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Egregious. Disgusting. Ugly. These and many much harsher words sailed through social media channels following the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) Nov. 1 at Santa Anita Park.The highly anticipated showdown for Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old honors turned out to be a whole lot more dramatic than anyone could have anticipated. A chain ...

There are rare times when Bob Baffert feels desperate enough to turn to divine intervention, and it usually comes after a major heartbreak. When he returned to the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) the year after losing a gut-wrenching photo with Cavonnier in 1996 and watched Silver Charm trying desperately to hold off a fast-closing Captain Bodgit, Baffert ...

If you think Friday's four-race mini Breeders' Cup card was confusing wait until you get a load of Saturday's races. Below you will find analyses of all the Breeders' Cup races, geared toward finding live longshots, that will either shed a little light on the proceedings or plunge you farther into darkness. Either way, here goes. CLASSIC - ...

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 ...