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By Steve Zorn  The Breeders' Cup is over. So let's get on to the important stuff.  Which is that racing returns to Aqueduct on Wednesday. Well, OK, perhaps Aqueduct isn't the center of the racing world any more - though it did host the Breeders Cup in 1985 - but for some of us in the game, it can be the center of our economic, ...

A 4-year-old campaign in which she captured four grade I stakes and three grade II contests to go 7-for-7 overall -- with earnings of over $2.1 million -- should wrap up a Horse of the Year title for Zenyatta (pedigree).  The filly by Street Cry (IRE) (SRO) out of Vertigineux (more on her later!) put in a stunning performance to capture the ...

Juvenile Turf Take your pick. Morning-line favorite Bittel Road and second choice Coronet of a Baron have a slight edge on paper, but this is a wide-open contest. Bittel Road, trained by Todd Pletcher, is undefeated in three starts but his speed figures are nothing staggering compared to these. He'll hope for a hot pace to close from. Coronet of ...

Welcome to Breeder’s Cup Day!  We were handed the reins of the TBA Blog this week and were to start at a relatively inopportune moment – Breeder’s Cup Day (or Day 2, if you prefer).  Given the justifiable focus on the best our industry has to offer today as well as ad nauseum blogs on the races themselves, we will resume your ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston  Each year when the Breeders' Cup comes around I start thinking about the winners of the past.  So I thought I would take a look at my top three races or winners in the seven core Breeders' Cup races. Breeders' Cup Sprint I know I'm in the minority, but I liked when the sprint started the ...

By Teresa Genaro, Brooklyn Backstretch What agony to be a fan of the distaff side in November of 1988. Root for the undefeated Personal Ensign, who had beaten colts in the Whitney two months earlier? Or root for the Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors? How to choose? Each time I watch the race (available here from The Blood-Horse, ...

By Alan Mann, Left at the Gate I know that Patrick would like to see Curlin disappear. That seems like wishful thinking to me. I believe that Curlin will win the Classic. Actually, he has to win. Forget the Euro horses just for a moment....and this is a field that the champ should handle without too much of a problem in my opinion. I say ...

Marathon Earlier in the week I was leaning towards Delightful Kiss, who enters in good form and has consecutive grade III wins over synthetic surfaces. His bullet work at Golden Gate Oct. 12 confirms the 4-year-old gelding is as good as he has ever been for Pete Anderson. As the week has gone on, however, I am feeling the Euros more, especially ...

By Gene Kershner, Equispace So we've had 22 days of racing on the new Pro-Ride surface at the Oak Tree Meet at Santa Anita through today and what have we learned. Well for one, it takes a long time to chart the analysis of every synthetic race to see if there are any angles out there. BTW, I was happy to do it and it helped me learn a ...

A Blissful Kiss:Driving to Keeneland from a previous evening in Louisville was quite an adventure Sunday. I did make it to Keeneland in time for race 7 finally, in time to see the jockeys load and hear the call to post trumpet sound. However, I had to make my way to the box seats and by the time I made it there, the horses were loading in the ...