The Tactical Revolution of Chip Honcho at Fair Grounds The 2026 Road to the Kentucky Derby just reached a fever pitch following a pulse-pounding edition of the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes. While the winner, Paladin, naturally commands the headlines and shortens the 2026 Kentucky Derby Odds, sharp bett...
The American Pharoah Stakes (G1), Santa Anita’s fall juvenile staple and main prep for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) every year, was initially contested as the Norfolk Stakes beginning in 1970. It was renamed the Frontrunner Stakes in 2012 and is now named for racings 12th Triple Crown wi...
In the horse racing world, few races carry the history, prestige, and future implications of the Champagne Stakes. This Grade 1 event, a crucial stop on the road to the Triple Crown and a guaranteed “Win and You’re In” berth for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, annually separates the precocious fro...
The $650,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) marks a critical juncture in the calendar, offering two-year-old colts and geldings a golden ticket to the biggest stage in North American racing. Keeneland opens its prestigious Fall Meet on Friday, October 3rd, 2025, presenting this mile dirt feature as the p...
The Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes ($1.25 million, Grade 1), a prestigious Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series race, stands as the crowning jewel of the Keeneland Fall Meet’s opening weekend. This pivotal mile contest on the turf course not only offers one of the largest purses o...
The Grade 1, $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes stands as one of the most pivotal two-year-old races on the North American horse racing calendar, annually presenting a clear path to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and an early, vital collection of qualifying points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Thorou...
Youngsters on the turf headline the Belmont-at-Aqueduct Friday card in a pair of stakes with big implications. The $200,000 Pilgrim Stakes (G2) at 1 1/16 miles and the $175,000 Futurity Stakes (G3) at 6 furlongs are both Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” contests, giving the pair o...
On Day 2 of Future Stars Weekend at Keeneland, another trio of Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series “Win and You’re In" races tops Saturday’s stellar 11-race card packed with five graded stakes. The fees-paid, automatic berths into corresponding Breeders’ Cup races are the $1.25 million Coolmore...
The crisp autumn air of the Bluegrass State signals the highly anticipated start of the Keeneland Fall Meet, and with it, the opening-day headliner that sets the two-year-old filly division ablaze: the $650,000 Darley Alcibiades Stakes (Grade 1). This race is not merely a rich, prestigious contest f...
Let Fall Stars Weekend begin at historic Keeneland. The highly-anticipated 17-day Fall Meet at the racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky begins Friday, with a trio of Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series “Win and You’re In" races – the $650,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1), the $400,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Ph...
Beating two rivals in the Woodward Stakes (G2) was enough to move Locked into the latest Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings with one week to go before the final rankings. With Locked in at ninth, Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher trains four of the top 10 in the ninth edition of the rankings based on voting...
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