Brad Cox-trained Commandment, Further Ado both 6-1 Renegade finished first in New York, Florida, and Arkansas, and now he’s the lukewarm 4-1 morning-line favorite to come through again in the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs on May 2. The highly anticipated post-position draw was ...
The Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), which is worth $6 million again this year, has always been contested at the classic distance of 1 1⁄4 miles on dirt. It used to be the richest race in the world until the Dubai World Cup in 1995, then the inaugural Pegasus World Cup, the Prix de l’Arc...
Not the most upbeat first few days of Breeders’ Cup week at Santa Anita Park. The news on Tuesday (Oct. 31) was disheartening: Practical Move, the talented Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner making a comeback after missing the Triple Crown races with a fever, collapsed while galloping and died “a sud...
The Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, sponsored again this year by Big Ass Fans, was run for the first time in 2007 at Monmouth Park in the first year the world championships event expanded beyond the single day of racing. Initially because of the configuration of Monmouth’s main track and the fact the t...
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 […]...
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