The $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), the race that usually crowns the Horse of the Year, is shaping as one of the most contentious in its 42-year history. Sovereignty, the recent Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) winner after victories in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1), leads the first ...
When his racing career ends, Sierra Leone will be retired to stud to Coolmore America/Ashford Stud and his value as a stallion keeps rising and rising. The morning after Sierra Leone won the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday to validate his star status, trainer Chad ...
No bumping, no jostling, no issues, no problem for Sierra Leone. Seizing the lead from a game Highland Falls in the stretch with his patented closing style, Sierra Leone won the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) in front of packed house at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, with favorite Fierceness fadi...
Hopefully, most of the handicapping has been completed, but be sure that savvy horseplayers are still poring over their betting options for Whitney Day at Saratoga Race Course. A sunny day with temperatures in the mid-70s is in the forecast for the 13-race blockbuster lineup highlighted by the 98th�...
Seven talented distaffers seeking a secured spot in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) gate in just about three months will square off in Sunday’s $400,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar, the seaside oval’s second “Win and You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge event of th...
The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series revs up again this weekend with three “Win and You’re In’’ races Saturday – two at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York and one at Del Mar in Southern California. Horse racing has enjoyed a big buzz this week with some of the top names in the sport ...
Named after the stalwart New York-bred who won at least one race at Saratoga each year from 1987-1994, this year’s $750,000 Fourstardave drew a field of 10 turf specialists headed by multiple graded stakes winner Johannes. One of five graded stakes on Saturday, Whitney Day, the Fourstardave (G1) a...
If it's a Group 1 stakes in Europe, Aidan O'Brien will saddle the favorite. Well, not always, but most of the time. The latest example occurs Thursday (Jul 31), when O'Brien's three-time stakes winner Whirl leads a field of five in the 1 1/4-mile Nassau Stakes (G1) for fillies and mares at Goodwood....
The $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) will be a race featuring multi-million dollar horses vying for an all-fees paid berth in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 1. For those who bet horse racing, the 98th running of the Whitney at historic Saratoga Race Course on Satur...
The most revered European horses are the ones who excel at 1 1/2 miles. Then come the top milers, and at Royal Ascot, the 3-year-old colt Field of Gold emerged as the current king of that division. His electric burst of acceleration in the stretch blew apart the St. James's Palace Stakes (G1), lea...
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