By Noel Michaels Irad Ortiz, Jr. is at the end of his 30-day suspension, brother Jose Ortiz is riding in New York this winter, so take it away Luis Saez in the race for top jockey at Gulfstream Park. ...
By Mike Farrell It was a wild and wacky Breeders’ Cup. It’s all over except for the counting, as in the Eclipse Awards. One of the founders’ goals for the Breeders’ Cup was the...
By Richard Rosenblatt Congratulations Knicks Go, you’re the Horse of the Year, and you did it by leading from start to finish, as usual. Zipping to the lead on the first jump out of the gate, the st...
By Ed McNamara The royal blue silks of Godolphin have dominated international racing since the Nineties. This weekend the blue wave became a tsunami with three victories at Del Mar, where “The T...
by Miriam Lee The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), first inaugurated at Santa Anita Park in 2008, will be contested for the 14th time this year as part of the Breeders’ Cup World Ch...
By Ed McNamara Modern Games wasn’t hurt, but the veterinarians standing nearby didn’t realize that. While his stablemate, Albahr, was flipping over in the stall next to him, an assistant s...
by Miriam Lee The Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) was first run at Monmouth Park in 2007 in what was the first year the World Championships expanded beyond the single-day format. And...
By US Racing Team Essential Quality has been nearly perfect in nine races, his only loss coming in a 19-horse field in the Kentucky Derby (G1) forced him into a wide trip. And so, after asking our usr...
By US Racing Team Without a doubt, Letruska is clearly the one to beat in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) on Saturday at Del Mar. The 5-year-old daughter of Super Saver (2010 Kentucky Derb...
By Richard Rosenblatt Future Stars Friday on day 1 of the two-day, $31 million, 14-race Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar was a doozy. In what will likely be one of the most awkward days in Breeders’ Cup h...
