The Top 5 Races in Australia for 2021

Fri Dec 31 2021Alastair Bull

Here are the top five Australian races for 2021, in chronological order.
First-crop sires: Record-setting Gun Runner passes $4 million mark

Fri Dec 24 2021Kellie Reilly

Led by sure-to-be-champion Echo Zulu, the unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner, Gun Runner’s progeny have amassed more than $4 million in earnings.
Art Sherman's lifetime horsemanship hit the stratosphere

Mon Dec 20 2021Sara Dacus

Art Sherman had a storied career in horse racing before California Chrome walked into it.
Top Brisnet Speed stakes performances of 2021

Mon Dec 20 2021James Scully

Essential Quality’s rallying win in the Belmont S. (G1) and Knicks Go’s frontrunning mastery in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) met both criteria, tour-do-force efforts that came back among the fastest stakes races of 2021.
First-Crop Sires: Winners Keep Coming for Keen Ice

Mon Dec 13 2021Alastair Bull

The jury is still out on Keen Ice's first crop, but the results haven’t been bad given his progeny will probably be better suited as three-year-olds.
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Smile Happy

Tue Nov 30 2021J. Keeler Johnson

Smile Happy put smiles on the faces of his supporters when he rallied to victory in the Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) at Churchill Downs, in the process joining the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
10 of the Best Red Smith Stakes winners at Aqueduct

Sun Nov 21 2021Alastair Bull

Here are ten of the best winners of the Grade 2 Red Smith Stakes, run on the Aqueduct turf over 1 3/8 miles.
The 5 Fastest Fillies & Mares to win the Chilukki Stakes at Churchill Downs

Sat Nov 20 2021Alastair Bull

Five fast fillies who won the Chilukki Stakes.
First-Crop Sires: Arrogate progeny picking up

Mon Nov 15 2021Alastair Bull

The sadly-missed Arrogate is slowly starting to pick up as a sire, with the former champion’s tally of winners now up to six.
First-Crop Sires: Gun Runner into exclusive Breeders' Cup club

Mon Nov 08 2021Kellie Reilly

Four years after Gun Runner won the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), his first-crop daughter Echo Zulu took out the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).
How did Paulo Lobo get back to the biggest stage? He never gave up

Sat Nov 06 2021Jeremy Balan

The Brazilian-born trainer, after some down years in California, has found new life with his stable based in Kentucky.
Barn favorite Snapper Sinclair seeking glory in Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile

Thu Nov 04 2021Jeremy Balan

Snapper Sinclair is a longshot in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), but he's been whiskers away from greatness before.
Breeders' Cup International Horse Profile: Jasper Great

Wed Nov 03 2021Kellie Reilly

From the first crop of the late champion Arrogate, Jasper Great sports a superb pedigree as well as an imperious debut victory on the dirt at Hanshin.