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By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman  Pre-entries for the 34th running of the Breeders' Cup were released yesterday morning, giving handicappers a few days to analyze the prospective fields before final entries and post positions are announced on Monday. Since it's never too early to start planning wagering ...

So here is trainer Brian Lynch’s dilemma. He has a brilliantly fast grass horse named Oscar Performance who used that brilliance to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf last year. The colt then overcame a rocky start to his 3-year-old campaign by having a terrific summer, stretching out to a mile and a quarter. But when stretched out to a mile and ...

 By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea   Often we hear stories of off-track Thoroughbreds winning hunter/jumper classes, competing in the upper levels of eventing, and even taking home prizes in barrel racing competitions, but it's not as common to see them become police mounts, typically a job that's reserved for warmbloods or draft ...

The big preps for this year’s Breeders’ Cup have come and gone. Grade 1 races were going off at the drop of a hat—and that hat was dropping all the time—earlier this month at Belmont Park, Keeneland, and Santa Anita. To us there’s no better month for racing than October with its more predictable and temperate weather. Yet, the three biggest names ...

You know it's been a tough time in Thoroughbred racing when the best news heard all week is that a big-name horse has been suffering from stomach ulcers. With the tragic and unexpected deaths of Effinex and Irap and the retirement of last year's 2-year-old champion Classic Empire, racing needed some good news as we approach the Breeders' ...

Greatness is a tricky thing. We don’t know exactly from where it emanates and why some are born with it and some are not. Perhaps it starts deep within and then makes its way to the surface. But sometimes that journey is blocked by obstacles and never quite makes it. In the case of Classic Empire, there is no doubt the greatness was there. ...

This is a recent Dollars and Sense column, which appears weekly in BloodHorse Daily, typically Friday. The success enjoyed on opening weekend at Keeneland by horses who made their previous start at Kentucky Downs serves as the latest example of the improving quality of horses competing at the lucrative September meet in Franklin, Ky. Horses who ...

The Challenge, sponsored by Darby Dan Farm appears each week through Breeders' Cup, typically Saturday, in BloodHorse Daily. Of active, United States-based stallions, Malibu Moon leads the group of 2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge winners. A look at this year's Challenge, which concluded Oct. 11, shows Malibu Moon was the only active U.S. ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman With just two weeks remaining until the Breeders' Cup, it's not too early to start examining the races and begin formulating our potential plays. Two of the most interesting races at this year's Breeders' Cup are the two dirt sprints--the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) and the ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea Jockey Megan Fadlovich attended this year's Thoroughbred Makeover presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America without a mount. The rider, who has earned more than $4.7 million in her career to date, helps retire racehorses when she's not busy at the track. Although she's currently recovering from an injury incurred in ...