Trainer and jockey trends to consider for Breeders' Cup 2025
If you’re looking for a trainer and jockey to follow at the Breeders’ Cup, statistics suggest you should look seriously at Charlie Appleby and William Buick.
Breeders Cup
Alastair Bull
Alastair Bull has been writing on sports and horse racing for many years. Starting in his home near Auckland, New Zealand as news editor for several papers and since contributing for BloodHorse, The Associated Press and Churchill Downs, Inc after relocating to Cleveland, Ohio. Other sporting events Alastair has enjoyed covering are the 2012 London Olympics, Dubai World Cup, Melbourne Cup, Royal Ascot, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Cheltenham Festival and the Grand National.
Playing the 2025 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge on TwinSpires
In addition to keeping their winnings, the winner also earns more than 28% of the total prize pool. Last year’s winner, North Dakota bar owner Steven Wells, beat 584 other contestants and earned a first prize of $421,200 on top of his betting earnings of $152,000.
Tournaments
Betting with, and against, Ka Ying Rising in the Everest
In many ways, the $13.1 million Everest is all about one horse: #1 Ka Ying Rising (3-5).
International
Meet the Contenders: The Everest 2025
Meet the horses running in the world’s richest turf race, the A$20 million ($13.2 million) The Everest at Randwick racecourse in Sydney, early Saturday morning, 1:15 a.m. ET.
International
The Everest: A Week of Action
It’s been a week full of developments in the lead-up to the world’s richest turf race, the A$20 million ($13.2 million) Everest at Randwick Oct. 18.
International
The Everest: The search for opposition to Ka Ying Rising
The final auditions for The Everest (G1), the world’s richest turf race, are being held this weekend in Australia: the Danehill (G2) and Gilgai (G2) in Melbourne, and the Premiere (G2) in Sydney.
International
How long are the three Triple Crown races?
The three races which make up the U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred horse racing—the Kentucky Derby, Preakness S., and Belmont S.—each provide a test over a different distance at a different venue.
Triple Crown
Horses: $177 Billion annually to the US Economy
For many Americans, Kentucky Derby day is the one big day when they take an interest in horse racing. In the popular mindset, all roads lead to the first Saturday in May at Louisville. But as spectacular as that one day is, it’s merely the high point of a multi-billion dollar industry that employs thousands of people.
Belmont Stakes
The 10 Richest Races in the World
A countdown of the 10 richest races in the world, as of November 2022.
Breeders Cup
Pedigree
10 interesting facts about American Pharoah, the legendary horse and Triple Crown winner
American Pharoah was the 12th Triple Crown winner, having broken a 37-year drought to win the famed trio of races in 2015.
Triple Crown
10 interesting facts about Justify, the legendary horse and Triple Crown winner
Justify is the 13th and most recent Triple Crown winner, having achieved his milestone in 2018 in remarkable circumstances. Below are 10 interesting facts about Justify.
Triple Crown
Seabiscuit: 10 interesting facts about the legendary horse
Here are 10 interesting facts about America's favorite equine underdog.
History
2024 Royal Ascot Handicaps: How to bet Saturday’s Wokingham Stakes
Royal Ascot’s handicap roster finishes Saturday with one of the highlights of the week, the Wokingham Stakes.
Royal Ascot
2024 Royal Ascot Handicaps: How to bet Friday’s Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
Handicaps play a large part on Day 4 at Royal Ascot, with three in play, and the focus here will be on the only handicap on Friday for older horses: the 1 1/2-mile Duke of Edinburgh Stakes.
Royal Ascot
2024 Royal Ascot Handicaps: How to bet Thursday’s Britannia Stakes
Gold Cup Day at Royal Ascot features three competitive handicaps. All three look to offer great opportunities for players.
Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot Handicaps: How to Bet Wednesday’s Royal Hunt Cup
There’s arguably no more exciting handicap at Royal Ascot, for spectators and players, than Wednesday’s Royal Hunt Cup.
Royal Ascot
2024 Royal Ascot Handicaps: How to bet Tuesday’s Ascot Stakes
If you’re a horse player, the best part about Royal Ascot is often the handicaps. With horses generally weighted close to their best form, they are nearly always open affairs, and big prices are common.
Expert Picks
2024 Epsom Derby Preview: A Friendly wager
There are significant question marks over pretty much every contender for England’s premier classic. It wouldn’t be a shock if a horse at double-figure odds comes out on top.
International
2024 Epsom Oaks Preview and Bonus Play for Coronation Cup
Classic racing at Epsom gets underway with the Oaks on Friday, and it’s an unusually open-looking affair.
International
The Curragh: Irish 1,000 Guineas, Tattersalls Gold Cup Preview
The Curragh hosts two Group 1 races on Sunday, and both look to be competitive – especially with a special betting offer.
International
The Curragh: Irish 2,000 Guineas Preview, Horses, Picks
It’s pretty difficult to see Ireland’s first Classic of 2024 as anything but a Richard Hannon versus Aidan O’Brien contest.
International
2024 Triple Crown odds: how favorites and field size impact each race
Like most U.S. betting outlets, you won’t find any single bets available on a horse to win the 2024 Triple Crown with TwinSpires. But you can bet on each individual race.
Triple Crown
Dubai World Cup Day: 2024 turf undercard for Race 3, 4, 7, and 8
The Dubai World Cup may be the headline race, but few racedays in the world have a higher-quality collection of turf races than this day.
Dubai World Cup
Dubai World Cup Day: 2024 dirt undercard for Race 2, 5, and 6
As always, the Dubai World Cup undercard brings as strong a day of racing as just about anywhere in the world
Dubai World Cup
Dubai World Cup Preview: Packed with more international interest – March 30 2024
The 2024 Dubai World Cup carries a little more international interest than usual, with the typical Japanese, American, and Dubai horses opposed by an exciting runner with strong links to, of all places, Kazakhstan.
Dubai World Cup
Golden Slipper Preview: Betting with and against Storm Boy
The burgeoning stallion reputation of Triple Crown winner Justify could head further into the stratosphere when his Australian son #1 Storm Boy contests the world’s richest two-year-old race this weekend.
International
Cheltenham Festival picks and plays for March 15, 2024
Day four of the Cheltenham Festival is the finale, and as such is justly the day for the biggest race of the festival – and, arguably, the biggest jumps race of the year.
International
Cheltenham Festival picks and plays for March 14, 2024
Staying hurdlers and intermediate-distance steeplechasers provide the main high points of day three of the Cheltenham Festival.
International