#BREEDERS’CUP2018 – Bulletin opens the day with runaway win in Juvenile Turf Sprint

Bulletin, trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Javier Castellano, opened the proceedings with a scintillating victory in the US$1 million Juvenile Turf Sprint. Owned by a consortium including WinStar Farm and China Horse Club International, Bulletin became the first horse to win a Breeders' Cup race after just one prior career start -- a […]

#BREEDERS’CUP2018 - Newspaperofrecord delivers in Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  - Newspaperofrecord romped to victory in the Juvenile Fillies Turf as frontrunning youngsters lit up Churchill Downs Friday on the opening day of the US$30 million Breeders' Cup. Five races for two-year-olds made up "Future Stars Friday," the curtain raiser to Saturday's nine-race slate capped by the US$4 […]

#BREEDERS’CUP2018 – Jaywalk powers home in Juvenile Fillies on the dirt

Jaywalk became the day's third straight wire-to-wire winner, powering to a 5 1/2 length victory in the US$2 million 1 1/16-mile Juvenile Fillies on the dirt track. Trained by John Servis and ridden by Joel Rosario, Jaywalk notched a first victory around two turns. Restless Rider was second and Vibrance third.  

Mendelssohn, Roaring Lion poised to challenge Accelerate in Classic

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | - Don't let the absence of Triple Crown hero Justify fool you -- there's plenty of talent in Saturday's US$6 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. "These horses, the field, they've made over $36 million -- that's remarkable," said US trainer Bob Baffert -- who saddled Classic […]

Breeders' Cup bumped up to 14 races, US$30 million in purses

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Breeders' Cup is back in familiar surroundings at Churchill Downs, with an additional stakes race bumping the two-day program to 14 and prize money up to a record US$30 million. As always, the marquee race is Saturday's US$6 million Cup Classic that could help determine which thoroughbred ends up as […]