Breeders’ Cup In Review: Cody’s Wish Goes Out On Top

Two hundred five horses pre-entered the fourteen Breeders' Cup races. One hundred seventy-five were in the entry box. One hundred fifty-one started. And fourteen horses entered the winner's circle as Breeders' Cup winners. Justify cemented his status as a star sire with two juvenile daughters remaining unbeaten in their races on Friday - with Just …

Breeders’ Cup Draws Official, Also-Eligibles Hope to Get In

This post will undergo constant updates all the way through race day(s). So keep your eyes peeled here and on my Twitter feed! Several turf races drew also-eligibles, with Lane Way on the outside looking in for the Turf Sprint for the second year in a row. He needed three defections to get in despite …

Forty Years of Breeders’ Cups

1984 saw the start of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, which started as seven races at Hollywood Park and this year, forty years later, will have fourteen races at Santa Anita. Hollywood is no longer, and is replaced by a football stadium. More than two hundred pre-entries have been announced, highlighted by 18 for the …

Hiatus

I will be taking a step back for the rest of the year. I love this blog and following the horses, but at the moment my family needs me, so I will not be posting. I may pop on for a quick post here and there, but it will not be regular or expected through …

Roses For Debra Changes Plans, Faces Males at Parx

Originally entered on Monday for a graded sprint on the Presque Isle synthetic, plans were changed and now a gray filly will face males sprinting on the Parx turf. But this is Roses for Debra, who is in action in the East while Caravel is in Kentucky awaiting a turf sprint there. Should she run …

2023 Foal Update

Now that foaling season is over in the Northern Hemisphere and (hopefully) all live/no foal reports are in, here is the latest on the batch of foals born to our broodmare list members this year. Horologist dropped the first foal of the year; Fair Maiden dropped the last. Miss Leslie, shipped to Australia, could be …

Tamara Dominates Debutante

Beholder got off to a slow start as a broodmare, with her first two foals failing to win. Her third foal is a graded stakes winner sprinting on the turf, and her fourth, a Bolt d'Oro filly, is now two-for-two and a grade one winner. Her fifth is a Curlin colt who brought several million …

Keeneland September

I will not be listing out all the individual yearlings at KeeSept, just the ones from our broodmares and numbers for the stallions. The sale begins Sept 11, and goes through the 14th before taking a day off and then running Sept 16-23 without a break. Book 1: Sept 11 (1-191) & 12 (201-392) Book …

Kentucky Downs Looks Ahead to Huge Day

Saturday is the biggest day of the two-week Kentucky Downs meet, which ends Sept 13, and six graded races on one afternoon - a mix of grade twos and grade threes - highlight the entire turf-only meeting. Many horses are possibles for Breeders' Cup turf races on November 4 at Santa Anita if they run …

Saratoga Ends with Major Upset

Runhappy's Nutella Fella upset the G1 Hopeful and is now unbeaten in two starts after downing favorites from both the Pletcher and Baffert barns. Nutella Fella, a bay colt from the Candy Ride mare Krissy's Candy, is from the barn of Gary Contessa. Brightwork was also not favored but managed to defeat favored Ways and …