Fierceness, the new top odds favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, is, like his fellow contender Sierra Leone, four years old. And, like Sierra Leone, he has run exactly thirteen races to date in his ...

Aug. 29 (UPI) --Kentucky Downs' massive purses lead the way in a week filled with turf races from coast to coast -- with the major exceptions of the Grade I Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga and the ...

It’s Sierra Leone’s very last, and very biggest race. Despite that, the defending Classic champion has just one huge job: In this field, he can’t leave himself too much to do down the stretch. ByGuy ...

Japanese horse racing has been on the precipice of breaking through on the U.S. scene. It seemed like it was almost there in 2021 when it won three Breeders’ Cup races. But after that it leveled off.

Workouts from anticipated Breeders' Cup starters picked up Oct. 24 across much of the country, one week before the start of the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar. Fierceness, known ...

Mid-week disappointment for the connections and fans of presumptive 3-year-old champion male Sovereignty —scratched from the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Oct. 29 due to running a fever—turns to ...

Sierra Leone, who won the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic and took home the Whitney Stakes this past summer at Saratoga Race Course, will be retired after attempting to defend his Breeders’ Cup title next ...

Oct. 27 (UPI) --Saturday's $7 million Grade I Longines Breeders' Cup Classic has it all: the first three finishers from last year, the winners of all three of this year's Triple Crown races and a few ...

Of the many factors that go into picking the winner of a horse race, whether it’s a cheap sprint on a weekday or a multi-million-dollar test of stamina at the Breeders’ Cup, none is bigger than recent ...

DEL MAR, Calif. — The Breeders’ Cup culminates Saturday with nine horse races seemingly designed to confound even the best handicappers in the land, including the extremely competitive marquee race, ...