The Breeders’ Cup Classic is the marquee race at this championship event and annually attracts many of the best racehorses in the world. This year is no different, with a competitive field of older horses, and 3-year-olds, lining up in the finale on Saturday at Keeneland Race Course. Here are some interesting facts about the 2020 Classic: 1. This year’s race is worth $6 million … Continue reading 2020 BC Classic Facts
In advance of the 37th running of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships coming up on November 6th & 7th at Keeneland Race Course, the BC group unveiled #MyBreedersCup, a multi-pronged digital and social program designed to bring the best of the upcoming event to fans around the world. It was created in response to the recent decision to conduct the 2020 event without fans on-site due to COVID-19. The … Continue reading The Breeders Cup Experience
The Daily Racing Blog has been known to occasionally Wager on Horse Racing. And aside from a long weekend at Saratoga, the next best betting bonanza for us is the Friday and Saturday action of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. This years BC takes place on November 6th and 7th at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. The Breeders’ Cup is essentially the NCAA Tournament … Continue reading Betting The Breeders’ Cup
This year’s Breeders’s Cup at Keeneland Racecourse will be unlike any other: the BC has, since its inception, always brought us world-class racing, but it’s going to be an at-home affair for all racing fans this year due to the ongoing pandemic. So this calls for a quarantine Breeders’ Cup viewing party. So whether it’s held over Zoom or with a socially-distanced get-together in the … Continue reading Breeders’ Cup Cocktails
The Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious international events, announced a new partnership with Guardian Security, Kentucky’s premier security company dedicated to providing around-the-clock security services, to enhance equine safety and security measures for the 2020 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The Breeders’ Cup Group, with this new agreement reaffirms its ongoing commitment to ensuring the highest level of equine safety and integrity standards. … Continue reading Breeders’ Cup Security
Over its 36-year history, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships has seen its share of upsets. Some, of course, were much bigger than others. Here’s a look back at two of the biggest surprises in Breeders’ Cup history: The 2000 Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Churchill Downs looked like little more than a coronation for RIBOLETTA. The Brazilian-bred mare entered the race having Won six in a … Continue reading Breeders’ Cup Bombs
Today (October 19th) is National Kentucky Day. This in recognition of Kentucky becoming the 15th territory to be granted statehood, as well as the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains to enter the union. But that’s all ancient history. This year the Breeders’ Cup is coming back to Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky on November 6th & 7th. So to celebrate horse racing’s World … Continue reading Kentucky Knowledge
Trainer Chad Brown is preparing 13 probable starters for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Brown has Won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as North America’s leading trainer. He had three Breeders’ Cup Wins last year (raising his total to 15), culminated by the impressive Victory in The Turf by BRICKS AND MORTAR. The nations pre-eminent trainer on grass- Brown will not have an entrant in the … Continue reading Lucky 13 For Chad Brown ?
Famous athletes and sports expressions often inspire the names submitted for Thoroughbred racehorses, and baseball is no exception. As the breed registry for North American Thoroughbreds, The Jockey Club is responsible for reviewing and approving all Thoroughbred names. Last year, the registry reviewed more than 35,000 names, with about 73 percent of those getting approved. “It seems like we see a name related to baseball … Continue reading Baseball & Horse Racing
Once the Triple Crown is complete (regardless of the order or calendar dates), racing fans then turn their attention to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. A two-day extravaganza of important stakes events for Thoroughbreds competing in various divisions according to age, sex, surface (dirt or turf) and distance. This years Breeders’ Cup is taking place at Keeneland Race Course, in Lexington, Kentucky on November 6th … Continue reading The Breeders Cup
