Breeders’ Cup

Hronis Racing LLC, Siena Farm LLC, Summer Wind Equine LLC, West Point Thoroughbreds, and Woodford Racing, LLC’s undefeated Flightline is the No. 1 rated horse following the first week of tabulated votes for the 2022 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings. The Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings are a weekly rating of the top 10 horses in contention […]

Trainer Bob Baffert plans to return to training on Sunday, July 3, following the conclusion of a 90-day suspension issued by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. According to the Asbury Park Press, the nine-time winner of the Grade 1 Haskell could send one or more top 3-year-old entrants to the Jersey Shore for the 2022 edition […]

Stud Valentin and Jarussi’s 3-year-old Nautilus won the 1 ½-mile Grande Premio Brasil (G1) at Hipodromo Gavea in Brazil and earned a Breeders’ Cup Challenge berth into the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), and Stud Patriots’ 5-year-old mare Ola Perfecta closed strongly inside the final furlong to prevail in the 1 ¼-mile Gran […]

Bo Hirsch’s Grade 1 winner Ce Ce is scheduled to ship Wednesday morning from Santa Anita to Gulfstream Park, where she will try for a repeat win in Saturday’s $300,000 Princess Rooney Invitational (G2). The Michael McCarthy-trained 6-year-old mare tuned up for the Breeders’ Cup Challenge ‘Win and You’re In’ seven-furlong sprint for fillies and […]

Hiroshi Yamada’s Titleholder took control inside the final quarter mile and swept to a two-length victory in course-record time in the 1 3/8-mile Takarazuka Kinen (G1) Sunday at Hanshin Racecourse. With the victory, Titleholder earned an automatic starting position and fees paid into the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) November 5 at Keeneland […]

The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In features three Group 1 automatic qualifiers on Sunday, June 26 into this year’s World Championships, with the Takarazuka Kinen in Japan, the Grande Premio Brasil in Brazil, and the Gran Premio Pamplona in Peru. The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series is an international series of 82 stakes […]

After five consecutive weeks of Grade 1 racing in Tokyo recently, there has been a slight lull in the top-class action here in Japan, but this coming Sunday (June 26) it returns in the form of the Takarazuka Kinen, to be run at Hanshin Racecourse over 2,200 meters on the inner turf track. It is […]

Despite finishing last in the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes, Golden Pal ran the fastest individual furlong in the last three meetings at Royal Ascot, according to At The Races’ sectional timing expert Simon Rowlands. He missed the break under Irad Ortiz, Jr., but ran the second furlong in 10.36 seconds. Trainer Wesley Ward said Ortiz […]