Kazumasa Yamada’s Nonkono Yume has rediscovered his taste for winning. After snapping a more than two-year losing skid in the January 28 Negishi (G3), the whirlwind closer made it two in a row by collaring […]
Two races after the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby concludes with the Hyacinth, older dirt stars will take to the Tokyo track for Sunday’s featured February S. (G1). Japan’s reigning champion dirt horse, Gold […]
The Breeders’ Cup announced on Monday that the Juvenile Turf Sprint, run on the Breeders’ Cup World Championships undercard since 2013, would join the program as the 14th Breeders’ Cup race when Churchill Downs plays […]
Already a Breeders’ Cup Challenge winner in the January 6 Paddock (G1) last time out, Oh Susanna rewrote the record book by defeating older males in Saturday’s Sun Met (G1) back at Kenilworth. Drakenstein Stud’s […]
A change in ownership didn’t foreshadow a change in fortune for South African superstar Legal Eagle, who captured the Queen’s Plate (G1) for the third straight year at Kenilworth on Saturday. Still unbeatable over a […]
Drakenstein Stud’s homebred Oh Susanna profited from a step up in distance, and a better post position, to score a breakthrough in Saturday’s Paddock S. (G1) at Kenilworth. By driving to a 1 1/2-length decision […]
As a follow-up to my colleagues’ year-in-review pieces in the Brisnet.com Features section, I’d like to offer my Top 7 international stories of 2017. I’m restricting myself to developments on the international turf, or else […]
First, some ground rules: There are two ways to consider a race “an upset”: 1. Who won, and 2. Who lost. In making this list, I considered not only the winner but also the beaten […]
This year marked my 20th Breeders’ Cup and Del Mar was a great host. It’s a beautiful track/area and horse people from all over the world embraced it, resulting in terrific competition. Traffic was another […]
Turf star Lady Eli, who was scheduled to sell at Keeneland November on Wednesday, has reportedly been withdrawn after sustaining cuts in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1). Sent off as the 3-2 […]
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