When Kenny McPeek talks about his approach to buying horses, he can get pretty technical. “All of my career, I have been a middle or even lower market yearling buyer,” the trainer said. “In a wa...
Champion mare Idiomatic, a five-time Grade 1 winner and defending Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) victor, has been retired from racing after she came up lame on Friday morning. “Unfortunately, it w...
By Ed McNamara Playing the horses is a game of the day, with races over in the time it takes to brush your teeth. The entire Triple Crown doesn’t even last 6 1/2 minutes, and a place in history ...
By Richard Rosenblatt Two-time Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) winner Monomoy Girl will race in 2021 after all. The 5-year-old filly’s amazing comeback story took another giant stride forward Sunday, w...
BC Distaff Showdown: Monomoy Girl versus Swiss Skydiver By Lynne Snierson The stage is set for Monomoy Girl, the diva of the filly and mare division, to have her Hollywood ending with a victory in Sat...
The Breeders’ Cup Championship is non-stop action from the moment the horses step onto the track for the first race, here you will find Saturday’s race card and schedule, Friday’s ra...
By Richard Rosenblatt As usual, it’s all about Bob — mostly. A total of 201 horses were pre-entered Wednesday for the 14 Breeders’ Cup races at Keeneland on Nov. 6-7, with Preakness-winning fill...
By Richard Rosenblatt Will she or won’t she? Neither owner nor trainer knows for sure … yet. Decision day looms on whether the Preakness-winning filly Swiss Skydiver will run against the boys in t...
By Margaret Ransom Midnight Bisou has been retired. Swiss Skydiver is running in the Preakness (G1) on Saturday (Oct. 3). Nonetheless, Sunday’s $400,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland is still a ...
By Margaret Ransom It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since the great Zenyatta last won the race that would eventually bear her name – the Zenyatta Stakes (G2). The Hall of Fame mare had wo...
