Winning the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) is a tremendous accomplishment for any 2-year-old colt or gelding. The horse that captures the Juvenile on Nov. 1 at Del Mar needs talent, class and usually a bit of luck to reach the winner’s circle in the richest divisional race of the season....
This year, the 10-furlong Pacific Classic (G1) will be contested for the 34th time and is once again a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” event for the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), set to be held this year back here at Del Mar in just two months. In 2003 Pleasantly Perfect became ...
Thorpedo Anna will attempt to become the first filly since 1915 to win the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday – and she will have to do it from the inside post. Thorpedo Anna second choice with Fierceness against the boys in the Travers The fantastic filly traine...
And the official winner of the 2020 Saudi Cup is Midnight Bisou! Maximum Security finally disqualified from the inaugural Saudi Cup win after more than four years After more than four years, Maximum Security was disqualified by the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia (JCSA) on Friday (Aug. 2) and runner-up ...
The $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) on Saturday (July 20) at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey, is the first major race for 3-year-olds following the Triple Crown. usracing.com is publishing profiles on the contenders. 2024 Haskell Stakes Contenders: FIERCENESS The assumption going into the Kent...
Only one of the jockeys so far confirmed to ride in this 2024 Belmont Stakes (G1) has ever won the race previously. Luis Saez, who will pilot Dornoch this year, was aboard Essential Quality in 2021. Following are the leading riders in Belmont Stakes history: James McLaughlin (6) - Forester (1882), G...
City of Troy looks to atone for a dismal showing in the Two Thousand Guineas (G1) when he headlines a field of 16 in the $1.1 million Betfred Derby (G1) on Saturday at Epsom Downs Racecourse. City of Troy seeks to rebound off a dismal showing in the 2000 Guineas in Saturday's Betfred Derby Trained [...
The post-position draw for the $2 million Preakness (G1) is over. For the most part -- unlike the Kentucky Derby (G1) -- where a horse starts is unlikely to affect how a horse finishes. What is the most successful Preakness post position? The Preakness, at 1 3/16 miles, is a sixteenth of a mile shor...
Everyone is confident and cautious. The owners. The trainers. The jockeys. No matter the odds, no matter the opposition, no matter the weather, they all have a chance to win the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1). Favorites win. Longshots -- and we mean longshots -- win. On top of that, in the past four...
If you bet on the bay, odds are you’ve probably picked a few Kentucky Derby winners through the years. Bay horses have been the most successful in the Derby (bay also is the most common horse color) earning the trophy for the winning connections 56 times (a 37.58% strike rate). Bay horses have won...
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