Contrail aims to crown career in Japan Cup
Fresh off a ground-breaking Breeders’ Cup double with Loves Only You and Marche Lorraine, trainer Yoshito Yahagi hopes to fill another lacuna on his resume in Sunday’s $6.1 million Japan Cup (G1). […]
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Envoutante easily repeats in Falls City
For the second consecutive year, Envoutante romped in the $500,000 Falls City S. (G2) at Churchill Downs. Brian Hernandez Jr. was up for trainer Kenny McPeek and owners Walking L Thoroughbreds and Three Chimney Farm. […]
Just Might goes all the way in Thanksgiving Classic at Fair Grounds
Speed reigned in both stakes on opening day at Fair Grounds, as Just Might wired the Thanksgiving Classic and front-running Breeze Rider fought back in the Joseph R. Peluso Memorial. […]
Neige Blanche lulls rivals to sleep in Red Carpet
A small field with no dedicated pacesetter was the recipe for a Thanksgiving Day upset in the $100,000 Red Carpet H. (G3) at Del Mar. […]
Subconscious, Public Sector top draws in Hollywood Derby
Hollywood Derby (G1) — Race 9 (7:30 p.m. ET) The Richard Mandella-trained Subconscious is among the three-year-olds entering Saturday’s $400,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) at Del Mar on a hot streak. The son of Tapit, who […]
Mutamakina leads Clement brigade in Long Island
Long Island S. (G3) — Race 9 (3:43 p.m. ET) Mutamakina will enter her title defense of Saturday’s $400,000 Long Island S. (G3) at Aqueduct in great form for trainer Christophe Clement. Victorious a year […]
Tiz the Bomb heads full field in Kentucky Jockey Club
Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) — Race 11 (5:56 p.m. ET) Tiz the Bomb showed in a controversial edition of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) earlier this month to be the leading two-year-old grass […]
Sandstone, Famed square off in Golden Rod
Golden Rod S. (G2) — Race 10 (5:27 p.m. ET) Sandstone, who torched the opposition in two previous starts at Churchill Downs this fall, will look to make it three in a row in Saturday’s […]
Brisnet at 50 Part 2: Survival and Growth
Just as it would have been hard for Brisnet.com founder Richard F. Broadbent III to avoid getting involved in the Thoroughbred business, having married into one of the industry’s most prominent families, it’s difficult to see how the bug would not have also bitten the next generation of Broadbents, in particular his eldest son, Richard IV, colloquially known as Happy. […]
Baffert horses relegated to mutuel field in Pool 1 of 2022 Kentucky Derby Future Wager
Churchill Downs announced 22 individual betting interests for Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) that opens on Thursday at noon and closes Sunday evening at 6 p.m. (all times ET). […]