After racing exclusively on turf, Grade 1 winner Yoshida will switch turf-to-dirt in Saturday’s $750,000 Woodward (G1). He’s one of many contenders in a contentious 14-horse field and the prestigious Woodward headlines a blockbuster card […]
Multiple Grade 1 winners Accelerate (#1) and Monomoy Girl (#14) each closed at 3-1 for the Classic and Distaff pools of the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Future Wager on Sunday. Accelerate has captured all but one […]
The first Breeders’ Cup held at Churchill Downs, in 1988, memorably produced era-defining performances from the likes of Alysheba, Personal Ensign and Miesque. The first winner on that unforgettably cold, dark and wet afternoon will […]
Catalina Cruiser won as he pleased in Saturday’s $200,000 Pat O’Brien (G2) at Del Mar, notching a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Churchill Downs in November. A “Win & You’re In” […]
Travers Day is the centerpiece of the Saratoga meet and a slew of Breeders’ Cup prospects competed in seven graded stakes. Here are my thoughts in the aftermath: TRAVERS Catholic Boy returned to dirt with […]
Glorious Empire and Channel Maker were inseparable at the finish of last month’s Bowling Green (G2), but in Saturday’s $1,002,000 Sword Dancer (G1) at Saratoga, Glorious Empire made all with Channel Maker second throughout the 1 […]
A pair of titans in the distaff division, Abel Tasman and Elate, treated fans to a compelling edition of the $700,000 Personal Ensign (G1) on Saturday. And for the second consecutive year, Abel Tasman narrowly defeated […]
by Teresa Genaro In his 21-race career, five-year-old Whitmore had run at nine racetracks. He’d won at five of them. He’d won one Grade 2, and four Grade 3s. But he’d never run at Saratoga […]
The $1.25 million Travers (G1) serves as the main event and six additional stakes races, including five Grade 1s, support the centerpiece program of the Saratoga meet. Four are “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup […]
Saturday’s $200,000 Pat O’Brien (G2) at Del Mar is a “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge race for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), but could be confused for a Breeders’ Cup race itself. […]
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