Breeders Crown elim highlight weekend cards

Sun Oct 18 2015Ted Black

Since 1984 one of the more popular phrases in harness racing has been "It All Comes Down to the Breeders Crown" and last weekend Woodbine Raceway in Canada hosted a dozen elims that will set the stage for the twelve finals this Saturday night worth a ...
Pretty N Cool captures Matron

Sun Oct 18 2015Jen Caldwell

Pretty N Cool pulled out a one-length victory in the $200,000 Matron S. (G2) on Sunday at Belmont Park with jockey Martin Garcia aboard. The Bob Baffert-trained daughter of Scat Daddy took command soon after the start and proceeded through split ...
Two-year-olds turned some heads

Sun Oct 18 2015Ted Black

Although neither of them is headed to the Breeders Cup Championship races this fall, a pair of two-year-olds that made quick work of their respective state-bred foes over the past two weekends certainly deserve recognition and bear watching in the im ...
Untapable, Tapiture record moves at Keeneland for BC engagements

Sun Oct 18 2015TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Champion Untapable worked five furlongs in 1:01.20 over Keeneland’s fast main track on Sunday in her first timed move since she was second by a neck in the October 4 Spinster (G1) at the track. Trained by Steve Asmu ...
TwinSpires.com BC Sprint contender Private Zone glides through 5f move

Sun Oct 18 2015TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release On a chilly Sunday morning, multiple Grade 1 winner Private Zone put in the first of two scheduled works at Keeneland in preparation for the TwinSpires.com Breeders’ Cup Sprint on October 31 by working five fur ...
Artspeak Has Our Winning Scenario In Breeders Crown Elim; Plainridge Winner Tops At $14

Sun Oct 18 2015TwinSpires Staff

Woodbine ruled the weekend features as the Breeders Crown elims were sprinkled through the Oct. 16 and Oct. 17 programs. We were specifically correct about the scenario that took place in the second soph-colt pacer elim as the crowd once again ...

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Sizing up the Europeans in the Canadian International & EP Taylor

Sun Oct 18 2015Kellie Reilly

Cannock Chase photo courtesy of WEG/Michael Burns Photography . As our own Jennifer Caldwell noted in her story, Sunday's Canadian International (G1) program at Woodbine is loaded with foreign intrigue . Here's how I'd rank the invaders. Cann ...
Dawalan wins Grand National by a length

Sat Oct 17 2015TwinSpires Staff

Making his second U.S. appearance for owner Irv Naylor, Dawalan captured the $300,000 Grand National (G1) at Far Hills, New Jersey, on Saturday. The most lucrative of the nation's six Grade 1 steeplechase events, the Grand National was contested over ...
Stellar takes the right Path in Athenia victory

Sat Oct 17 2015James Scully

Stellar Path made her move up the inside leaving the far turn and proved best in Saturday’s $200,000 Athenia (G3) at Aqueduct, earning her first North American graded win with a half-length decision. Joel Rosario was up on the Christophe Clemen ...
Sarah Sis upsets Raven Run

Sat Oct 17 2015Jen Caldwell

Sarah Sis provided a nice 17-1 upset on Saturday at Keeneland when overtaking 3-2 favorite Bar of Gold in the stretch of the $250,000 Raven Run S. (G2) to prevail by a half-length on the wire. It was the first win for the Sharp Humor filly since ...
Smooth Roller on course for BC Classic after Saturday move at Santa Anita

Sat Oct 17 2015TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Smooth Roller , who earned a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland on October 31 by virtue of his impressive 5 1/4-length victory in the Awesome Again S., worked five furlongs over Santa Anita’s fast m ...
Tonalist, La Verdad headline Breeders’ Cup workers at Belmont Saturday

Sat Oct 17 2015TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release A cadre of candidates for the Breeders' Cup took to Belmont Park's tracks Saturday morning, led by Jockey Club Gold Cup victor Tonalist , who clocked six furlongs on the fast main track in 1:14 under exercise rider Lee Vi ...
Exaggerator, I’m a Chatterbox top Keeneland’s Saturday BC workers

Sat Oct 17 2015TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release No trainer has won consecutive runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) since the D. Wayne Lukas three-peat from 1986-1988 with Capote, Success Express and Is It True. Keith Desormea ...