We start our two-day look back at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships and discuss the big races from Saturday including the Classic, Turf, Mile, and Sprint.
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With the 2019 Breeders’ Cup rapidly approaching, key contenders for the fourteen championship races have been busy wrapping up their pre-race workouts at racetrack across the country.
In a year lacking a standout in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, I admittedly have an interest in several contenders.
Santa Anita will still have plenty of implications with respect to Eclipse Awards for both the three-year-old male and older dirt male categories.
Watch Breeders’ Cup workout videos while reading up on how each Breeders’ Cup contender breezed.
Which means that both of the weekend’s impressive winners could bypass the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), adding to the growing uncertainty of this division.
The $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) will be run Saturday at Belmont Park. The race starts on the clubhouse turn at 1 1/4 miles and the five horses will load on…
The $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) annually is a rich and important race on the fall calendar leading up to the Breeders’ Cup, but rarely is it an as important a…
Nine will go postward in Saturday’s $750,000 Woodward Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. The 1 1/8-mile feature has attracted a well-matched field led by defending champ Yoshida (#7) (5-2). ANALYSIS Mr.…
Watson, Weitman and Pegram’s McKinzie moved to the fore in early stretch and powered home a convincing 1 3/4-length winner of the $980,000 Whitney S. (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday. The sensational…
This Saturday, August 3, is the first of the traditional truly headline Saturdays of the Spa meet. This weekend’s Saratoga stakes action will headlined by the Grade 1 co-featured runnings of the…
Five millionaires will lead a superb field of eight postward in the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday. The 1 1/8-mile test is the early race of the year…