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By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Breeders’ Cup Friday promises to be an exciting day of racing, but as usual, it’s Breeders’ Cup Saturday—with nine top-notch grade I races on schedule—that has racing fans really excited. After much deliberation, here are my top two selections in each race, along with a live longshot to spruce up the ...

Note: This piece is excerpted from an analysis of ALL 13 Breeders' Cup races, previewing every one of them in the style you see below.To get the full analysis e-mailed to you today, buy the TimeformUS Breeders' Cup Package. Click here to purchase. The Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Santa Anita / October 31 / Race 9 / 4:35 ...

  Note: This piece is excerpted from an analysis of ALL 13 Breeders' Cup races, previewing every one of them in the style you see below.To get the full analysis e-mailed to you by noon ET, buy the TimeformUS Breeders' Cup Package. Click here to purchase.   The Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Santa Anita / October 31 / ...

Let's start by saying that this year's Breeders' Cup is one of the toughest to handicap in many years, with deep, wide-open fields, none of which, except perhaps one, have a clear-cut favorite that stands far above the others. JUVENILE TURF - The festivities start off with the Juvenile Turf and this is the first of many crapshoots. The Europeans ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') There’s no putting it off now—it’s decision time! Tomorrow afternoon, four of the thirteen races that comprise the 31st Breeders’ Cup will be run at Santa Anita Park. After more than a week of analyzing the pre-entries and final entries and post positions, it’s time to turn all of that handicapping data and ...

By Nicole Sauer More than 1,900 broodmares will be offered in-foal at this year's Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Many buyers will keep the resulting foals from these mares, but some foals will enter the auction ring as yearlings in two years' time. Mares like Blading Gold Ring, who sold for $165,000 in foal to War Front in 2011, can see ...

We all know that speed kills, but speed often can be a self destructive weapon. One fast gun is deadly; two fast guns can blow up in your face. In Bayern and Moreno, we have two dangerous weapons, which individually would be deadly for everyone else in the Breeders' Cup Classic field, but together could spell disaster for each other. Bayern's ...

One of the many questions surrounding the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) is whether the European-trained Toast of New York, a top-class synthetic specialist, will be as effective on dirt. Of course, there is no way to be 100% sure, but a close look at the colt’s pedigree indicates bloodlines that are conducive to all surfaces.At first glance, one ...

Electricity crackles through the air whenever an auction horse’s price spins upward through six-figure territory. These are treasured days for breeders. But every bit as galvanizing is the experience breeders and owners of more modest means have when one of their horses gets a shot on a stage as big as the Breeders’ Cup World ...

Note: This is an excerpt from an analysis of ALL 13 Breeders' Cup races' Pace Scenarios, ranking every one of them in the style you see below. To get the full analysis e-mailed to you tonight, buy the TimeformUS Breeders' Cup Package:>Details on the Breeders' Cup Package>Or just buy it right now By TimeformUS Chief Figure Maker Craig ...