Saturday’s card at Santa Anita provides exciting stakes action from start to finish, with five graded stakes on offer, of which a pair have Breeders’ Cup implications via the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win & You’re In” events. Overall, 10 races are on tap for Saturday with a first-rac...
Baeza returns home to Southern California with a Grade 1 victory finally on his resume, and now a run in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) over familiar ground is a distinct possibility. The Breeders’ Cup is at Del Mar on Oct. 31-Nov. 1, and Baeza is stabled 100 miles up the road at [&he...
One fast filly will be on her way to the Breeders’ Cup after Saturday’s Princess Rooney Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The winner will earn a fees-paid berth into the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 1. It will come as no surprise if that winning filly ...
The workouts continue in the runup to the Breeders’ Cup, but the BC Classic Rankings remain the same in the latest top 10 contenders. Sovereignty, who has led from the opening rankings, sits atop the rankings for the seventh consecutive week, totaling 422 points and 37 first-place votes ...
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Three winners on Woodbine Racetrack's Turf Champions Day on Saturday will punch their tickets to the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar on October 31 and November 2. The three Grade 1 stakes on the program are Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” stakes that award the winner an automatic spot...
Except for the Irish Derby (G1), the 1¼-mile Irish Champion Stakes (G1) is the Emerald Isle’s most important race. They’ve been running it since 1976 at Leopardstown Racecourse in the Dublin suburbs, and on Saturday trainer Aidan O’Brien will try to win it for the 13th time. Breeders’ Cup �...
Believe it or not, the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) opens Saturday at Churchill Downs with the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3). For all of you handicappers tracking promising 2-year-olds over the summer, it’s time to hunker down and see if you’re on the right path. The 1-mile Iroquois offers De...
It’s the grand finale of a second straight blockbuster Saturday at Kentucky Downs, and it also offers a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series “Win and You’re In" berth to the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 1. And ... the Kentucky Downs Turf Cup (G2) carries a hefty $2.5 mil...
It’s not Breeders’ Cup weekend yet, but the megabucks purse structure makes it feel that way. Kentucky Downs is handing out more than $14 million for Saturday’s 12-race card, with $13 million up for grabs in six stakes races. In the nineties, the all-grass track in the middle of nowhere was a ...
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