While we eagerly await the 43rd edition of the Breeders’ Cup on Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland, let’s look back on what happened the first three times it hosted the championship weekend. The track whose slogan is “Racing as It Was Meant to Be” didn't put on the big show until 2015. The 32nd Cup was...
Keeneland on October 31. Six furlongs. Dirt. One of the most straightforward race shapes on the entire Breeders' Cup card to read on paper, and one of the trickiest to beat in the exotic bets. The Breeders' Cup Sprint has a way of humbling sharp bettors who think they have it figured out by the [&he...
Saturday at Keeneland is serious business. Race 9, the 2026 Lexus Raven Run Stakes (G2), goes to post at 5:16 p.m. ET on October 17 with a full field of 12 three-year-old fillies going 7 furlongs on the Keeneland dirt for a $400,000 purse. The depth of this field makes it one of the better […...
Two weeks out from the October 30-31 card at Keeneland, the Breeders' Cup betting conversation is heating up the way it always does this time of year. Sharp money is starting to move. Trainers are dropping hints in the condition book. And anyone who has been doing this long enough knows that the bes...
Skippylongstocking was on his way from New York to Florida and will miss the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland on Oct. 31 due to a hind foot abscess that set back his training. The news was first reported Tuesday morning by drf.com. Trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr., also said the 7-year-o...
The Breeders' Cup Distaff field for October 31 at Keeneland is coming into focus, and it is shaping up to be a two-horse race at the top with real questions about who fills in underneath. Counting Stars and Bodacious Bay are both out. Their connections pulled the plug, and that changes the pace scen...
Keeneland on October 31. One mile on the dirt. Ten horses, at minimum, and already one of the more interesting betting races on the entire Breeders' Cup card. The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile this year has a real puzzle to it, and the shape of the market is going to keep shifting right up until […...
Seventeen days out from the 2026 Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland, the futures board is starting to harden, and the conversation at the rail has shifted from "who's pointing here" to "who's worth playing at these prices." Pre-entries close October 19, so nothing is official yet. But the contenders...
Entries close October 19. Post-position draw is October 21. That means right now, before the draw, before the morning line firms up, before the public money piles in, is exactly when the sharp work gets done. The bettors who find real value at the Breeders' Cup are not the ones scrambling race morni...
Sunday at Keeneland is a big day for turf fans, and the centerpiece is the 30th running of the Franklin Stakes, a Grade 2 at 5.5 furlongs on the turf for fillies and mares carrying a $400,000 purse. Eight horses are entered. The pace setup is interesting, the Baffert angle is generating real convers...
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