2018 Breeders’ Cup Pre-Entries
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018 FUTURE STARS FRIDAY New for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup is a Friday full of juvenile showcases. These young distance and surface specialists are at the top of each division. While reading […]
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
Breeders’ Cup works round-up: Juveniles put through their paces ahead of Future Stars Friday
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) contender Complexity exercised a half-mile in :49.32 Saturday on a fast main track at Belmont Park. “He looks like he came out of the Champagne (G1) in good order,” trainer Chad Brown […]
Breeders’ Cup implications: New York prep races
The 35th Breeders’ Cup will be held at Churchill Downs on November 2-3 and pre-entries will be released next week. Five of the 13 Breeders’ Cup races last year were won by horses making their […]
Breeders’ Cup implications: California prep races
Pre-entries will be released next week for the 14-race Breeders’ Cup program and this is a good time to review the final round of prep races stateside. Here are some quick thoughts on the California […]
Breeders’ Cup implications: Kentucky prep races
The final preps are in the books for the 14-race Breeders’ Cup program on November 2-3 at Churchill Downs. Here are some quick thoughts on the Kentucky prep races: Breeders’ Cup Kentucky Implications Keeneland Alcibiades […]
Concrete Rose blossoms in Jessamine, WAYI for Juvenile Fillies Turf
He’d been preparing Concrete Rose for the race for nearly two months, but trainer Rusty Arnold had some anxious moments before entries were taken for Wednesday’s $200,000 Jessamine (G2) at Keeneland several days ago. “My […]
Jessamine, WAYI for BC Juvenile Fillies Turf, attracts full field
The final “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge race of 2018 will be held Wednesday as Keeneland plays host to the $200,000 Jessamine (G2), a 1 1/16-mile prep for the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) […]
Wild Illusion, Royal Marine, Lily’s Candle earn Breeders’ Cup spots on Arc undercard
Godolphin scored a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” double on Arc Day at ParisLongchamp. While the Charlie Appleby-trained Wild Illusion may well take advantage of her ticket to the Filly & Mare Turf (G1), […]
Trio of Breeders’ Cup berths up for grabs on Arc undercard
While most of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Day festivities have Breeders’ Cup implications, three of Sunday’s Group 1s at ParisLongchamp are “Win and You’re In” events for their corresponding divisions. The Prix de […]
Pace dynamics, course condition key to analyzing Breeders’ Cup implications from Belmont Park
Belmont Park staged five graded stakes over the weekend, three of them “Win and You’re In” races, but all loaded with Breeders’ Cup implications. If a couple of the winners have strong claims, others capitalized […]