Defending champ Goldikova, ridden by Olivier Peslier, rallied down the stretch to capture Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita for the second straight year. Goldikova joins Miesque and Lure as back-to-back winners of the Mile.
European runner Vale of York made a late rush down the stretch to capture Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita. The winner of the Juvenile is usually made the early Kentucky Derby favorite.
Dancing In Silks, front, ridden by Joel Rosario races to win in a photo finish at the Breeders' Cup Sprint horse race at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Arcadia, Calif.
ARCADIA, Calif. Dancing in Silks has pulled off a huge upset in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint, winning a four-horse photo finish by a nose.
Dancing in Silks prevailed in a blanket finish to win Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita. Ridden by Joel Rosario, the 25-1 longshot covered the six-furlongs in 1:08.14 on the synthetic track.
California Flag, ridden by Joe Talamo, led the entire way to win Saturday's $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita. The time for the 6 1/2-furlongs was 1:11.28 on a firm course.
Trainer John A. Shirreffs speaks about Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic at a news conference at Santa Anita Park Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in Arcadia, Calif. Shirreffs' trains Zenyatta, who will run in the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday.
ARCADIA, Calif. A couple of California-bred geldings have turned the international Breeders' Cup into a local affair, with California Flag and Dancing in Silks winning on their home track.
The 26th edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships got underway Friday at Santa Anita Park under sunny skies with a post-time temperature of 70 degrees. This is the second straight year the World Championships are being held at Santa Anita.
Life Is Sweet, stablemate of champion mare Zenyatta, came roaring down the stretch Friday to win the $2 million Ladies' Classic at Santa Anita to conclude the first day of the 26th Breeders' Cup World Championships. The remaining eight championship events will be conducted Saturday.
ARCADIA, Calif. Life Is Sweet has won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, going from last to first with a stretch run on the far outside.
Informed Decision held off defending champion Ventura to win Friday's $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Santa Anita. Informed Decision was the 3-1 second choice behind 4-5 favorite Ventura.
In this image made with a fish-eye lens, the field heads down the straightaway past the grandstands during the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies horse race at Santa Anita Park Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in Arcadia, Calif. She Be Wild (8), ridden by Julien Leparoux, won the race.
ARCADIA, Calif. Life Is Sweet led a parade of longshots to the winner's circle at the Breeders' Cup on Friday, with the stablemate of Zenyatta scoring a 2 1/2-length victory in the $2 million Ladies' Classic.
European invader Midday held off a late running Pure Clan to win Friday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita. Finishing third was 2008 winner Forever Together.
She Be Wild rallied along the inside to win the second running of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Friday at Santa Anita. The two-year-old filly was ridden by Julien Leparoux for owner Nancy Mazzoni.
Tapitsfly, ridden by Robby Albarado, defeated Rose Catherine to win the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita.
Day One of the 26th Breeders' Cup World Championships has gotten underway at Santa Anita Park with Man of Iron winning the $500,000 Marathon. Ridden by John Murtagh, Man of Iron defeated Cloudy's Knight by a nose in the 1 3/4 mile race.
ARCADIA, Calif. Man of Iron has won the $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon in a photo finish over 9-year-old gelding Cloudy's Knight.
The Breeders' Cup began in 1984 with longshot Wild Again winning the inaugural Breeders' Cup Classic. This will be the 26th running of the $5 million, 1 1/4-mile event and not a single female has crossed the finish line first.
ARCADIA, Calif. Though this could be called the year of the female in thoroughbred racing, Ladies' Day at the Breeders' Cup Friday is lacking in star power.
While the Kentucky Derby is the 'most exciting two-minutes in sports', the two-day Breeders' Cup races are the most important days in racing.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Random drug tests will begin next year for horses in polo matches in the U.S. after the deaths of 21 elite horses in Florida that were injected with an incorrectly mixed supplement shortly before a championship match, the United States Polo Association said Wednesday.
Undefeated mare Zenyatta will take on males for the first time in Saturday's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. The 1 1/4 mile race is the concluding event of the 26th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships to be run Friday and Saturday.
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2008 file photo, jockey Mike Smith aboard Zenyatta reacts after winning the Ladies' Classic horse race at the Breeders Cup at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. Zenyatta will compete in this weekend's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday Nov. 7, 2009.
ARCADIA, Calif. She's a mare set to race against a dozen of the world's most daunting male horses for the first time in her career, but Zenyatta seems to be the one inspiring fear.
Shocking with jockey Corey Brown on board wins the Melbourne Cup horse racing at Flemington Racecourse at Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Crime Scene, rear, came in second.
MELBOURNE, Australia Shocking captured the $5 million Melbourne Cup on Tuesday for his second victory in four days, outdueling Crime Scene in the stretch to win by three-quarters of a length.
The next to last NTRA Thoroughbred Poll shows no changes in the positions of the top ten vote getters with the Breeders' Cup on the horizon. The World Championships take place on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita Park.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Sassy Image beat Decelerator by two lengths Sunday in the $115,900 Pocahontas as the 21-day fall meet opened at Churchill Downs.
TALLADEGA, Ala. NASCAR red-flagged Sunday's race at Talladega following a spectacular crash involving Ryan Newman with five laps remaining.
LEXINGTON, Ky. Jockey Julia Brimo has been hospitalized in critical condition following a spill at Keeneland.
Golf legend Gary Player has been awarded the first ever Breeders' Cup Sports and Racing Excellence Award.
FILE - In tis April 26, 2009, file photo, trainer Jeff Mullins talks to reporters about his Kentucky Derby hopeful, I Want Revenge, outside Barn 24 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The New York Racing Association has barred Mullins from its racetracks for six months for a drug violation and giving conflicting information about it. Neil Getnick, a lawyer for the firm that represents the racing association's integrity counsel, said Friday's "penalty reinforces NYRA's commitment to maintaining a level playing field for our owners, trainers and the public."
NEW YORK New York's top racetracks are off limits to trainer Jeff Mullins for six months.
Zenyatta, 2008 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic winner, is slated to be the favorite for this year's running of the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday, November 7. This would be the five-year-old mare 's first career start against males.
Remember back to the early part of this year. Before Mine That Bird shocked the racing world with his 'out of nowhere' victory in the Kentucky Derby.
ARCADIA, Calif. The Breeders' Cup is offering a new betting proposition involving the $5 million Classic and $2 million Ladies' Classic, and another wager on the jockey who wins the most races during the two-day event at Santa Anita.
Leading mare Zenyatta leads a list of 166 horses who have been pre-entered for next week's 26th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park. The two-day event is scheduled for Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7.
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2009, file photo, Jockey Mike Smith atop Zenyatta tips his cap to the sky after winning the $300,000 The Lady's Secret Stakes horse race at Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, Calif. Zenyatta will try to extend her record to 14 straight victories when she runs in the Breeders' Cup in November, after being pre-entered Wednesday in both the $5 million Classic featuring male horses and the $2 million Ladies' Classic.
ARCADIA, Calif. Zenyatta will put her 13-0 record on the line when she runs in the Breeders' Cup, most likely against the boys in the $5 million Classic.
Ellis Park Racetrack has announced that it will shutdown its simulcast operations at the conclusion of satellite racing on Sunday, November 8. The track will restart simulcast operations on Thursday, April 1, 2010.
MANCHESTER, England A man has been charged with blackmail over a threat to kill 4-year-old colt Conduit before his Group One victory at Ascot.
LEXINGTON, Ky. The sign on the racetrack video board reads "Zero Minutes to Post," but horse bettors know that doesn't mean wagering is cut off. That happens perhaps several minutes later, just before the horses break from the starting gate.
The year 2009 will not go down as a great time for older male handicap horses. Two-time Horse of the Year Curlin concluded his racing career after the 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic and no older male thoroughbred has filled the void.
DUBLIN Sea The Stars will be sent to the Aga Khan's thoroughbred breeding farm in Ireland to stand at stud.
The best thoroughbreds in the country are training in southern California in preparation for the 26th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships on November 6 and 7 at Santa Anita Park.
Three-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra, currently on vacation until 2010, remains in first-place in the weekly NTRA Thoroughbred Poll. The winner of all eight starts this year received 18 of 20 first-place votes.
FREEHOLD, N.J. Drivers Cat Manzi and Jason Bartlett were injured Saturday in an accident during a race at Freehold Raceway.
LAUREL, Md. Vineyard Haven has won the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash over a sloppy track at Laurel Park, the colt's first win in more than a year.
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