American Pharoah wires Breeders’ Cup Classic in record-setting time to become first Grand Slam champion

Sat Oct 31 2015Jen Caldwell

The outcome was long anticipated and the race itself epic as Triple Crown hero American Pharoah rolled home the easiest of winners in Saturday’s $4.55 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland to complete the newly anointed Grand Slam of Raci ...
Pharwell to a champion and legend

Sat Oct 31 2015TwinSpires Staff

by LAURA PUGH If there was ever any doubt that American Pharoah would do anything less than dominate the Breeder Cup Classic, they were all erased the moment Victor Espinoza gave the magnificent champion his cue to run. He may have lost the Trav ...
American Pharoah tops a day of champions

Sat Oct 31 2015Vance Hanson

My first opportunity to see a Triple Crown winner race, and my first time witnessing a renewal of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) from an unobstructed view, was an absolute privilege. Until the spirits of Charles Hatton, Joe Palmer, David Alexander ...
Found downs Golden Horn to make Breeders' Cup Turf history

Sat Oct 31 2015Kellie Reilly

As 4-5 favorite Golden Horn fought down the Keeneland stretch with the Aidan O'Brien-trained Found in the $2,760,000 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) , each was straining every nerve and sinew toward history. Golden Horn was trying to become the first Prix ...
Nyquist overcomes wide trip, cements championship in Juvenile victory

Sat Oct 31 2015James Scully

Reddam Racing’s Nyquist was caught wide on both turns but his outside post proved no detriment in the $1,840,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) , rallying boldly to the lead in upper stretch and proving best by a half-length. Unbeaten in five starts, t ...
Nyquist roars to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile win

Sat Oct 31 2015TwinSpires Staff

by Laura Pugh California dominated the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, as Nyquist and Swipe brought their rivalry to Keeneland, finishing 1-2, and as always, Nyquist used his incredible nose for the wire to just outlast the hard-closing Swipe. The son of ...

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Tepin thrashes the boys in Breeders' Cup Mile

Sat Oct 31 2015Kellie Reilly

Robert E. Masterson's Tepin, who decimated her own division in the October 3 First Lady (G1) at Keeneland, was every bit as dominant over an international cast of males in Saturday's $1,840,000 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) at the same course and distanc ...
Runhappy crowned a champ in TwinSpires BC Sprint

Sat Oct 31 2015Vance Hanson

The season-long fairy tale involving 32-year-old trainer Maria Borell and her three-year-old colt Runhappy ended quite happily on Saturday when the son of Super Saver broke the six-furlong Keeneland track record in the $1,375,000 TwinSpires Breede ...
Runhappy lifts connections to new heights with courageous TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint victory

Sat Oct 31 2015TwinSpires Staff

by Laura Pugh Runhappy had been training like the devil, and today in the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint he ran like a devil. Stalking the pace, Ruhappy sat off of Holy Boss and Private Zone. The first quarter was :22.05 and the half-mile was ...
Stephanie's Kitten goes out with a bang in Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf

Sat Oct 31 2015Kellie Reilly

One day before selling at Fasig-Tipton's November Sale, Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred Stephanie's Kitten put an exclamation point on her career in Saturday's $1,840,000 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) . Scoffing at my pre-race concerns a ...
Songbird evokes memories of Rachel Alexandra

Sat Oct 31 2015TwinSpires Staff

by Laura Pugh The 2015 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies was all about Rachel…in more ways than one. No, Rachel’s little girl, Rachel’s Valentina, did not win, that honor was reserved for Rachel Alexandra’s two-year-old look-a-like, Songbird. N ...
Wavell Avenue charges late to take TwinSpires BC Filly & Mare Sprint

Sat Oct 31 2015Vance Hanson

Wavell Avenue’s late-closing second to La Verdad in last month’s Gallant Bloom H. (G2) was a precursor of good things to come for the four-year-old Ontario-bred. Getting an extra sixteenth of a mile to work with in Saturday’s $920,000 TwinSpires B ...
It was a Mongolian Saturday in TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint

Sat Oct 31 2015Vance Hanson

A season of disappointing photo-finish losses for Mongolian Saturday was made right in the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1 ) at Keeneland on Saturday as the five-year-old gelding just held off three-year-old filly Lady Shipman to take the ...