Category: Breeders’ Cup News

Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables’ Hopeful Stakes (GI) winner Mind Control is the early 7-2 favorite for Saturday’s $500,000 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (GI) at Keeneland. Overall, the names of 14 juveniles were dropped into the entry …

Promises Fulfilled and Restless Rider each secured Breeders’ Cup berths by winning their respective “Win and You’re In” graded stakes races at Keeneland on Friday. Facing older horses for the first time, Promises Fulfilled won …

The Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (GII), a six-furlong test which secures a spot in the gate for the Nov. 3 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (GI), takes place at Keeneland on Friday. The two headliners are …

Three Chimneys Farm and Fern Circle Stables’ Restless Rider is the early 3-1 favorite for Friday’s 67th running of the $400,000 Darley Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland. The Spinaway Stakes (GI) runner-up will face a full field in …

The Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (GII), a six-furlong test which secures a spot in the gate for the Nov. 3 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (GI), takes place at Keeneland on Friday. The two headliners are …

Top class racing returns to Kentucky this week, as Keeneland’s annual fall season gets ready to open for its three-week, 17- day, boutique meet from Friday, Oct. 5 to Saturday, Oct. 27. The meet will …

After Accelerate won his third race in a row and fourth Grade I event of the year by capturing the Awesome Again at Santa Anita, I couldn’t help but wonder: Is there any horse that …

The Breeders’ Cup will certainly be the focus of racing on the opening Saturday of the fall race meeting at Santa Anita Park, with four Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” events scheduled. The …

The names of eight horses were dropped into Del Mar’s entry box for Saturday’s $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2), with six runners coming from the barn of two leading trainers — John Sadler and Phil …

(Breeders’ Cup press release) — Saratoga’s prestigious summer meets reaches a crescendo Saturday when the historic $1.25 million Travers (G1) highlights a card that is anchored by four Grade I “Win and You’re In” Challenge races …

(Breeders’ Cup press release) — Qatar Racing Limited’s Roaring Lion proved to be much the best as he cruised to a 3 1/4-length victory over Poet’s Word (IRE) in the 1 5/16-mile Juddmonte International (Group …

If you are a horseracing fan and/or a horseplayer and you are not looking forward to the Travers (G1), it might be time to check your pulse, because the Mid-Summer Derby is shaping up as …

In Shawshank Redemption, when warden Samuel Norton comes to inspect Andy Dufresne’s cell, he sees a picture of Rita Hayworth.  He doesn’t approve of it, but ends the scene by saying, “exceptions can be made.” …

(Breeders’ Cup press release) Hronis Racing’s 5-year-old Accelerate, the 2-5 favorite, shot to the lead with three-eights-of a mile remaining and romped home to a 12 ½-length victory over Pavel in the 1 ¼-mile, $1 …

Trainer Todd Pletcher, who has won five previous editions of the $200,000 Adirondack Stakes (G2) at Saratoga (including the last two), will send out a pair of talented fillies in search of his sixth winner …