Category: Recaps

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The inaugural $12 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park looks on paper like a match race between Arrogate and California Chrome, and the possibility of the two hooking up early …

Cheyenne Stables’ Mastery made his stakes debut a winning one, capturing the $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes (GIII) at Del Mar by 1 ¼ lengths over California Diamond in just his second career race. The bay …

In my very first article on the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Distaff for US Racing, I used the term “anticipation,” likening the race to the old pop/rock song of the same name, heard in the famous …

If you’ve ever seen any of the National Lampoon “Vacation” movies starring Chevy Chase, you have a pretty good idea how my trip to the Breeders’ Cup went. I’m not a huge fan of flying, …

Before the horses even entered the starting gate, there was some grief in the air and over social media about the existence of the Las Vegas Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (GI). Drawing nine horses — …

Heading into Breeders’ Cup week, trainer Bob Baffert was loaded with talented sprinters and while much of the attention was on dual “Win and You’re In” qualifier Lord Nelson, the four-time Sprint-winning trainer quietly prepared …

When it was determined that Songbird did, in fact, lose by the slightest of margins to three-time Breeders’ Cup champion Beholder in this year’s epic B.C. Distaff, her early legacy was not swept away like …

ARCADIA, Calif. – Nyquist worked six furlongs in company Monday at Santa Anita, where time is running out for the Kentucky Derby winner to regain top form.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Unbridled Juan figures to test the resolve of chalk players once again Thursday, when he heads a field of six entered in a third-level allowance race at 1 1/16 miles over Belmont …

ELMONT, N.Y. - At least three - and as many as five - winners of stakes races Saturday at Belmont Park will be pointed to the Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita, their …

The budding rivalry between champions Stellar Wind and Beholder produced another thrilling contest on Saturday when the two distaffers met for the third time in their careers, squaring off in the $300,000 Zenyatta Stakes (GI) …

For racing fans on Saturday it was same story, different book, as California Chrome returned to the winner’s circle after yet another win, taking the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (GI) at Santa Anita. North America’s …

ARCADIA, Calif. – The fall is when television networks roll out their new shows, but for trainer Art Sherman, he’s hoping the next episode of the California Chrome Show in the Awesome Again Stakes on …

ARCADIA, Calif. – The dominance of older horses such as California Chrome in the Breeders’ Cup Classic division is so profound that there won’t be a single 3-year-old in the Awesome Again Stakes on Saturday …

The inaugural Pegasus World Cup, a proposed $12 million race that is scheduled for Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., will be broadcast live during a 90-minute telecast on NBC, the network …