US Racing Staff The $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), which will be contested for the 13th time on Saturday, was created to fill a void for the horses who weren’t classic distance types or ...
Go Backwards When Forward Fails? By Mike Farrell Desperate times require desperate measures. And these are desperate times for horse racing as we approach Breeders’ Cup weekend at beleaguered Santa ...
By Ed McNamara The $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on Friday shaped up as a three-horse race among Dennis’ Moment, the 8-5 morning line favorite, Eight Rings, the 2-1 second choice,...
By Richard Rosenblatt With what appears to be one of the most wide-open fields in Breeders’ Cup Classic history, someone had to pick a morning-line favorite for the grand finale of the two-day, 14-r...
Breeders’ Cup 2019: Letting the ‘Dirt’ Mile Speak for Itself By John Furgele There are certain numbers in sports that make you pay attention. In baseball, it could be a .300 batting average, 20 ...
By Ed McNamara Before the Breeders’ Cup expanded its original menu of seven races in 2007, Saturday was a one-day pari-mutuel orgy. Now there are five Friday stakes featuring 2-year-olds – the Juv...
By Lynne Snierson It started with a tweet and could end up on a trophy. Covfefe, who was named by her owner for one of the more infamous misspelled words in a tweet fired off in the early morning hour...
By Ray Wallin The Breeders’ Cup has expanded since it was first run in 1984. There were the original seven races, but now there are a total of 14 races in the lineup, which doesn’t include two tha...
By Richard Rosenblatt Take it from someone who’s been around the Breeders’ Cup for nearly three decades, sending out 115 runners beginning in 1991, collecting 15 victories in five different divisi...
By Richard Rosenblatt Midnight Bisou is all set to take on a global field in her quest for a perfect season in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. The sensational 4...
