The Breeders’ Cup World Championship is the exclamation point to the racing season. It is the crescendo, the best of the best, the World Series of Thoroughbred horse racing. Huge purses, top-class horses, and large fields promise the crowning of Champions and cashing of big Winning bets. But just what is the Breeders’ Cup, and why is it so important? With the 2019 edition just two weeks … Continue reading Breeders’ Cup Primer
Saturday’s $150,000 dollar Maryland Million Classic is the centerpiece of what is annually one of the most anticipated and cherished days of racing on the historic Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred racing circuit. The 1 1/8-mile race, first held in 1986, closes out Maryland Million Day at Laurel Park, where $1 million dollars in purses is distributed to horses in 11 stakes races restricted to nominated horses sired by … Continue reading Maryland Million Classic
A towering bronze sculpture of 1973 Triple Crown Winner SECRETARIAT was unveiled October 12th at Keeneland Race Track as part of the 11th annual SECRETARIAT Festival in Lexington. Designed by artist Jocelyn Russell (pictured on left), the statue captures Big Red Winning the 1973 Kentucky Derby under jockey Ron Turcotte. It was temporarily displayed outside the track’s sales pavilion. The statue moved to its permanent location at Old Frankfort … Continue reading G.O.A.T. Statue
Keeneland Race Course will host the 36th running of the Grade 1, $500,000 dollar Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup on Saturday. It is the ninth race on a card of ten, with a scheduled Post Time of 5:30. The Queen herself has a filly running in the nine-furlong turf route, as she sends MAGNETIC CHARM to the gate with jockey Florent Geroux wearing the royal silks. … Continue reading Queen Elizabeth Challenge Cup
The Baltimore Sun reported last week that a multi-party agreement (dependent on legislative change) was reached to keep the Preakness Stakes– the middle jewel of American racing’s Triple Crown, at Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimore for at least the next 30 years. The deal, which relies on an extension of the Racetrack Facilities Renewal Account which is funded by casino revenue, would lead to a new grandstand at … Continue reading Preakness To Remain At Pimlico
The Breeders’ Cup is one of Thoroughbred horse racing’s most prestigious international events. So it deserves a signature drink (or two) as much as the Triple Crown races that precede it. Last Friday the Breeders’ Cup Committee announced with much fanfare the launch of the Breeders’ Cup Official Cocktails, two signature beverages created in partnership with iconic New York City establishment ‘21’ Club. These cocktails are … Continue reading Breeders’ Cup Cocktails
Here is the field for the Grade 1, $500,000 dollar Futurity Stakes at Keeneland Saturday afternoon. It is race number nine, and has a scheduled Post Time of 5:40 eastern time. 1. TAP IT TO WIN ML 3-1 Jockey: Tyler Gafalione Trainer: Mark Casse 2. BY YOUR SIDE ML 6-1 Jockey: Corey Lanerie Trainer: Eddie Kenneally 3. LIFE ON THE ROAD ML 12-1 Jockey: Shaun Bridgemohan Trainer: Steve Asmussen 4. KING THEO ML 15-1 Jockey: Flavien Prat Trainer: … Continue reading Futurity Choices
The feature race this Saturday at Keeneland Race Course is the $500,000, Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity. This a Win and You’re In Challenge Series race for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile next month at Santa Anita Park. What does it take to win the Breeders’ Futurity? A good horse, that much is certain. Four of the last five winners have gone on to finish 1st, 2nd, … Continue reading The Breeders’ Futurity
The 2019 Fall Meet at Keeneland Race Track, in Lexington, Kentucky begins Friday, October 4th. It is a 17 day racing celebration, featuring some of the finest Thoroughbred racing in North America that kicks off with the blockbuster Fall Stars Weekend, featuring nine of the meet’s 10 Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In races. The Fall Meet runs from October 4th through the 26th with racing … Continue reading Keeneland Fall Meet
Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 dollar Jockey Gold Cup at Belmont Park offers a stage for 3-year-olds to take on the older males for the first time, with CODE OF HONOR and TACITUS, (1st and 2nd in the Travers Stakes) going the mile-and-a-quarter distance again, this time with a Win and You’re In spot to the Breeders’Cup Classic on the line. Since the year 2000, five 3-year-olds have … Continue reading The Jockey Gold Cup
