, Repole Stable's Final Score (Not This Time) grabbed the last one when taking Keeneland's GII Castle & Key Bourbon Stakes, a qualifier to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar.Final Score was driven to the front from the word jump, rolling out and opening quarter mile in :22.51. Soon running head-and-head with Casa Cielo (Caravaggio)) through a :47.69 half, he continued to play cat-and-mouse what that rival into the final turn. With Irad Ortiz Jr. stepping on the gas straightening for home, Final Score strode away to win by a professional 1 1/4-length margin over the closing Turf Star (Caravaggio). Gordon Pass (Instilled Regard) rounded out the trifecta.“He went a little faster than I wanted, but he got the job done. He deserves a lot of credit,” said Ortiz Jr. “He was a little aggressive going into the first turn but on the backside, he switched off really nice. After that, I just bided my time turning for home. Then when we were in the straight, I asked him to go, and he gave me a good turn of foot.”Runner-up in his career debut in a 5 1/2-furlong off-turf test at the Spa in July, the dark bay bounced back to score on the front end going two turns on the turf there on Aug. 10 and made it two straight with a victory in the GIII With Anticipation Stakes on Aug. 28.“He showed speed before but not this kind of speed,” explained Ortiz Jr. “I thought it was a little more speed than he would have in the race. I thought we were going to be right behind the speed, but he broke so good and put me in a good position without asking too much. I had talked to the trainer [Todd Pletcher] and he said, 'If he's on the lead, fine; let him go.'” Pedigree Notes:By red-hot sire Not This Time, Final Score, a $600,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchase, is out of Precious Dixie–a daughter of Grade III winner and Grade I-placed Princess Haya and a half-sister to SW and GISP Lady Kate (Bernardini).Precious Dixie produced a colt by Good Magic in 2024 and another colt, this one by Cody's Magic, this season. The 10-year-old mare was bred back to Muth. Sunday, KeenelandCASTLE & KEY BOURBON S.-GII, $400,000, Keeneland, 10-5, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.51, fm.1–FINAL SCORE, 122, c, 2, by Not This Time 1st Dam: Precious Dixie, by Bernardini 2nd Dam: Princess Haya, by Street Cry (Ire) 3rd Dam: Sally Slew, by Slew City Slew($600,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG). O-Repole Stable; B-BG Stables(KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $226,300. LifetimeRecord: 4-3-1-0, $397,550. Werk Nick Rating: A+.Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.2–Turf Star, 118, c, 2, Caravaggio–Starstruck (Ire), by Galileo(Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O/B-CalumetFarm (KY); T-H. Graham Motion. $73,000.3–Gordon Pass, 118, c, 2, Instilled Regard–Could Be Magic, bySpeightstown. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE.O/B-OXO Equine LLC (KY); T-William Walden. $36,500.Margins: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, HD. Odds: 1.41, 12.01, 52.04.Also Ran: Dr. Agne, Exonerate, Awesome Connection, J J Grey, Blinging It Back, Vintur, Repentless, Password, Casa Cielo.Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.The post Final Score Grabs BC ‘Win and You’re In’ Berth With Bourbon Victory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.