By Jarrod Horak I am recapping the Breeders’ Cup Saturday 2024 action in three posts. In my first report, I looked back at the BC Filly & Mare Sprint, BC Turf Sprint, BC Distaff, and BC Turf. My second article featured a recap of the BC Classic, and I will recap the final four BC […]
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 […]
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 […]
Santa Park Wrap Up Santa Anita Park ended their five week fall stand on Sunday and it was a day for the long shots to come rolling in. With pretty near full fields in the second half of the race program and many just plain wide open events, this Sunday afternoon was ripe for the […]
By Jarrod Horak The Breeders’ Cup 2024 post positions were drawn on Monday, Oct. 28, and I will break down the Breeders’ Cup Classic field below. Check out my video at the bottom of this post for thoughts on the other eight races on Breeders’ Cup Saturday. Forever Young needs an alert beginning from the […]
Highest Performance Figures Earned By Each Horse Coming Into the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) | Saturday, November 2, 2024 | Race # 8 | Post Time 2:41 PM PT HORSE RACEDATE TRACK RACE RCL FIN POS FIRE CPR PAC RAT FNL RAT Next 9/23/2023 PRX 7 200 1 107 164 […]
Santa Anita Closing Week There is just one week left at Santa Anita this fall and then the circuit moves quickly down south to Del Mar for four weeks of racing starting on Thursday, October 31. Then one day later, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships of horse racing take place with the two year olds […]
By Jarrod Horak In this road to Kentucky Derby 2025 article, I will recap the Grade 1 Champagne, Breeders’ Futurity, and American Pharoah Stakes, the final three major prep races for the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. The Juvenile will be run Friday, Nov. 1 at Del Mar. In the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct […]
Two year old filly for Peter Eurton made her debut on Sunday in a maiden special weight event at five and a half on the main. Off at 8/1 in a field of 10, she “dwelt” a bit at the start to be away poorly and was quickly 8 lengths back of the field. She […]
Four year old gelding for Bob Hess Jr. made just his 3rd career start and 1st in 15 months in Sunday’s 7th, a 1st allowance condition 5/8 turf sprint for 3 and up. Off at 46/1 under Kent Desormeaux, he was void of any early speed and was last early on down the back side […]
