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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 ...

Wow, yesterday was an eventful day! I left Lexington around 5:30 a.m. to drive to Louisville so I could be on the backstretch for training hours, talked to a few trainers about their Breeders’ Cup Turf (gr. IT) contenders, saw several of the European horses try out the Churchill dirt and turf for the first time, experienced Zenyatta’s arrival in ...

With the draw now complete for all 14 Breeders' Cup races, here are 10 (okay, 11) longshots I will be strongly considering. Back on Thursday and Friday with final picks.  Marathon--Precision Break (15-1) Has some negatives being that this will be his first start in the United States and on dirt, and it will be his graded stakes ...

Hip #2890 (catalog page, pedigree), a 7-year-old mare named MINADO, sells Mon., Nov. 15, 2010 at the Keeneland November mixed sale. Thoroughbred female family:  23-b Race record: Unraced. Produce record: dam of 3 foals, 2 of racing age, 1 raced, 1 winner, 0 ...

 At last, it’s here.  After months of anticipation, it all comes down to one day.  The ads are about to run their course. The pundits and prognosticators have all had their say.  The people have engaged in ways that no one could have imagined just a few short years ago.  The polls have been all over the place.  The ...

HAYGAIN User A Contender in the Breeders' Cup Classic  Union City, TN - HAYGAIN Hay Steamers is proud to announce that Blame, who is fed HAYGAIN steamed hay, is a top contender for the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic. Blame, a 4-year-old bred from the esteemed Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., has won 5 out of his last 6 races and is an early ...