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Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) ∙ $2,000,000 ∙ 1 1/16 miles, dirt Race 7, Saturday, 3:55 PM PP Horse Sire Broodmare Sire TrueNicks Odds 1 Biondetti Bernardini Lyphard A+ 12-1 2 Boys At Tosconova Officer Coronado's Quest A++ 5-2 3 J. B.'s Thunder Thunder Gulch Unbridled's Song A++ 12-1 ...

Crossing a speedy sire line over a stamina-oriented female family is a winning formula in American Thoroughbred racing. One permutation of the pattern that has yielded consistently good result for 150 years is to import solid South American racemares and mate them with U.S.-bred dirt sprinters. The results, when it works, are dirt milers and ...

Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) ∙ $2,000,000 ∙ 6 furlongs, dirt Race 5, Saturday, 2:30 PM PP Horse Sire Broodmare Sire TrueNicks Odds 1 Big Drama Montbrook Notebook C+ 7-2 2 Girolamo A.P. Indy Mr. Prospector A 3-1 3 Wise Dan Wiseman's Ferry Wolf Power A 10-1 4 Hamazing Destiny Salt ...

Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. I) ∙ $2,000,000 ∙ 1 3/8 miles, turf Race 9, Friday, 6:50 PM PP Horse Sire Broodmare Sire TrueNicks Odds 1 Plumania (GB) Anabaa Rainbow Quest A+ 8-1 2 Eclair de Lune (GER) Marchand de Sable Acatenango B 15-1 3 Miss Keller ...

Here's a look at the Friday Breeders' Cup races. Back tomorrow with Saturday picks. Marathon I don't have a strong opinion on this race. Nothing in here blows me away. I do think the favorite, Awesome Gem, is a play against, as is the co-second choice Prince Will I Am. Awesome Gem wants no part of 1 3/4 miles. I don't think Prince Will I Am will ...

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) ∙ $2,000,000 ∙ 1 1/16 miles, dirt Race 8, Friday, 6:10 PM PP Horse Sire Broodmare Sire TrueNicks Odds 1 Indian Gracey Indian Ocean Matty G D 15-1 2 Theyskens' Theory Bernardini Summer Squall A+ 10-1 3 R Heat Lightning Trippi Gold Fever C 4-1 ...

Author Mac McBride is the Director of Media at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. He can be seen in this video clip after the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic along the rail next to John Shirreffs with the double fist pump. PRINT VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE   Sometimes—if you’re lucky—you might get lucky at the racetrack. I did. On a lovely ...

(Originally published in the November 6, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Evan Hammonds    It’s impossible to separate the greatest Breeders’ Cup races from the venues in which they occurred. We recall indelible moments in ...

Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. III) ∙ $500,000 ∙ 1 ¾ miles, dirt Race 5, Friday, 4:10 PM PP Horse Sire Broodmare Sire TrueNicks Odds 1 Atoned Repent Icecapade D 20-1 2 Prince Will I Am Victory Gallop Dynaformer A 4-1 3 Million Seller A.P. Indy Sunday Silence A++ 50-1 ...