US RACING: Breeders’ Cup Classic victory a resounding success for trainer Todd Pletcher
With seven Eclipse Awards as outstanding trainer, a pair of Kentucky Derby wins, three Belmont Stakes and now 11 Breeders’ Cup victories, Todd Pletcher is a sure member of racing's Hall of Fame once eligible. Yet with all his success in two-plus decades of training, one rather significant gap had remained on Pletcher’s resume: a […]
AUSTRALIA RACING: Can Cross Counter do it again in 2019 Melbourne Cup?
Cross Counter won last year’s race as a promising youth, but he returns as a man for his bid for back-to-back wins in the Melbourne Cup. Charlie Appleby won the racing prize that had long eluded Godolphin owner Sheikh Mohammed when Cross Counter scored as a northern hemisphere three-year-old last year. Cross Counter won with […]
AUSTRALIA RACING: International field of 24 set for tomorrow’s Melbourne Cup
Final declarations have been made, and the field of 24 is now set for Tuesday's Group 1 Melbourne Cup, “the race that stops a nation.” Eleven of the entrants are international raiders, led by Godolphin’s 2018 Melbourne Cup hero, Cross Counter. The Charlie Appleby trainee will be ridden by William Buick. Trainer Aidan O’Brien will […]
US RACING: Mongolian Groom euthanized after receiving injury in Breeders’ Cup Classic
Mongolian Groom, who suffered what an on-call veterinarian called a "serious" injury in the stretch of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, was euthanized later, the Breeders' Cup announced Saturday night. The statement, in full: "Mongolian Groom sustained an injury in the Breeders’ Cup Classic today and was immediately attended to by an expert team of veterinarians, led […]
US RACING: Vino Rosso wins BC Classic, horse injured
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Vino Rosso has won the US$6 million Classic by 4 1/4 lengths at the Breeders' Cup, where a long-shot horse was eased up in the stretch with a leg injury. Mongolian Groom, a 15-1 shot, was part of the early pace in the 1 1/4-mile race that capped the two-day world […]
Iridessa gives Joseph O'Brien landmark Breeders' Cup win
ARCADIA, United States (AFP) - Iridessa held off Vasilika by a neck to win the US$2 million Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita on Saturday to make Ireland's Joseph O'Brien the youngest trainer ever to saddle a Breeders' Cup winner. Longshot Mirth raced to an early lead with Vasiliska in second and Iridessa, who […]
US RACING: Spun to Run the winner of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile
ARCADIA, United States (AFP) - Spun to Run surprised in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile on Saturday at Santa Anita, holding off favoured Omaha Beach as South Korean raider Blue Chipper hit the board in third. Trainer Juan Carlos Guerrero notched his first Breeders' Cup win in just his second start as 9-1 shot Spun […]
US RACING: Blue Prize stuns Midnight Bisou in Breeders' Cup Distaff
ARCADIA, United States (AFP) - Blue Prize won the US$2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff on Saturday at Santa Anita to end even-money favourite Midnight Bisou's perfect season. Midnight Bisou was gunning for an eighth win in eight starts in a 2019 campaign that started back in January. Instead it was Blue Prize, giving trainer Ignacio […]
US RACING: Mitole takes home the Breeders' Cup Sprint
ARCADIA, United States (AFP) - Mitole lived up to his billing in the US$2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Saturday, capping a dominant career in which he never finished off the board. Trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Ricardo Santana, Mitole was tipped as the horse to beat in the six-furlong […]
US RACING: Uni wins Breeders' Cup Mile
ARCADIA, United States (AFP) - Uni won the Breeders' Cup Mile on Saturday as horses trained by Chad Brown finished first and third in the US$2 million race on the turf track at Santa Anita. Brown, whose odds-on favourite Sistercharlie was denied in the Filly & Mare Turf, came through with five-year-old mare Uni, who […]