Strut the Course was a dominant winner of the Classy ’n Smart Stakes on Sept. 28, and will now stretch out to 1 1/4 miles for the first time in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Maple Leaf Stakes at Woodbine
A deep search for the true speed in this fascinating renewal of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint finds this conclusion: It should very well be Stonetastic (#3), hurried up the rail by Paco Lopez, followed closely by a trio of mid-drawn runners: Artemis Agrotera (#5), Leigh Court (#6), and Judy the Beauty (#7).
Bob Pandolfo's sharp horses and track trends for October 23 to 26, 2014.
The Breeders’ Cup will be televised on NBC’s networks through 2025 under a 10-year extension to a current agreement, the companies announced Thursday.
Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson, N.Y. has released its advertised stud fees for the 2015 breeding season, with no changes among its returning roster. Leading New York stallion Freud will once again command the farm’s highest stud fee.
If it is like father, like son, the favorite for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile, Toronado, is in trouble.
A researcher at Colorado State University who has collaborated on influential research on the anti-bleeding medication furosemide has released the results of three new studies claiming that bleeding is detrimental to performance but that moderate forms of the condition do not have appear to have a negative impact on a horse’s ability to earn purse money.
The 2014 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita is packed with full and wide-open fields, none more so than the $1.5 million Sprint on Saturday.
Trainer Al Stall has started seven horses over four Breeders’ Cup events. Only once has he run a horse when the event was held outside of his home base at Churchill Downs.
I prefer Tonalist and Bayern to the two favorites, Shared Belief and California Chrome, among the 3-year-olds in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
