In my very first article on the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Distaff for US Racing, I used the term “anticipation,” likening the race to the old pop/rock song of the same name, heard in the famous commerc...
If you’ve ever seen any of the National Lampoon “Vacation” movies starring Chevy Chase, you have a pretty good idea how my trip to the Breeders’ Cup went. I’m not a huge fan of flying, so I ...
Before the horses even entered the starting gate, there was some grief in the air and over social media about the existence of the Las Vegas Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (GI). Drawing nine horses — sev...
Heading into Breeders’ Cup week, trainer Bob Baffert was loaded with talented sprinters and while much of the attention was on dual “Win and You’re In” qualifier Lord Nelson, the four-time Spr...
When it was determined that Songbird did, in fact, lose by the slightest of margins to three-time Breeders’ Cup champion Beholder in this year’s epic B.C. Distaff, her early legacy was not swept a...
There’s not much that hasn’t been said about this year’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) favorite California Chrome that hasn’t been said about a million times. Sometimes in racing it ...
In deciding year-end Eclipse Award honors, the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (GI) is a pretty good indication of who will be honored and, this year, it drew an outstanding field of nine horses f...
The road to Breeders’ Cup 2016 has reached its climactic stretch run and now is the time to dig in to your past performances and try to discover which horses will win Breeders’ Cup 2016. S...
US Racing members can get free Race Report Cards for the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park (SA) on Friday and Saturday. For more information and some background statistics on these reports, plea...
When writing my early preview for the Breeders Cup Turf Sprint, I didn’t expect that last year’s place and show horses would not draw into this year’s race and be relegated to the also-eligible ...
