The Early Point Scramble: Unpacking the First Points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby The first critical phase of the Kentucky Derby prep races has concluded, and the Kentucky Derby prep races leaderboard is beginning to take shape, mapping the grueling path toward Churchill Downs. Earning one of t...
The $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) is one of the original races when these championships began in 1984, and the mile on turf has been a bonanza for European horses running in North America. Check the Time for the Breeders’ Cup Mile and complete the race card for the “Championship Saturday�...
The $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on Friday is coming up short with only eight colts set to contest the prestigious race. Situations and circumstances combined to limit the field. Eight runners equal the smallest field in Juvenile history, a dubious mark set in 1997, 2004, and 2019. Why s...
The $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) was run for the first time in 2007 at Monmouth Park, the first year the world championships expanded to a two-day event. Initially, because of the configuration of Monmouth’s main track and the fact that the track doesn’t regularly offer races at a f...
The $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) will be contested for the 28th time and closes out the two-day, 14-race Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar. The race is often a predictor of who will be crowned champion in the older female turf division in North America. Only ele...
A comfortable first-time gallop around the Del Mar racetrack on Monday morning and Sovereignty is now rarin’ to go against nine mostly familiar rivals as the 6-5 morning-line favorite in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). A Historic Breeders’ Cup Classic Lineup Sovereignty Draws Post 6...
The $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) 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 […]...
Welcome to the heart of the fall racing season at Churchill Downs, where dreams of garland and glory begin to materialize. The $200,000 Street Sense Stakes serves as a critical first stepping stone on the official Road to the Kentucky Derby, attracting a field of ambitious two-year-old colts ready t...
The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) was first run at Monmouth Park in 2007, the first year the World Championships expanded beyond the single-day format. Aside from the first year, when it was offered at 6 furlongs, it has been contested at 7 furlongs. In all but three years since i...
Trainer Todd Pletcher's expected four-horse entry for the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic has been reduced to three, as multiple Grade 1 winner Locked has been pulled from the race and immediately retired. The Classic, which was intended to be his final start, will now mark the end of his career ...
The $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) is a 1-mile turf test for 2-year-old colts and geldings. It was inaugurated in 2007 at Monmouth Park and will be contested for the 19th time this year. The event has been dominated by Europeans – seven from Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien alone, includ...
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