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...
It’s the calm before next weekend’s Breeders’ Cup storm with a handful of Breeders' Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In" races Saturday at Santa Anita and Aqueduct. But wait until the first weekend in October – less than a month before the $34 million, 14-race, two-day, 42nd World Champions...
A short but talented field of six with hopes of making the gate for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Del Mar will face the starter in Saturday’s $200,000 City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita. The 1-mile turf test is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series "Win and You’re In” event for the [...
Saturday’s card at Santa Anita provides exciting stakes action from start to finish, with five graded stakes on offer, of which a pair have Breeders’ Cup implications via the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win & You’re In” events. Overall, 10 races are on tap for Saturday with a first-rac...
Baeza moved up and Magnitude broke into the Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings this week after finishing 1-2 in the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx. Once again, there was little movement in the rankings as none of the top-ranked horses led by Sovereignty won’t run again until the $7 million Breeders...
One fast filly will be on her way to the Breeders’ Cup after Saturday’s Princess Rooney Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The winner will earn a fees-paid berth into the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 1. It will come as no surprise if that winning filly ...
The workouts continue in the runup to the Breeders’ Cup, but the BC Classic Rankings remain the same in the latest top 10 contenders. Sovereignty, who has led from the opening rankings, sits atop the rankings for the seventh consecutive week, totaling 422 points and 37 first-place votes ...
Ed McNamaraEd McNamara is an award-winning racing writer who has covered the sport since 1981 for The Bergen (N.J.) Record, Newsday, ESPN, Thorocap, and USRacing. He is the author of Cajun Racing: From the Bush Tracks to the Triple Crown and Racing Around the World, and a contributor to The Most...
Three winners on Woodbine Racetrack's Turf Champions Day on Saturday will punch their tickets to the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar on October 31 and November 2. The three Grade 1 stakes on the program are Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” stakes that award the winner an automatic spot...
Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher has three Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) contenders in the weekly rankings, with Fierceness second again behind Sovereignty, Mindframe rated fourth and Antiquarian up a spot to seventh. In the sixth week of the BC Classic Rankings, Kentucky Derby (G1), Belmont Stakes...
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