2018 Breeders’ Cup Pre-Entries
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018 FUTURE STARS FRIDAY New for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup is a Friday full of juvenile showcases. These young distance and surface specialists are at the top of each division. While reading […]
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeders’ Cup works round-up: Juveniles put through their paces ahead of Future Stars Friday
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) contender Complexity exercised a half-mile in :49.32 Saturday on a fast main track at Belmont Park. “He looks like he came out of the Champagne (G1) in good order,” trainer Chad Brown […]
Breeders’ Cup implications: New York prep races
The 35th Breeders’ Cup will be held at Churchill Downs on November 2-3 and pre-entries will be released next week. Five of the 13 Breeders’ Cup races last year were won by horses making their […]
Breeders’ Cup implications: California prep races
Pre-entries will be released next week for the 14-race Breeders’ Cup program and this is a good time to review the final round of prep races stateside. Here are some quick thoughts on the California […]
Breeders’ Cup implications: Kentucky prep races
The final preps are in the books for the 14-race Breeders’ Cup program on November 2-3 at Churchill Downs. Here are some quick thoughts on the Kentucky prep races: Breeders’ Cup Kentucky Implications Keeneland Alcibiades […]
After recent lean years, Juvenile Fillies could be a 2018 Breeders’ Cup highlight
The last handful of years have been relative lean ones for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) in the broader historical landscape. As I noted in a piece for breederscup.com a year ago, post time […]
Jaywalk can’t be caught in Frizette
by TERESA GENARO Heading into the Frizette (G1) at Belmont Park, the talk was all about Covfefe, the two-year-old filly owned by LNJ Foxwoods and named not long after President Trump tweeted the word that left […]
Restless Rider gives McPeek fourth win in Alcibiades
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Restless Rider gave trainer Kenny McPeek a fourth win in the $400,000 Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland on Friday, but more importantly earned a berth in next month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) […]
Alcibiades attracts full field of two-year-old fillies
by Dick Powell A full starting gate of 14 juvenile fillies have been entered for Friday’s Alcibiades Stakes (G1) to be run at 1 1/16 miles on the Keeneland main track. The race will start […]
Keeneland announces prospective fields for host of Breeders’ Cup WAYI races
As we await Keeneland’s Friday opener to be drawn Tuesday, track publicity has offered an appetizer in the form of prospective fields for the Fall Stars Weekend stakes. According to Keeneland Stakes Coordinator Allison DeLuca, […]