Breeders’ Cup

All post-race test samples taken from contenders in the 2023 Breeders’ Cup World Championships Nov. 3-4 at Santa Anita Park have been cleared by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU). Purse distribution has begun accordingly. 2023 marked the first year the Breeders’ Cup World Championships were run under the full jurisdiction of the Horseracing […]

Following a seventh-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, Todd Fincher trainee Senor Buscador is being aimed at the $500,000 Cigar Mile on Dec. 2 at Aqueduct Racetrack, according to bloodhorse.com. “It’s a grade 2 and he probably likes the one-turn better so we’re going to try that,” Fincher told bloodhorse.com. “The Pegasus would be […]

Breeders’ Cup Classic winner White Abarrio may remain where he is at Santa Anita Park in order to train all the way up to the Saudi Cup, trainer Rick Dutrow told Daily Racing Form this week. The $20 million race is scheduled for Feb. 27, 2024. “Right now, the best scenario I see for the […]

Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Auguste Rodin will remain in training for 2024, trainer Aidan O’Brien confirmed to the Racing Post this Monday. The 3-year-old son of Deep Impact could even target the Breeders’ Cup Classic on dirt at Del Mar. “We’re very much looking forward to having him racing again next year and it’s hugely exciting really,” […]

The Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred horse racing’s most prestigious international events, has announced that Del Mar Thoroughbred Club will host the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Located on the edge of the Pacific Ocean in San Diego County, Del Mar – “Where the turf meets the surf” – is set to serve as a […]

One of the heaviest favorites of the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships, 4-5 chance Tamara disappointed when finishing seventh in the NetJets Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita on Friday. Owner/breeder Spendthrift Farm reported on social media Monday that the 2-year-old daughter of Hall of Famer Beholder exited the race with a fracture to the splint […]

High-profile jockeys Ryan Moore and Irad Ortiz, Jr. each exited this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships with both winning rides and stewards’ rulings. Ryan Moore was fined $20,800 (or 10 percent of his personal purse winnings) for using his whip seven times, once above the permitted six strikes, in a winning ride aboard Auguste Rodin […]

Some two years after they spotted and quickly made the deal to purchase White Abarrio in a private sale, brothers Clint and Mark Cornett spent part of Sunday morning talking about the colt’s victory in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and where he will take them next. Under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., the Rick […]

Patricia’s Hope LLC’s Nobals parlayed a ground-saving trip into a diminishing neck victory over Big Invasion in the 16th running of the $1-million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) on Saturday afternoon at Santa Anita. Trained by Larry Rivelli and ridden by Gerardo Corrales, Nobals covered the five furlongs over a firm turf course in :55.15. […]

Classic Winning trainer Rick Dutrow, White Abarrio – “After a half in 45 and change, we were happy and we were just hoping that our horse was going to run his race at that time. And he did. It set up really good for him. You know what, he makes races set up for him because […]