Yes, there’s one more Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series "Win and You’re In" race – the QIPCO Champions Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday. To the winner goes a fees-paid automatic spot in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) at Del Mar in California on Nov. 1. The Champion Stakes i...
Her connection with horses began with a riding lesson at age 3. Against doctor’s orders, Queen Elizabeth II was still getting on horses a few months before her death at 96 in 2022. Her homebreds won dozens of stakes, taking each of the five English classics except the Epsom Derby. She earned 24 tr...
The first weekend of October brings one of Santa Anita’s most important race cards of the fall. Four graded stakes headline Saturday’s program: the Chillingworth Stakes (G3), American Pharoah Stakes (G1), Rodeo Drive Stakes (G2), and Oak Leaf Stakes (G2). These races offer key prep opportunities...
The prohibitive favorite in each of her five starts this year, reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna faces four other fillies and mares in Sunday’s $650,000 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland in what may be her toughest task since last year’s Travers Stakes (G1). A Breeders' Cup Chal...
For Europe, it’s the big one, the autumn showdown in Paris that brings together the best middle-distance runners. The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) will be run Sunday for the 104th time, the $5.8 million centerpiece of a ParisLongchamp extravaganza featuring six Breeders' Cup Chall...
The winners of the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) and the $200,000, Miss Grillo Stakes (G2) will be richly rewarded on Saturday at Belmont-at-the-Big A. Each receives a guaranteed berth in their respective Breeders’ Cup race as part of the Breeders Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” series. E...
Youngsters on the turf headline the Belmont-at-Aqueduct Friday card in a pair of stakes with big implications. The $200,000 Pilgrim Stakes (G2) at 1 1/16 miles and the $175,000 Futurity Stakes (G3) at 6 furlongs are both Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” contests, giving the pair o...
On Day 2 of Future Stars Weekend at Keeneland, another trio of Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series “Win and You’re In" races tops Saturday’s stellar 11-race card packed with five graded stakes. The fees-paid, automatic berths into corresponding Breeders’ Cup races are the $1.25 million Coolmore...
Let Fall Stars Weekend begin at historic Keeneland. The highly-anticipated 17-day Fall Meet at the racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky begins Friday, with a trio of Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series “Win and You’re In" races – the $650,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1), the $400,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Ph...
It’s hard to believe it’s been a 15 years since the great Hall of Famer Zenyatta last won the race that would eventually bear her name. The fan-favored mare had won the race twice before and all three victories served as prep races for the Breeders’ Cup, one for her victory in the 2008 Breeder...
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