The heart of the fall horse racing calendar beats loudest in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, this weekend. Parx Racing, the home of the Pennsylvania Derby, is poised to host one of the most significant races for three-year-olds outside of the Triple Crown and the Breeders’ Cup. The $1 million Grade 1 Penn...
Maker’s Mark is the title sponsor of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, which will be contested for the 25th time and this year-end contest is often a predictor of who will be crowned champion in the older female turf division in North America. Only eleven times since first being contested...
The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a nine-furlong main track race for fillies and mares, three years old and up. It is one of the seven original Breeders’ Cup championship races. It was known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic between 2008 and 2012, but reverted to its more preferred and rightful ...
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, the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile, presented by the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF), 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 exceptiona...
The Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) is another of the seven original Breeders’ Cup races. It has always been contested at the six-furlong distance and this year again offers a purse of $2 million. This race has always been a significant predictor of who will win the year-end Eclipse Award as an outsta...
The Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf is contested at a distance of 1 1⁄2 miles which, along with the $4 million purse, makes it an attractive target for turf specialists from both North America and around the world. It is one of the seven initial Breeders’ Cup championship races and will be contest...
The Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint was run for the first time in 2008 at about 6 ½ furlongs on Santa Anita’s signature downhill turf course. Now a grade 1, it was contested as an ungraded event until 2010 when it earned a grade 2. It was elevated to its current grade in 2012. Because not […]...
The magical journey is over for Arcangelo. America’s top-rated horse is out of the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) due to a left hind foot issue that developed several days ago, and has been retired from racing, drf.com reported. Winner of the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers (G1) and 7-2...
Practical Move, a top contender for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) on Saturday, died Tuesday morning after what “is suspected to be a cardiac event’’ while returning from a gallop at Santa Anita Park. A Breeders’ Cup news release also said the rider was uninjured, “and the horse was im...
What else is new? Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is loaded for the Breeders’ Cup at his home track at Santa Anita, with Arabian Knight the 3-1 morning-line favorite in the $6 million Classic. Baffert, who tops all trainers in BC earnings with more than $39 million, entered eight of his best hors...
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