By Margaret Ransom The Juvenile (G1) is one of the seven original Breeders’ Cup races and still carries the significant clout of deciding who the early favorite will be for the following year’s Ke...
By Ed McNamara Handicapping 14 Breeders’ Cup races is fascinating and exhausting. When I went through the pre-entries for the first time, it felt overwhelming. So much data, so many angles, so m...
By Richard Rosenblatt Two Breeders’ Cup winners are in, so is a Kentucky Derby winner, and so are four other Grade 1 winners in a star-studded field for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Sat...
By Richard Rosenblatt A day after 196 horses were pre-entered for the Breeders’ Cup, a bit of shuffling took place Thursday to help sort out the fields for the two-day, 14-race championships at Del ...
By Richard Rosenblatt As we embark on the road to the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1), it’s becoming difficult to avoid writing about Brad Cox. The affable almost 41-year-old trainer from Louisville, Kent...
By Richard Rosenblatt Nearly a year ago, I was ready for a Steve Asmussen breakthrough in the Kentucky Derby. The Hall of Fame trainer was 0-for-20 in the Run for the Roses, and had a bunch of really ...
By Noel Michaels The first Kentucky Derby prep races of the season, including the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), are in the books. And with a small gap from now until the next round of prep races (the...
By Richard Rosenblatt It took most of opening day, but Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert saw one of his horses make a trip to the winner’s circle at Santa Anita on Saturday courtesy of a brilliant re...
By Margaret Ransom The $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) has been a showcase for East Coast-based trainers in recent years, and Saturday’s edition has another strong contingent looking to continue the t...
By Mike Farrell Brad Cox, fresh from his four-victory Breeders’ Cup weekend earlier this month, looks to deepen his bench of promising juveniles on the “Stars of Tomorrow II” program on Saturday...
