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Slide Show Memorable MomentsThe 25 years of the Breeders' Cup has produced many memorable moments, including the wild finish in the 1984 Classic, Personal Ensign's dramatic finish in the 1988 Distaff, Da Hoss' second Mile triumph, Richard Mandella winning 4 races in 2003, and more. View this slide show and rank some of the moments ...

We were delighted to see the Broken Vow (TrueNicks,SRO) filly Sassy Image take the Pocahontas Stakes (gr. III) for a couple of reasons. One was that we've always been a fan of Broken Vow (and two of his graded winners, Sindy With an S., and Interactif, are Pedigree Consultants recommended matings).The second reason was that Sassy Image is bred on ...

Alex and I were able to stop with Larry Jones for a bit and he was explaining that this is his first time at Santa Anita, so I'm not the only one. Anyway, Larry and his wife were talking about how they are excited about accepting their award at the awards dinner. He also had some interesting comments on the track surface, we have video of that but ...

''It was perfect.'' ''He's as fit and sharp as he's ever been.'' ''He's ready to roll.'' These were the comments of Chip Woolley, Eoin Harty, and Bob Baffert, respectively, right after each of their BC Classic starters turned in their final works. Woolley, who has Mine That Bird, Harty (Colonel John), and Baffert (Richard's Kid), all sounded ...

The following was submitted by David Carrico, who spent 16 years with Churchill Downs, four years with TVG, and also was a consultant. Carrico said he's now an ''observer'' of the industry and believes there is more than meets the eye to a recent development: a pari-mutuel tax refund in Kentucky. This is an interesting take on takeout, which is ...

 Watching the beautiful sunrise over the mountains track side here at Santa Anita for the first time was just amazing. We had a few good shots of horse and rider riding in silhouette against the sun rise. There are a few horses working and a lot of horses I have not seen in person. I am tweeting on twitter all morning and have instant access ...

Being a Kentucky-bred ain't what it used to be as far as sales of young horses are concerned, according to Tommy Eastham of Legacy Bloodstock. Read what he has to say: ''The one thing I do think has been very apparent this year is that  everybody in the horse business and in state of Kentucky realizes that right now it's a disadvantage to ...