First the rain, then the race, then the rainbow and then rowdy celebration as Golden Tempo delivered another last-to-first run to remember in winning the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. The victory was historic in many ways: trainer Cherie DeVaux, who became th...
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...
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mage won’t run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) due to a slight fever, the second top contending pre-entry unable to compete in the richest race in North America. “Mage had a slight temp & didn’t eat up last night how he normally does,’’ co-owner Ramiro ...
The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), which is sponsored by Fan Duel and presented by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, is once again worth $2 million this year. The main 2-year-old event for the World Championships is one of the seven original Breeders’ Cup races and was contested at the inaugura...
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 39 winners of the race, [&h...
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