Aidan O'Brien has won just about every important European race multiple times, including the Juddmonte International (G1). He'll try for his eighth Juddmonte trophy Wednesday at York with the 3-year-old standout Delacroix. The Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" event awards the winner a spo...
In the days leading up to the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, the team at usracing.com is publishing profiles of the 3-year-olds in the field. An uncontested leader is always dangerous, and Magnitude shapes up as the lone speed in Saturday's 156th Tra...
In the days leading up to the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, the team at usracing.com is publishing profiles of the 3-year-olds in the field. He swept the Kentucky Derby (G1) and the Belmont Stakes (G1), then managed to look even more impressive in his next ra...
E.P. Taylor (1901-1989) was a thoroughbred racing executive, owner and breeder whose influence on the sport extended far beyond his native Canada. His greatest contribution was his homebred Northern Dancer, the 1964 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) hero who became the greatest stallion ...
After Christophe Clement upset the 2014 Belmont Stakes (G1) with Tonalist, he was no longer pigeon-holed as a turf trainer. But it was with grass runners that the Frenchman made his mark in America, and two-time Eclipse champion Gio Ponti was his best. Clement died May 25 of a rare eye cancer, and t...
Before the first Breeders' Cup in 1984, not many grass horses shipped across the Atlantic for big races in America. Now it's commonplace to see European turf runners come to the States throughout the year. The New York Racing Association began staging the 1 3/16-mile Saratoga Derby Invitation...
If it's a Group 1 stakes in Europe, Aidan O'Brien will saddle the favorite. Well, not always, but most of the time. The latest example occurs Thursday (Jul 31), when O'Brien's three-time stakes winner Whirl leads a field of five in the 1 1/4-mile Nassau Stakes (G1) for fillies and mares at Goodwood....
The most revered European horses are the ones who excel at 1 1/2 miles. Then come the top milers, and at Royal Ascot, the 3-year-old colt Field of Gold emerged as the current king of that division. His electric burst of acceleration in the stretch blew apart the St. James's Palace Stakes (G1), lea...
Even if you lost money when he fell short in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1), you have to admire Journalism. He ran his heart out in all three classics, and his courageous rally to win the Preakness Stakes (G1) was unimaginably dramatic. He has speed, courage, and class, wi...
She Feels Pretty has looked terrific throughout her career, taking seven of 10 grass races, all but one a stakes. She’s never been out of the money and brings a four-race winning streak, all Grade 1s, into Saturday’s $500,000 Diana Stakes (G1) at Saratoga. The 4-year-old daughter of 2014 Breeder...
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