Many more years than not, the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) is a European affair. Horses flying in from the old continent have won nine of the last 10 editions of the 1 1/2-mile Turf, including the last five in a row. Godolphin’s Rebel’s Romance , based in England, but a true globe-trotting athlete, can join…
Compiled by America’s Best Racing, A complete schedule of TV, livestream, and radio coverage for what promises to be an exciting week in horse racing: Stakes Race Schedule Stakes Date Post Time Channel(s) Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf…
Megan Toffey shares three things you might not know about Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) contender Ted Noffey. Source link
Peter Brant has been an owner of some of the sport’s top Thoroughbreds since the late 1970s. In all that time, Brant has owned winners of the Kentucky Derby (G1), Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), but not the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). And now, on Oct. 31, Brant is…
Scottish Lassie , who was entered in the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) at Del Mar has been scratched from the race. The decision was announced Oct. 30. Winner of the Coaching Club American Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1), Scottish Lassie is co-owned by trainer Jorge Abreu, Sportsmen Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Photo Finish, and Corms Racing Stable….
There’s been much debate about Contrary Thinking ‘s presence as a “rabbit” in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), but owner Peter Brant doesn’t understand all the fuss. “We’ve been getting pressure about running a pacemaker but pacemakers have been in racing forever. Sometimes they win races,” Brant said. “It’s important to have pace or…
Fasig-Tipton has added grade 1 winner Excellent Truth to its November Sale, the company’s selected mixed sale to be held on Monday, Nov. 3 in Lexington. Excellent Truth, this year’s winner in the Diana Stakes (G1T) over multiple grade 1 winner She Feels Pretty , will be offered as Hip 225. A 5-year-old daughter of Cotai…
The New York Racing Association has canceled live racing on Thursday, Oct. 30, at Aqueduct Racetrack due to a powerful storm forecast to bring extremely high winds and heavy rainfall to the New York City metropolitan area. Current weather forecasts are calling for wind gusts exceeding 40 mph and up to 2 inches of rain…
At the end of 2024 when owner John Ropes weighed retiring his homebred filly Dorth Vader against bringing her back to race at 5 this season, his checkmarks in the pro-racing column included three achievements he’d love to see her accomplish. In talking things over with trainer George Weaver and adviser Marette Farrell, they wanted…
Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey leads a pair into the Nov. 2 $250,000 Red Smith Stakes (G2T), part of closing day of the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. Cugino enters with a win in the Red Bank Stakes, one of two wins this year. His only non-winning start out of three came in the…
