Tag: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint

By Richard Rosenblatt Nearly a year ago, I was ready for a Steve Asmussen breakthrough in the Kentucky Derby. The Hall of Fame trainer was 0-for-20 in the Run for the Roses, and had a …

By Noel Michaels The year 2020 will go down as one of the strangest in thoroughbred racing, with no fans in attendance most of the year, many tracks closed for significant amounts of time, and …

By Noel Michaels The year 2020 will go down as one of the strangest in thoroughbred racing, with no fans in attendance most of the year, many tracks closed for significant amounts of time, and …

By Noel Michaels For horseplayers, the Breeders’ Cup is the most anticipated event of the year. You’ve got your world class horses, large, wide-open fields, multiple betting options, and great wagering value. The 37th Breeders’ …

By Miriam Lee The Breeders’ Cup Championship culminates the racing season and crowns the fleetest sprinters, the most promising two-year-olds, the best turf horses. At $2 million, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile is the richest 2-year-old …

By Richard Rosenblatt After seven runner-up finishes in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), including last year when his Vino Rosso was DQ’d from first to second, Hall of Fame shoo-in Todd Pletcher finally has …

By Margaret Ransom Santa Anita’s autumn racing season finally gets underway Friday (Sept. 25), a week later than originally scheduled due to the Bobcat Fire – the largest in Los Angeles County history – which …

By Margaret Ransom Also on the Friday card is the second running of the $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes (GI), which is set to be run for the 51st time this year. Originally contested as the …

This year the Breeders’ Cup makes a format change which will showcase two-year-old races on Friday with the Sentient Jet Juvenile replacing the Distaff as the featured race on the first day of the two-day …