2016 Breeders' Cup Distaff Betting Odds PT 2: As it currently stands, the undefeated superstar Songbird is the reigning odds-on favourite to secure this race and that price is helped by the fact that her connections have reiterated that they have no plans to run against the boys for bigger money and are simply happy to stop by and pick up a... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Thursday, August 4, 2016 - 23:30
2016 Breeders' Cup Distaff Betting Odds PT 1: With the likes of Beholder looking increasingly as though she is heading towards the Breeders' Cup Classic at the end of the year instead of the Distaff, and that opens things up for a number of interesting fillies and mares on the female side in the United States- none more so than three-year-... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Thursday, August 4, 2016 - 23:29
Breeders' Cup Saturday Barn Notes From Santa Anita: An exciting day’s racing unfolded on Friday at Santa Anita Park as the long-shot punters got the best of the action after a series of enthralling contests in the California sunshine. There is still an awful lot to like about Saturday’s card and, if the day pans out anything like the... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Saturday, November 3, 2012 - 14:44
Breeders' Cup Day One Barn Notes From Santa Anita: BC Juvenile Sprint Merit Man considered the betting choice. A PVAL mount. undefeated. Local quality. Will be an interesting test of whether local class proves to be the kingmaker here. Horses for courses or what? Sweet Shirley May will be an interesting option and she is unlaced for two months and... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Friday, November 2, 2012 - 14:59
Early Morning Rain Expected Friday at Churchill Downs: Rain is in the forecast at Churchill Downs on Thursday but it is expected to clear up by early Friday morning and racecourse staff will be working diligently to get the ground ready ahead of the big Breeders' Cup meeting this weekend. Easily one of the biggest dates on the racing calendar, the... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 00:47
Gio Ponti To Tackle Goldikova in Breeders Cup Mile: One of the biggest features of the two day Breeders' Cup Meeting at Churchill Downs is the Mile race where living-legend Goldikova will attempt to win her fourth consecutive world championship. Surely to be the biggest-volume race for the European punters, the French super-mare is trading as a... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Friday, October 28, 2011 - 17:51
2011 Breeders' Cup Betting Preview: The Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing iteration of the world championships in quite some time. The ante post action is just starting to pick up a bit this week as the final declarations are coming in and we're seeing a number of horses either... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 16:23
2011 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Contenders: The 2011 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile boasts several interesting contenders, not the least of which is Preakness Stakes winner Shackleford – an out and out front-running dirt specialist. However, it appears as though it's the late-blooming Jackson Bend who is earning the plaudits as we get... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 16:19
Ballydoyle Lines up Breeders' Cup Entries: Virtually anybody following American racing already knows that Irish Champion Stakes winner and multiple Group 1 globetrotter So You Think is Breeders' Cup bound, but what you may not know is the significant Ballydoyle team shipping stateside for the world championships. CLICK HERE FOR YOUR... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 15:19
So You Think Pointed to Breeders' Cup: It appears as though the leading middle-distance horse in Europe is heading stateside next week as So You Think looks to be pointed towards the Breeders' Cup. Now majority-owned by Ballydoyle, his former full owner Dato Tan Chin Nam declared that he was ready to see the six-year-old contender... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 16:22