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The analysis of Friday’s and Saturday’s races will touch on favorites and longshots, but the emphasis is on value, so I’ll be looking mainly for price horses who could be worth a straight win bet. I will have an analysis of Friday’s card on today, followed by Saturday’s card excluding the Classic, and then the Classic. Any updates in the first ...

The Breeders’ Cup is always looking to make changes in order to improve the event. It started back when the Filly and Mare Turf was added. Some of the changes since have been good and some bad. For years, I have been an advocate for an all juvenile day on Friday, promoting it by saying, “Come see next year’s Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks ...

Three horses will try to defend their Breeders' Cup titles, and a pair of horses who won juvenile races at the event will look for more success in this year's World Championships. The three horses looking to repeat their 2017 success in the same race are Roy H in the TwinSpires Sprint (G1), Stormy Liberal in the Turf Sprint (G1T), and Talismanic ...

Accelerate's connections are just focusing for now on winning the Breeders' Cup Classic. But the truth is the 5-year-old is embroiled in a hot rivalry with a horse he has never faced and never will. We are all aware, especially judging by the weekly NTRA poll, that a victory by Accelerate in the Breeders' Cup Classic could actually snatch ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman We all know how dominant European shippers have been in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. I), and we all know that among the European shippers, those trainer by Ireland's Aidan O'Brien have enjoyed particularly spectacular success. Just look at the numbers—horses that ...

All it takes is a look at the list of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winners to know that the Juvenile and the Kentucky Derby are worlds apart. Not only does winning the biggest race for 2-year-olds have no bearing on what a horse does on the first Saturday in May, history tells us you’re better off eliminating the Juvenile winner from Derby ...

Successfully predicting the weather in Central Kentucky is harder than putting together a winning Pick 6 ticket. One thing for certain is the weather in this part of the country has definitely changed to “autumn.” Patagonia fleece and down vest jackets covering up traditional button-down shirts at Keeneland is a telltale sign. There’s no telling ...

There are forgotten horses; there are overlays; there are longshots; and then there are those horses who are all three and can be classified as potential bombs.With the depth of this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, you are going to get some huge prices on horses that don’t deserve to be huge prices. But remember, depth does not always equate to ...

In June of this year, Catholic Boy was winning the Pennine Ridge Stakes on grass at Belmont Park and 17 days later we watched Yoshida run his tail off to be beaten 1 1/4 lengths in the 15-horse Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot following his victory in the Old Forester Turf Classic at Churchill Downs. If there was an exacta future book wager ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The recent announcement that the two-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) winner Enable will travel to Churchill Downs to contest the Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. I) has caused quite a stir among handicappers and racing fans. Enable's brilliant form in Europe ensures that she'll start as ...