Every Kentucky Derby trail has a race that looks insignificant right up until it isn’t. The Sunland Derby lives comfortably in that category. No glamour. No coastal hype. No media parade. Just a dry, high-altitude oval in New Mexico that quietly reshapes futures markets every few years. This seaso...
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf: Championship Implications and Race Distance Maker’s Mark is again the title sponsor of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T), which will be contested for the 27th time and this year-end contest is often a predictor of who will be crowned champion in t...
This year, the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), once again will be worth $2 million. Raised from $1.5 million in 2007, the one-mile grass event has been held every year since the event's inception in 1984. European imports have fared exceptionally well in the Mile, starting with inaugural winner R...
The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), first run at Monmouth Park in 2007 in what was the first year the World Championships expanded beyond the single-day format, and aside from the first year when it was offered at six furlongs, has been contested at seven furlongs. In all but three year...
This year marks the seventh running of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T), which for this edition is a 5-furlong dash for 2-year-olds of either sex over Del Mar’s Jimmy Durante turf course. The exact length of the race every year depends on the host track’s capability to run the dist...
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), first inaugurated at Santa Anita Park in 2008, will be contested for the 17th time this year as part of the Breeders’ Cup World Championship “Future Stars Friday” program on November 1. The one-mile turf event is for 2-year-old fillies. After two...
The $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) is one of the initial seven races that have been run each year since the inaugural event at Hollywood Park in 1984. It is the main event in deciding who will win the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old filly and of the 40 winners of the race, [&h...
The Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) is another of the seven original Breeders’ Cup races, first contested in 1984. It has always been contested at the six-furlong distance and this year again offers a purse of $2 million. This year's Breeders' Cup Sprint won't see a repeat winner, but is loaded with p...
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....
Back in 1984, in the inaugural running of the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), the very classy Princess Rooney put on a performance that would set the tone for the race throughout its next 40 iterations. Undefeated in six starts as a juvenile in 1982, she won five of six starts the next year, including...
Seconds before the gates opened for an early renewal of the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), NBC host Dick Enberg said, “There’s just something about a long race on the grass.” He got that right. A 1½-mile turf marathon lasts 2½ minutes and unfolds gradually. Unlike on dirt, where early speed usua...
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