The Breeders’ Cup began 27 years ago at Hollywood Park with seven season-ending championship races and an unprecedented $10 million in purses. This year’s version, hosted by Churchill Downs, will be a 15-race, $26 million extravaganza, held over two days, and encompass almost every division of the sport...
by
Blood-Horse Staff
on
11-02-2011
If Sea the Stars does not make the trip to California, which seems more likely than not, and joins Rachel Alexandra on the absentee list, it will create a void never before seen in the Breeders' Cup. Assuming Sea the Stars does not run, it is safe to say that no two greater horses have ever eluded the...
by
cdawahare@bloodhorse.com
on
10-06-2009
Yesterday's Blog: http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/adamsturf/archive/2009/08/13/the-bald-caper.aspx After filming and editing That Handicapping Show for about two months now, I have heard the name Kensei mentioned twice in different shows. The name Kensei was pretty interesting and what Jason, Tom, Evan...
by
aspradling
on
08-14-2009
It doesn't matter what month it is on the calendar, Horse of the Year debate is always fun. And since some of you brought it up on the previous blog, let's examine it a little deeper. Before we do, let me preface this by saying what we are doing here is pure speculation. There are a ton of ‘what ifs...
by
Jason Shandler
on
07-15-2009
We're now a little more than five weeks into the Breeders' Cup season and the divisions are beginning to take shape. The continuing story thus far is how the male division seemingly gets more ordinary every day while the female division continues to get more exciting. Unless this Big Brown-Curlin thing...
by
Jason Shandler
on
08-12-2008