The Breeders’ Cup returns to the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club for the second year in a row and fourth time overall. With bettors gearing up for two days and 14 championship races worth $34 million in prize money, it might be helpful to look back at how it all played out last year where the […]...
Pedigree is so important when it comes to betting on the Breeders’ Cup. It stands to reason the sires with the most success are also always leading sires in their respective countries. Each year some of the best sires are represented by multiple runners in each of the 14 races Legendary stallion G...
A Kentucky Derby (G1) winner. A Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner. A Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner. The defending champion in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1). And more. The 42nd Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar is three weeks away and the focus of the betting world may be on the $7 millio...
When the Breeders’ Cup expanded from a single day to a two-day event in 2007, day 1 was devoted to female horses and the overall purses increased to over $25 million for both days. In 2018 all 2-year-old races were moved to the Friday card and the day was dubbed “Future Stars Friday.” The tota...
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...
Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Sovereignty completed a 10-week run as the No. 1-ranked horse in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings. The final rankings were released Tuesday by the Breeders’ Cup, less than four weeks before the 42nd edition of the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar o...
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...
The American Pharoah Stakes (G1), Santa Anita’s fall juvenile staple and main prep for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) every year, was initially contested as the Norfolk Stakes beginning in 1970. It was renamed the Frontrunner Stakes in 2012 and is now named for racings 12th Triple Crown wi...
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