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Winx Bids for Historic Fourth Straight Cox Plate Victory

Thu Oct 25 2018J. Keeler Johnson

Twenty-eight consecutive victories. Most top-class horses don’t even run in that many races, let alone win that many races. To prevail in 28 consecutive  races is an extraordinary feat, bordering on the unbelievable, which is why the seven-year-o ...
Bountiful Breeders Crown Finals Have Multi-Scenarios For Profitable Wins And Exotics

Thu Oct 25 2018TwinSpires Staff

  Oct. 27 at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono (Downs) the 2018 Breeders Crown finals present a dozen of the sport’s best members of their divisions in historic 1-mile battles. Of course, in essence, these are just 12 harness races consisting o ...
Breeders Crown Freshman Filly And Colt Pacing, Trotting Finals Stuffed With Surprises—Except For One?

Thu Oct 25 2018TwinSpires Staff

  This is it, the final blog for the Breeders Crown Countdown. The finals covered in both of our blogs this week race Saturday, Oct. 27 at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. This blog will cover the $2.4-million worth of two-year-old finals. ...
Why I'm Betting Against the Favorites in the Bold Ruler Handicap

Thu Oct 25 2018J. Keeler Johnson

A turf horse switching to dirt and a lightly-raced runner making his first start off a 13-month layoff ensure that Saturday’s $200,000 Bold Ruler Handicap (gr. III) at Belmont Park will offer handicappers a tricky challenge despite attracting ...
How to Bet the Hagyard Fayette Stakes

Thu Oct 25 2018J. Keeler Johnson

When seven accomplished runners line up to contest the $200,000 Hagyard Fayette Stakes (gr. II) on Saturday at Keeneland , the feature race on the last day of the meet, most eyes will be focused on the lone three-year-old in the field, #6 Hofb ...
2018 Breeders' Cup Race Order, Post Times, and Wagering Menu

Wed Oct 24 2018J. Keeler Johnson

On the same day that pre-entries for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships were released, the Breeders' Cup also revealed the official schedule of races and wagering opportunities for the two-day event. The action will kick off on Friday, ...

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2018 Breeders' Cup Pre-Entries By the Numbers

Wed Oct 24 2018J. Keeler Johnson

Boosted by a new race that proved extremely popular at the entry box, a record-breaking 221 horses have been pre-entered for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at on November 2-3 at Churchill Downs . The complete fields were revealed o ...
Three-year-olds with chances in the Breeders’ Cup

Wed Oct 24 2018TwinSpires Staff

McKinzie earned a 112 BRIS Speed rating when taking the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) on September 22 (c) Kathleen O'Leary/Horsephotos.com by Scott Shapiro When it comes to three-year-olds facing their elders at the Breeders’ Cup , my colleague ...
A look at the Breeders' Cup Classic field since the Future Wagers

Wed Oct 24 2018Vance Hanson

Catholic Boy wins the Travers Stakes (G1) (c) NYRA/Adam Coglianese Photography Following up on a post written in between Pool 1 and Pool 2 of the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Future Wager, here are brief thoughts on the individual entries in ...
Pre-entries for the 2018 Breeders' Cup

Wed Oct 24 2018Jen Caldwell

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018 FUTURE STARS FRIDAY BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE TURF SPRINT Five and one-half furlong race for 2-year-olds to be run on the turf. The race carries a guaranteed p ...
How vulnerable are the likely Breeders' Cup favorites?

Mon Oct 22 2018Vance Hanson

Even before pre-entries are officially released later this week, we already have a pretty good idea who the betting favorites will be in most of the Breeders' Cup races barring any unforeseen developments between now and the first weekend in Novemb ...
My Breeders' Cup Sprint Picks

Mon Oct 22 2018D.S. Williamson

This year's Breeders' Cup Sprint should be as taxing as any race on Saturday's card. Both Imperial Hint and X Y Jet should enter the starting gate. If both go, the fractions could be mind-boggling. Will that set it up for Roy H or Ransom the Moon? Or ...
Should You Bet Horses Returning on Short Rest?

Mon Oct 22 2018J. Keeler Johnson

Although there has been a tendency in recent years for trainers to give their horses more and more time between races, there are some trainers still willing to run their horses back in a week or less, and when you can identify a trainer who’s skille ...

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