A year after she finished third behind brilliant champions Beholder and Songbird in the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1), Forever Unbridled snatched the hardware for herself when she held off multiple grade 1 winner Abel Tasman by a half-length.
Racing just off the pace throughout while saving ground, Mendelssohn came off the rail in the stretch and powered to the first grade 1 victory of his career in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Nov. 3 at Del Mar.
WinStar Farm and Don Alberto Stable's Battle of Midway put a head in front of Sharp Azteca early on in the stretch run of the $1 million Las Vegas Dirt Mile (G1) and appeared to have all the momentum in his favor.
With its first mixed sale consignment on the horizon, ELiTE Sales' Bradley Weisbord and Liz Crow are balancing Breeders' Cup and sale obligations.
One year after sending New Money Honey out to win the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), e Five Racing returned with undefeated Rushing Fall and took down the mile event at Del Mar.
Just as the big purses of the Breeders' Cup World Championships catch the attention of the owners of top horses, the big money available in the Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge attracts interest from top horseplayers.
The biggest concerns of his biggest rivals are obstacles he has already cleared. Yet in his preparation for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Collected might as well be engulfed in shadow.
Americanize, a 4-year-old homebred for Kaleem Shah making his stakes debut Nov. 3, shook clear of Mr. Hinx to win the seven-furlong Damascus Stakes, the first race on the opening day Breeders' Cup program at Del Mar.
Enjoying a record-setting year with 26 top-level wins, trainer Aidan O'Brien now takes aim at the Breeders' Cup. In this exclusive interview with BloodHorse Daily editor Claire Novak, O'Brien talks about Churchill, Highland Reel, and more.
Not long after his horse racing dream turned into a nightmare, crushed under a million dollars in debt, horseman Mick Ruis began plotting a path back to the sport.
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Images from the days leading up to the 2017 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar.
Once again, this is about longshots and value. I don’t have enough money to bet favorites and pick 6’s and superfectas, so I’ve got to take a few stabs.
Dave Litfin handicaps the Breeders' Cup races.
Mubtaahij and Arrogate, part of the Bob Baffert brigade set to contest the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 4, are the most expensive of the eight horses sold at public auction in the 11-horse field.
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the thirteen Breeders' Cup races
Owner Kosta Hronis won't be sad when his best horse retires. He'll be happy.
Few Breeders' Cup horses this week at Del Mar have stood out in all the right ways as well as Suedois (FR), who is entered in the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar.
Giant Expectations, whose owners Ryan Exline and Justin Border also co-own Champagne Room, will shoot to give his owners more Breeders' Cup luck when he goes in the Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Nov. 3
Angie Cheak, who spearheaded the rescue of 43 Thoroughbreds from a Mercer County, Ky., farm, was honored with the Race Track Chaplaincy of America's White Horse Award Nov. 2 at Del Mar.
Aidan O'Brien sends out his 13 horse contingent, including Churchill, Highland Reel, Happily, September, and Roly Poly. Also on track this morning were Arrogate, Gun Runner, Unique Bella, Finest City, and more!
With the burden of chasing the late Bobby Frankel's mark now off his back, trainer Aidan O'Brien heads into the Breeders' Cup World Championships solely looking to pile on to a season for the ages for his Ballydoyle operation.
Billed as the World's Premier Breeding Stock Event, Fasig-Tipton's November Sale features 25 fillies, mares, and weanlings connected to this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Eighty-nine Keeneland sales graduates are entered in North American graded stakes this weekend, with 66 of those alumni highlight the $28 million Breeders' Cup World Championships on Nov. 3-4 at Del Mar.
Speedway Stable LLC's Collected heads a contingent of 25 OBS graduates entered in the 2017 Breeders' Cup, set for Friday and Saturday, November 3 & 4 at Del Mar.
Champagne Room is the most expensive of the three fillies and mares entered in the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff who were purchased at public auction.
Jed Cohen's Red Baron's Barn has been a California staple for many years, and it would be his sweetest victory to date if Itsinthepost, owned by Cohen and his son Tim, could upset the Breeders' Cup Turf Nov. 4.
California racing policy requires two jockeys to be paid—including any money for a top placing in the race—when the timing of a jockey change does not allow enough time for the replaced rider to find an alternate mount.
With a full set of Breeders' Cup races to come, at least a couple owners of weekend contenders are already thinking about the future.
Untamed Domain's racing career did not start out quite as smoothly as it did for his sire, Animal Kingdom, but the big bay colt is steadily maturing and has earned himself a spot in the Nov. 3 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T).
But let's start by being more logical. The Classic is simple: Arrogate or Gun Runner? That is where everyone will be focusing their attention. In the two previous showdowns between these two antagonists, Arrogate proved to be the fastest gun alive.
Alphabet Soup scored an upset win over Cigar in the 1996 Breeders' Cup Classic
Former claimer Skye Diamonds is the second choice on the morning line in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Del Mar.
Owner Raymond Mamone likes to race a horse or two with trainer Luis Carvajal Jr., and if the 2-year-old filly he planned to race in late 2015 had been ready, Carvajal might not be at the Breeders' Cup with Florida-bred Imperial Hint.
Arsenault Aims for $3 Million Bonus in Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge.
The fourth Thoroughbred Owner Conference, co-hosted by OwnerView and BloodHorse, concluded Nov. 1 with presentations on the experiences of turf writers, the claiming game, and veterinary issues.
Claire Novak recaps the news of the day including morning appearances at Del Mar from Arrogate, West Coast, Collected, Mubtaahij, Abel Tasman, Skye Diamonds, Bolt d' Oro and more! Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm.
StarLadies Racing, a partnership group led by Laurie Wolf, has two 2-year-old fillies for the Breeders' Cup: Orbolution in Friday's Juvenile Fillies Turf and Stainless in Saturday's Juvenile Fillies.
Team Valor's Capla Temptress holds a unique edge in this year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, having placed in group company in England and winning at the grade 1 level in North America.
The late Herman Sarkowsky, owner Marty Wygod, and trainer Richard Mandella have combined to nurture Paradise Woods, one of the last horses bred by Sarkowsky.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was on the scene Nov. 1 at Del Mar to put his Breeders' Cup contenders through their paces, led by defending Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Arrogate.
With his Midas touch helping the stable to a record-breaking season, trainer Aidan O'Brien will veer from initial expectations with juvenile colts Mendelssohn and U S Navy Flag in this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 3-4 at Del Mar.
As quickly as he has set objectives, jockey Edgard Zayas has checked them off. Come Nov. 4 he will have the opportunity to knock off a career-defining achievement with his first Breeders' Cup mount.
Bob Edwards' e Five Racing won last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf with New Money Honey. He perhaps holds a stronger hand this year with 2-year-old Rushing Fall.
Claire Novak recaps the news of the day including morning appearances from Roy H, Highway Star, Queen's Trust, Wuheida, Whitmore, Sharp Azteca, Gunnevera, Curlin's Approval, Ribchester, and more! Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm.
The pieces of the puzzle that have aligned to allow Ironhorse Racing Stable's Bucchero to not only exist but to be a contender in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) are nothing short of incredible.
This has to be one of the deepest contingents of European invaders, with a number of proven contenders, and a number of live longshots who could very well be sitting on a huge upset.
Peter Miller let out a relieved sigh as TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) hopeful Roy H galloped out under jockey Kent Desormeaux Oct. 31 after his drill at Del Mar, but the trainer wasn't done with Breeders' Cup workers for the day.
The entries for the 13 races of the 2017 Breeders' Cup including the Breeders' Cup Classic.
The 2017 edition of the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) is one to marvel at.
