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, so I ...
Sandy Levine, or “The Governor” as he is called by friends, is a partner of Drawing Away Stables. Since 2008, DAS has seen its horses visit the winner’s circle 129 times from 700 starts (through...
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 — sev...
Prior to the 2008 Belmont Stakes, Richard Dutrow, trainer of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, was supremely confident that his colt would become the first Triple Crown winner since Affir...
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 Spr...
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 a...
There’s not much that hasn’t been said about this year’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) favorite California Chrome that hasn’t been said about a million times. Sometimes in racing it ...
In deciding year-end Eclipse Award honors, the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (GI) is a pretty good indication of who will be honored and, this year, it drew an outstanding field of nine horses f...
The road to Breeders’ Cup 2016 has reached its climactic stretch run and now is the time to dig in to your past performances and try to discover which horses will win Breeders’ Cup 2016. S...
When writing my early preview for the Breeders Cup Turf Sprint, I didn’t expect that last year’s place and show horses would not draw into this year’s race and be relegated to the also-eligible ...