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Sizing Up the Breeders Cup Classic: Edge to Essential QualityOctober 14, 2021 (16:00) [ Indexed from Daily Racing News ] By Ed McNamara Starting in 1984, the Breeders’ Cup has saved its best for last: 3-year-olds and older horses going 1 1/4 miles in the megabucks Classic, the season’s grand finale. With the racing world watching, the Classic has created an endless highlight reel. Longshot Wild Again taking down Gate Dancer and Slew O’ Gold in the first one. Ferdinand nosing out Alysheba. Sunday Silence holding off archrival Easy Goer. Arcangues scoring at an insane 133-1. Cigar capping a perfect season. Tiznow taking back-to-back photo finishes over European superstars. Zenyatta beating the boys, then losing a heartbreaker to Blame the
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On Racing: Let Bafferts Horses Run in Breeders CupOctober 08, 2021 (00:45) [ Indexed from Daily Racing News ] By Richard Rosenblatt For those wondering, and even for those fed up with his medication violation explanations, Hall of Famer Bob Baffert is still training, still winning, and still saddling many of the stars in the sport. While the racing world awaits the long-overdue decision from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) whether Bafferts record-setting seventh Derby winner Medina Spirit will be disqualified for a post-race positive of a prohibited race day medication, theres the more immediate question: Will he or wont he be permitted to run horses in the Breeders Cup? An answer will come soon, likely before pre-entries
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Eddie Macs Book: Can Wit Come Through in Champagne? Maxfield Top Choice in WoodwardSeptember 30, 2021 (16:45) [ Indexed from Daily Racing News ] By Ed McNamara They started running the Champagne Stakes in 1867, and for eons it’s been America’s most prestigious 2-year-old race. It has produced many superstars, including Buckpasser, Riva Ridge, Alydar, Seattle Slew, Spectacular Bid and Easy Goer. The list of recent winners continued the tradition of excellence. Among them: Belmont Stakes winners Tiz the Law and Union Rags; Breeders’ Cup Juvenile heroes and 2-year-old champs Uncle Mo and Shanghai Bobby, and standout sprinters Firenze Fire and Jackie’s Warrior. The Grade 1 Champagne, a one-turn mile at Belmont Park, is an event that makes sires. Uncle Mo is one of
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Eddie Macs Book: Opening Day Selections for Santa AnitaSeptember 29, 2021 (16:45) [ Indexed from Daily Racing News ] By Ed McNamara American Pharoah was the long-awaited unicorn who in 2015 ended a Triple Crown drought that began in 1979. In 2018, Santa Anita renamed the FrontRunner Stakes, which Pharoah won as a 2-year-old, in his honor. He’s one of trainer Bob Baffert’s nine winners of a race that until 2012 was known as the Norfolk, and on Friday Baffert will have three chances to get No. 10. He’ll send out two potential stars, debut winners Rockefeller and Corniche, who dominated by 4 1/4 lengths at 5 1/2 furlongs with a 98 Beyer Speed Figure, the highest by a
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Easy Game stars at ListowelSeptember 19, 2021 (18:30) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ] Easy Game took the measure of Ballyoisin to win the feature Kerry Group Chase and complete a treble for Paul Townend and Willie Mullins on day one of Listowel's Harvest Festival. More...
Spa Showcase For 2-Year-Olds in Hopeful, SpinawaySeptember 02, 2021 (23:45) [ Indexed from Daily Racing News ] By Ed McNamara Saratoga is always about finding the stars of the future, and Wit could be one. He’s 2-for-2 by a total of 14 lengths and will be heavily favored in Monday’s 7-furlong Hopeful Stakes (G1). Unlike most dominant 2-year-olds, Wit doesn’t blast out of the gate and blow open races early. Instead, he breaks slowly, races in midpack and does his best running from the far turn to the wire. He’s not a great horse breaking out of there, rider Irad Ortiz, Jr. said after an eight-length runaway July 17 in Saratoga’s Grade 3 Sanford Stakes. I gave
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The Farrell Report: Stars Shine From Coast To Coast " Essential Quality, Baffert-trained Gamine, Medina SpiritAugust 31, 2021 (17:00) [ Indexed from Daily Racing News ] By Mike Farrell Essential Quality took another step on the road to Horse of the Year. Firenze Fire turned savage in the Forego (G1), and Bob Baffert came up smelling the roses on both coasts. It was quite a weekend of stakes action, and theres plenty more to come! Both Saratoga and Del Mar conclude their high-profile meets on Labor Day with a flurry of stakes races over the final weekend. Saratoga serves up a pair of Grade 1s on Saturday: the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Flower Bowl for turf fillies and mares. Two-year-old fillies are
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Garrus stars at DeauvilleAugust 29, 2021 (16:15) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ] Garrus claimed his first Group Three success with a convincing victory for trainer Charlie Hills in the Prix de Meautry at Deauville. More...
Del Mar: Pacific Classic Has A Strong HistoryAugust 19, 2021 (19:00) [ Indexed from Daily Racing News ] By Margaret Ransom A strong 11-race card is on tap at Del Mar on Saturday anchored by the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (G1), back to its status as the West Coasts premier summer event for handicap stars with a Win and Youre In designation to the Breeders Cup Classic (G1) at the same track on Nov. 6. A year ago, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the purse was cut in half, no spectators were allowed and star-crossed Maximum Security, trained by Bob Baffert, won the race. Also on the card are the Del Mar Oaks (G1), the Del Mar Mile
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Southern stars in finaleJune 19, 2019 (13:30) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ] Southern Hills broke his maiden tag in style when giving his sire Gleneagles a first Royal Ascot winner in flying home late to claim the Windsor Castle Stakes. More...
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