By Ed McNamara For handicappers who like to bet a little to try to win a lot, Breeders’ Cup weekend is the promised land. The action is irresistible, although getting double-digit odds on so many qu...
By Ray Wallin Whether you are a casual racing fan or you make your living playing the races the Breeders’ Cup offers great excitement and value. The Breeders’ Cup Distaff has produced some great f...
By Ray Wallin In 2008, three new Breeders’ Cup races were added — the Turf Sprint, the Marathon, and the Juvenile Fillies Turf. The Marathon would be discontinued after the 2013 running. While...
By Ray Wallin Whether you are a casual racing fan or you make your living playing the races, the Breeders’ Cup offers great excitement and value. The Breeders’ Cup Turf may have produced the great...
By Richard Rosenblatt By Sunday evening, all but one of the 86 Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In’’ races will have been contested. Perhaps that will be a good day to begin sifting t...
It has been quite a year for horse racing. It began with equine fatalities at Santa Anita Park. At present, there have been 29. [As June 23, 2019 – 30 fatalities] In May and June, we witnessed...
When Triple Crown winner Justify retired to stallion duty this past summer, his absence left a significant void in the daily operations of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s barn. The empty stall on...
In a revealing interview, US Racing’s Tara Cochran sits down with Ron Moquett, trainer of Whitmore, about that one’s chances in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (GI). Whitmore is 9-of-13 at the distance...
Irish jockey Oisin Murphy will be getting his first taste of the Breeders’ Cup this weekend, but the 23 year old doesn’t need to be told what it’s like riding in big races, competing against som...
When Jerry McClanahan thinks back on his first experience as a thoroughbred owner more than 20 years ago, he sometimes wonders how he’s still in the game. An avid handicapper who dipped his toe into...
