Sierra Leone breezes at Belmont Park

Sierra Leone is the boss in Breeders’ Cup Classic

By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic was the marquee event on Saturday, November 2, 2024, and Sierra Leone stormed home from off to pace to beat post time favorite Fierceness by a length and a half. Japanese invader Forever Young finished third and made it a clean sweep for sophomores. […]

Breeders’ Cup Saturday 2024 Recap Part 1

By Jarrod Horak The Breeders’ Cup Saturday card is complete and I will recap all of the action in three posts. In this report, I will look back at the BC Filly & Mare Sprint, BC Turf Sprint, BC Distaff, and BC Turf. My next article will feature a recap of the BC Classic, and […]

Breeders’ Cup Friday 2024 Stakes Recaps

By Jarrod Horak The Breeders’ Cup Friday card is complete and Bob Baffert’s $675,000 Into Mischief colt Citizen Bull wrapped up the juvenile title with a wire-to-wire upset in the Grade 1, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Check out all of the Breeders’ Cup Friday 2023 results below. Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (21.77, 44.69, […]

Fierceness wins 2024 Travers Stakes

Breeders’ Cup Classic 2024 Analysis

By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic will be run at Del Mar on Saturday, November 2, 2024. The fourteen entrants will travel 1 1/4 miles on the main track and City of Troy is the 5-2 morning line favorite. The BC Classic goes as the eighth race on Saturday with a […]

Vodka With a Twist: Huge Effort While Holding Second Beaten by Four at Wire

Two year old filly for Phil D’Amato tried two turns for the 1st time in her 6 time race career on Friday in the Grade 1 B/C juvenile Fillies at a mile and a sixteenth on the main. Off at 8/1 and bet down from a morning line of 20/1 in a field of 9, […]

Gaming wins 2024 Del Mar Futurity

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile 2024 Analysis

By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile will be run at Del Mar on Friday, November 1, 2024. The ten juvenile males will travel 1 1/16 miles on the main track and East Avenue is the 5-2 morning line favorite. The BC Juvenile goes as the ninth race on Friday with a scheduled […]

Immersive wins 2024 Spinaway Stakes

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies 2024 Analysis

By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies will be run at Del Mar on Friday, November 1, 2024. Bob Baffert’s filly Non Compliant scratched and that leaves a field of nine. They will travel 1 1/16 miles on the main track and Scottish Lassie is the 5-2 morning line favorite. The […]

Navajo Warrior: Stopped Twice, Shuffled Back And Went On To Win

Three year old Candy Ride gelding tried a mile on the main track in a maiden claimer in the opener on Thursday. Off as the 8/5 choice in a field of six, he broke alertly under the apprentice Carmona and dueled into the clubhouse turn. He did have to check on the fence coming out […]

Broski (IRE): May Have Been The Best And Should Get The Job Done Next Time Out

Two year old colt for Phil D’Amato, making just his 2nd career start and 1st in the U.S., had a pretty rough trip in the stretch on Thursday in a one mile maiden special weight event. Off at 9/5 in a field of 10 under Prat, he sat fifth on the fence into the clubhouse […]

2024 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile: Highest Final Time Rating Has Picked The Winner 5 Years In a Row

Highest Performance Figures Earned By Each Horse Coming Into the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile The Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) |  Saturday, November 2, 2024  | Race #12  | Post Time 5:25 PM PST HORSE RACE DATE TRACK RACE SURFACE RACE TYPE FINISH FIRE CPR HIGHEST FNL RAT Fluffy Socks 5/18/2024 […]