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Breeders’ Cup Reaches Critical Juncture
With recent resignations of two of the 13 members from the board of directors over policy and philosophical differences, it’s…
May 10 2013, 8:39am | Visit source ›
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THE BREEDERS’ CUP RETREAT ON FUROSEMIDE
Race-day use of furosemide is the most divisive American horse-racing issue in memory. It has torn the industry apart. Experts…
March 22 2013, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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Crist: Playing field for entry to Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup should be level
Not even the biggest proponents of the occasional handicap race believe that racing’s most important events, such as the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup, should be run at anything except…
March 8 2013, 12:05pm | Visit source ›
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Crist: Lasix ban and Breeders' Cup cutback: Cause and effect?
When they were introduced, both the Juvenile Sprint and Dirt Mile seemed like naturals with a high probability of success. The one thing American racing seemed to have was plenty…
February 22 2013, 3:23pm | Visit source ›
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No change in Breeders’ Cup Lasix policy … yet
The Breeders’ Cup board of directors met at Gulfstream Park Friday morning and discussed its previously approved policy to ban…
February 22 2013, 2:17pm | Visit source ›
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Watchmaker: What Is a Breeders' Cup Win Worth?
If Executiveprivilege wins Saturday’s Hollywood Starlet Stakes, and she will be heavily favored to do so, it will create an interesting dilemma for Eclipse Award voters: With a win Saturday,…
December 4 2012, 1:51pm | Visit source ›
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Breeders' Cup Photo Album #1 - Catching Up
Barbara Livingston You know how it's hard to find spare time sometimes? Well, I'm only now looking through Breeders' Cup-related…
November 30 2012, 9:05am | Visit source ›
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DILUTING THE BREEDERS’ CUP BRAND
The Breeders’ Cup World Championships was ambitiously fashioned to be the year-end global showcase for the finest in Thoroughbred racing.…
November 30 2012, 5:00am | Visit source ›
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Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships Tribute - Part I
It's taken a while for me to find the right pictures to do justice to the Breeders' Cup I was…
November 11 2012, 11:25pm | Visit source ›
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Churchill Downs Sunday Photo Album featuring Breeders' Cup champs
Groupie Doll and Buff BradleyFort LarnedLittle MikeWise DanLarry Jones, Ramon Vazquez and Very LuckyCharles Lopresti and Brian HernandezSquall King and…
November 11 2012, 7:05pm | Visit source ›
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Simon: 2012 Breeders' Cup: What We Learned
For months, the anticipation builds. Every impressive winner instantly becomes a Breeders’ Cup candidate; every race becomes a prep for the big event. Then, faster than one can peruse the…
November 10 2012, 9:39am | Visit source ›
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Past the Grandstand: Breeders' Cup 2012: Highlights
Every renewal of the Breeders’ Cup is always abounding with special moments and 2012’s edition of the prestigious event was no different. From the week leading up to the Breeders’…
November 10 2012, 9:38am | Visit source ›
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Gardner: Divisional Standings & The Classic
A few weeks ago when I published the Graded Stakes Results & Divisional Standings data, I included a chart summarizing results from the Classic division in 2012 using a composite…
November 10 2012, 9:36am | Visit source ›
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Looking back and looking forward: Thoughts on the Breeders’ Cup and Eclipse Awards
Male Sprinter: Any number of horses could have claimed this prize. Trinniberg should prevail after winning the Breeders’ Cup Sprint over Amazombie, Coil and The Lumber Guy. Trinniberg was the…
November 9 2012, 5:47pm | Visit source ›
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Breeders' Cup 2012: Fateful purchase of mare impacts racing
Mackay had previously campaigned champions Banastar and Trigger, but now joined such high-flyers as banker August Belmont II and Wall Street giant James R. Keene in the breeding end of…
November 9 2012, 5:39pm | Visit source ›
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unheralded stallions add to the surprises at the breeders’ cup
At the Breeders’ Cup races last Friday and Saturday, not all the top performers were by the star stallions who…
November 9 2012, 6:46am | Visit source ›
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Jerardi: No superstars going into Breeders' Cup, but races produce some super performances
Absent any superstar horses or compelling stories, the 2012 Breeders’ Cup was just about the racing. And it was terrific, if a bit hard to evaluate because of the speed-favoring…
November 7 2012, 2:35pm | Visit source ›
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What’s Next for 2012 Breeders’ Cup Stars
Now that the Breeders' Cup dust has settled, we have a good idea of who might be back in 2013.
November 7 2012, 10:16am | Visit source ›
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2-year-olds to Watch: Breeders' Cup Analysis extra
Analysis of the Breeders' Cup 2-year-old races:1. Juvenile Sprint (6 furlongs)Hightail (colt, Mineshaft - Stormy Renee by Storm Cat)Time: 1:09.75Video:…
November 6 2012, 10:37pm | Visit source ›
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This is usually the last place you'll read about track bias...unless I'm arguing to people that one didn't exist. I…
November 6 2012, 4:48am | Visit source ›
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Who’s the Champ, Beholder or Executiveprivilege?
How much value should the Eclipse Award voters place on the results of the Breeders’ Cup? There are no easy…
November 6 2012, 1:32am | Visit source ›
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Countdown to the Cup Classic Recap: Fort Repels Attack
Whether you call it karma or any other name, there comes a time and place in everyone’s life when positive…
November 5 2012, 5:46pm | Visit source ›
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The Daily Racing Form reports that three horses, via scope or otherwise, have reported to have bled in the Breeders…
November 5 2012, 7:38am | Visit source ›
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Coolmore already plotting Shanghai Bobby's retirement - next year
Shanghai Bobby, with jockey Rosie Napravnik aboard, delivered an amazing performance in Saturday's Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile, holding off He's Had…
November 5 2012, 6:53am | Visit source ›
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This year’s Breeders’ Cup offered a bevy of heart-warming stories, surprise results and satisfying moments.
November 5 2012, 5:33am | Visit source ›
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Breeders' Cup Wrap and A Victory for Retired Racehorses
The Breeders’ Cup is a wrap for this year and I had one horrid weekend of handicapping but a VERY…
November 4 2012, 4:51pm | Visit source ›
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Space Man meets ZenyattaSOMEWHERE OVER THE MIDWEST - It was a whirlwind trip to beautiful Santa Anita Park and two…
November 4 2012, 11:42am | Visit source ›
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Racetrack Chaplaincy offers ways to help victims of Sandy
I received this letter today from Chaplain Humberto Chavez of the New York Racetrack Chaplaincy. If you’d like to help,…
November 4 2012, 10:35am | Visit source ›
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With BC Win, Jim Rome Joins Racing’s Elite
Jim Rome’s “clones,” as his impassioned listeners are called, often don’t take kindly to when the radio and television sports-talk…
November 4 2012, 9:28am | Visit source ›
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Breeders Cup Recap, Live From Daytona
In 2009, visiting a chat board before the Breeders Cup you'd hear some laments about the event being held at…
November 4 2012, 6:39am | Visit source ›
