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The 2012 Breeders’ Cup proved to be a buffet of emotions, with a wide variety of storylines, memorable moments, and equine and human stars to choose from. The ones which affect us the most on a personal level will dictate how we will remember this year’s event. Some people were moved by the rags-to-riches story of Groupie Doll and the Bradley ...

Whether you call it karma or any other name, there comes a time and place in everyone’s life when positive forces meet at once and create moments to cherish for all time.For a 4-year-old Thoroughbred named Fort Larned, his trainer Ian Wilkes, owner and breeder Janis Whitham, and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., those positive forces came together on ...

JUVENILE TURF – This race is so competitive and wide open, you can pretty much pick anyone and expect a good performance. The Euros are particularly strong, with several top-class stakes horses who have finished first, second or third is nearly every top 2-year-old stakes in England, as well as France. It is difficult separating Dondonnell, ...

Below are complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced Reports for Breeders' Cup Saturday. Click on the horse's name to view the report. See Friday's reports here. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) Nov. 3 11:50 AM PDT Post Horse Jockey Trainer ...

Below are complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced Reports for Breeders' Cup Friday. Click on the horse's name to view the report. See Saturday's reports here. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint Nov. 2 1:06 PM PDT Post Horse Jockey Trainer ...

JUVENILE SPRINT – Merit Man, undefeated winner of the Tim Conway Stakes has the speed, the numbers, and a win over the track, and should be the horse to beat. Bob Baffert is always tough, so you have to give Super Ninety Nine a shot. South Floyd, runner-up in the Tim Conway, has the early speed and is from the dangerous Doug O’Neill barn.But there ...

John Gosden Walks The Fugue to the Turf at Santa Anita Oct. 31  ARCADIA, CA --John Gosden walked along the surface of the Santa Anita main track, his stylish sneakers leaving deep tracks in the cuppy ground. Beside him strode his main hope and one of Europe's top contenders for the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a 3-year-old ...

With Santa Anita shrouded in fog for most of the morning, Breeders’ Cup horses went about their business as usual, as many of the Europeans took to the track for the first time. At 1:30 in the afternoon, the final shipment of horses arrived…finally, having escaped from New York on a flight from Stewart Air Force Base in Newburgh, N.Y. Among ...

I admit it is dangerous and almost counterproductive to form opinions on a race weeks or months in advance, but I make two exceptions to that rule -- the Kentucky Derby and the Breeders' Cup. The leadup to the Derby is horse racing's greatest journey. The most exciting two minutes in sports is preceded by a minimum two months ...