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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 ...

I think every handicapper is aware of the success European-trained horses have enjoyed in the non-sprint turf races contested at Breeders’ Cup, but I’m not sure as many players are aware that the value in these plays often is found in looking past the most-fancied shippers.In looking at the five two-turn turf races offered at Breeders’ Cup, a $2 ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Earlier today, the post positions were drawn for the thirteen Breeders’ Cup races that will be held on October 31st and November 1st at Santa Anita Park. With so many full fields to be found, and with course configurations that can favor or hinder horses in certain posts, digesting this wealth of new ...

There are so many different aspects to this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic and so many little tidbits surrounding the participants, it is time to share some of them. So, we now present, “Everything you always wanted to know about the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic but were afraid to ask.” No need to be afraid. That’s what we’re here for – to enlighten ...