Stakes Preview: Empire Classic & Empire Distaff

Breeders’ Cup Limited today unveiled the official race order, post times, and wagering menu for the 42nd Breeders’ Cup World Championships Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.  The 2025 World Championships will again feature 14 Grade 1 races and more than $34 million in purses and awards, bringing together…

Pope McLean’s Crestwood Farm announced Oct. 20 it has added multiple graded stakes winner Il Miracolo  to its 2026 roster. The millionaire-winning son of leading sire Gun Runner   was bred in Kentucky by Willow Oaks Stable and campaigned by Alexandres Investments. Gun Runner is currently ranked third on the general leading sires list by earnings, and…

A total of 94 horses have been consigned to the Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale set for April 2 at 10 a.m. at Lone Star Park, and the interactive sale catalog is now online. The breeze show is scheduled for March 31 at 8 a.m. at the Dallas-Fort Worth area track. Online bidding will be…

A year ago, Pamela Ziebarth was feeling on top of the world. Her homebred filly Sweet Azteca  had just dominated the field in the Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3) at Del Mar and appeared on her way to the Breeders’ Cup.  But following a last-place finish in her start prior to the World Championships, dreams of…

In 2025, it has seemed remarkably difficult for any 3-year-old filly to establish themselves as a clear leader of the division as far as competition on the main track is concerned. Indeed, so tangled are the form lines that the top spot may well belong to Nitrogen , a filly who has only made two of…

The seventh race at Aqueduct Racetrack April 27, a one-turn allowance optional claiming mile for sophomores, will feature the well-regarded $1.1 million purchase Cornucopian  as part of an eight-horse field that includes graded stakes-placed New York-bred Sand Devil . Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, the son of Into Mischief   made his first two starts…