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Trainer Doug O’Neill was suspended by the New York State Gaming Commission for a medication violation and faces a similar sanction in the state of C [...]

Betting on the Breeders’ Cup was down slightly but it still had a positive effect on broader betting trends in the horse racing industry. Betting on [...]

2015 Breeders’ Cup host track Keeneland is popular with racing enthusiasts for its intimacy as much as anything else. The track has announced that t [...]

Embattled trainer Doug O’Neill will not be allowed to pre-enter horses in the 2014 Breeders’ Cup due to a suspension handed down by the New York S [...]

[...] In what was portrayed in the media as California Chrome’s ‘comeback race’ the result was anything but favorable for the Kentucky Derby winner. [...]

[...] California Chrome has already won the Eclipse Award for the 2014 Horse of the Year and the 2014 Three Year Old [...]

[...] win, California Chrome became the first Golden State-bred horse to win the annual honorific since Tiznow in 2000. [...]

[...] California Chrome will be back in action next year. Co-Owner Steve Coburn confirmed that after the Breeders’ [...]

[...] Hollendorfer is hoping to use the race to start another winning streak after Shared Belief started his career with seven consecutive victories before a loss in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. [...]

[...] of 2014. More experienced horse racing enthusiasts would dispute that and would likely offer Shared Belief as an example. After a late start to his three year old campaign Shared Belief has won three [...]

[...] Breeders’ Cup veteran Game on Dude (he is his regular rider) and Los Alamitos Derby winner Shared Belief. Game on Dude was excellent in his five year old campaign with five wins in graded stakes [...]

[...] involving Bayern. Second place went to Toast of New York who also appeared to interfere with Shared Belief who managed to finish in fourth despite being unable to catch a break the entire race. After [...]

[...] The richest single payday in US horse racing is the $5 million Breeders Cup Classic and this year there’s a record number of entries looking to take a crack at it. On [...]

Most casual race fans know of Belmont Park from the Belmont Stakes, the Triple Crown race hosted at the facility in late June. This is clearly a big e [...]

The Breeders’ Cup pre-entry deadline has passed and the biggest day in American horse racing is now just a week away. The official post position dra [...]

There’s been a rash of career ending injuries to high profile older horses lately. Thankfully, none have been life threatening. The latest horse to [...]

[...] of the Winter Meet. The 68 day meet runs through April 19. Less than a week later on April 25, Santa Anita will start their Spring-Summer Meet that runs through mid June. The demise of Hollywood Park [...]

[...] will likely move on to the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf over a mile at Santa Anita on October 31. The ‘star’ of the show and presumptive favorite is the Doug O’Neill [...]

[...] Jersey area there are serious questions about how he’ll respond to the cross country trip to Santa Anita. [...]

[...] increase of 4% over last year and the highest two day total of any Breeders’ Cup event at Santa Anita. Breeders’ Cup day resulted in a $1.3 million carryover for Sunday with a mandatory [...]

The Kentucky Derby is the biggest horse race in the United States. In most of the rest of the world–particularly Europe–it’s the Prix De l’Arc [...]

2013 Prix De l’Arc champion Treve had looked alternately mediocre and horrible this year. Three races with no victories and an extended layoff due t [...]

To the surprise of no one following her second straight Prix De l’Arc victory on Sunday, Treve has been retired from racing and will enter a breedin [...]

2013 Epsom Derby winner Ruler of the World is being targeted for another shot at the Prix De’l Arc and will get a ‘warmup race’ next weekend as [...]

[...] Treve had an epic three year old campaign culminating with a victory in the Prix de l’Arc–arguably the most important horse race in [...]

[...] commented that he’s ‘a bigger, stronger and better horse than he was in his three year old campaign’ and without confirming future plans gave good indication that he’ll be at the [...]

[...] continued to insist that he’ll be brought along slowly, at least during his two year old campaign: “We’ll take our time with him and won’t be in any panic. The good thing about [...]

[...] time of it lately as well. Defending champion Treve has generally had a disappointing four year old campaign with no wins in three races after winning her first five to begin her competitive career. [...]

[...] indicated that he might take a shot at running the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner in the Hollywood Derby–the first turf start in his career. After a workout on the Del Mar turf track on Monday, [...]

[...] run the Grade 1 events that were the highlight of the Hollywood Park card including the Hollywood Derby and the Matriarch Stakes. They’ve also re-named several races including Friday’s [...]

[...] says that there’s a very good chance that his horse will run in the Grade 1, $300,000 Hollywood Derby at Del Mar on November 29th. It would be California Chrome’s first career start on [...]

[...] California Chrome is now *officially* entered in the Hollywood Derby at Del Mar this Saturday. That’s significant for a couple of reasons–it was just a month ago [...]