LET'S GO TO THE RACES - Dec. 31 / Jan 1

A quick reference tool meant to help the newer fan (like me!)  NOTE:  AFTER A RACE HAS BEEN RUN, you can return here, click on the CARD to view the Results and watch a REPLAY.

DRF: Watchmaker's Divisional Rankings - 12-12-11

NTRA Poll

BloodHorse - Stakes Entries Index for next several days
Horse Racing Nation's Stakes Tracker - See Who's Probable
Links to past races for each horse entered

FEATURED RACES:

GULFSTREAM PARK
Saturday, December 31

Mr. Prospector | G3 | $100,000 | 3yo+ | 6f | Race 11 | 4:45 pm ET
Mr. Prospector S - CARD
DRF: Race Preview - VIDEO
Apriority early favorite
DRF: Race Preview with Dan Ullman plus Article about race

Sunday, January 1
Bring on the brand new Three Year Olds!!
BHorse: Old Hat for fillies & Gulfstream Derby for 3yo

First stakes race for brand-new three year old fillies will be the Old Hat Stakes
Old Hat S | G3 | $100,000 | 3yof | 6f | Race 9 | 4:17 pm ET | HRTV
BHorse: Old Hat CARD
DRF: Dan Illman previews the Old Hat - VIDEO

Gulfstream Park Derby S | Inaugural | $100,000 | 1 1/16 mi | 3 yo | Race 10 | 4:45 pm ET | HRTV
BHorse:  Gulfstream Derby CARD
My picks are Gold Megillah, Casual Trick, and Ancient Rome.  Ancient Rome is probably the favorite and he carries high weight at 120 lbs.
DRF: Dan Illman previews the inaugural Gulfstram Derby - VIDEO

Here are some recent race replays for my three favorites:
BHorse: Race Replay VIDEO Ancient Rome in Spectacular Bid
Casual Trick (son of Bernardini) - Won his second race, maiden, by 2 1/2 lengths - Race 6, Churchill Downs, Nov. 18:  BHorse:  Race Replay VIDEO - Casual Trick wins his maiden by 2 1/2
BHorse: Race Replay VIDEO Gold Megillah wins maiden by 18 1/2

SANTA ANITA
Saturday, December 31
BHorse: Turbulent Descent seeks to rebound in La Brea
LaBrea S | G1 | $300,000 | 3yof | 7f | Race 7 | 4:07 pm PT | HRTV
BHorse: La Brea - CARD
BHorse: THS - Race Preview VIDEO
DRF: Dan Illman previews the La Brea - VIDEO

Sunday, January 1

DRF: Dan Illman previews the Robert Frankel - VIDEO

Robert J Frankel S | $150,000 | G2 | 1 1/8 mi | 4 yo+ f/m | Race 8 | 4:07 pm PT | HRTV
BHorse: Robert J Frankel S - CARD
City to City is the high weight at 123. Miss Mittagong, 5 yo Pleasantly Perfect mare, is the entry by Ben Cecil who won the race last year.
BHorse: Trainer Cecil after repeat in Robert Frankel

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - Nov 19-21

A quick reference tool meant to help the newer fan (like me!)  NOTE:  AFTER A RACE HAS BEEN RUN, you can return here, click on the CARD to view the Results and watch a REPLAY.

DRF: Watchmaker's Divisional Rankings - 11-14-11

NTRA Poll

BloodHorse - Stakes Entries Index for next several days

FEATURED RACES:

DELTA DOWNS JACKPOT 

Saturday, Nov. 19: DRF will LIVE STREAM the full day's card, including the three headline events.  Over $2 million in purses
DRF: Delta Down Live Streaming of Full Card - VIDEO

HOLLYWOOD TURF CUP GRADE 1
DRF Jay Hovdey: Acclamation yields spotlight for time being
The West Coast stakes action on Saturday will feature the Grade 1, $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup, for 3yo+. DRF's Jay Hovdey gives us a run down on the field for this 1 1/2 mile test of endurance, which includes the Neil Drysdale trained mare, Miss Match (ARG), at 10-1 with Mike Smith aboard. Another Drysdale trainee, Bourbon Bay, 5-2, will be ridden by Garrett Gomez. Also entered is an invader fr...om the East Coast and the 2-1 favorite, Sanagas (GER), trained by Graham Motion and ridden by Rajiv Maragh. Hovdey likes Norvsky, 7-2, with Rafael Bejarano up, and describes Norvsky as being an Acclamation understudy. There's a nice story about Norvsky, who is out of a "barren" mare, or thought to be anyway, and out pops Norvsky, who has 15 in the money efforts in 16 races with winnings just shy of $400,000. The second-stringer (to Acclamation, his stable-mate, anyway) from the cast-off mare, has a chance to shed the second-stringer status as he makes his Grade 1 stakes debut. The morning line on Norvsky is 7-2.

MOUNTAINEER - Rapid Redux run for #20 
Mon. Nov. 21
$14,900 - 1 mile - 3yo+ - Starter Allowance - Race 8 - 9:55 pm ET
CARD - Race 8 - Mountaineer - Mon. Nov 21
Rapid Redux Lifetime Performances - Rapid Redux lifetime past performances thru 10-26-2011
Brisnet: Rapid Redux seeks history while going for 20th straight
DRF: Rapid Redux shoots for record straight 20th win

More races and cards below.

BREEDERS' CUP

BREEDERS CUP INFO ON A RACE BY RACE BASIS FROM TWO GREAT SOURCES:

Daily Racing Form
DRF's Breeder's Cup site with the probable field, odds by Mike Watchmaker, comments by Jay Privman.  There is a link for each of the races, the EARLY ODDS, the PROBABLE FIELDS, and many VIDEOS by the top handicappers with the DRF
DRF: Breeders Cup World Championships - Churchill Downs

Brian Zipse's Horse Racing Nation
Probable/Possible Entries as provided by Horse Racing Nation
Below are each of the races with the Start Times (ET) linked to HRN's "probable field" Stakes Tracker.
Nov 4
2011 Breeders Cup Schedue-Times
Churchill Downs:

Post (ET)	Race Name	Grade	Purse	Distance
4:10 PM	Breeders' Juvenile Sprint	New	$500,000	6 Furlongs
4:50 PM	Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf	II	$1,000,000	1 Mile
5:30 PM	Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly/Mare Sprint	I	$1,000,000	7 Furlongs
6:10 PM	Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies	I	$2,000,000	1 1/16 Mi
6:50 PM	Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly/Mare Turf	I	$2,000,000	1 3/8 Mi
7:30 PM	Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic	I	$2,000,000	1 1/8 Mi

Nov. 5
Churchill Downs:

Post (ET)	Race Name	Grade	Purse	Distance
1:20 PM	Breeders' Cup Marathon	II	$500,000	1 3/4 Miles
2:02 PM	Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf	I	$1,000,000	1 Mile
2:37 PM	Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint	I	$1,500,000	6 Furlongs
3:21 PM	Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint	II	$1,000,000	5 Furlongs
4:01 PM	Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile	I	$2,000,000	1 1/16 Miles
4:45 PM	TVG Breeders' Cup Mile	I	$2,000,000	1 Mile
5:25 PM	Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile	I	$1,000,000	1 Mile
6:07 PM	Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf	I	$3,000,000	1 1/2 Miles
7:00 PM	Breeders Cup Classic	I	$5,000,000	1 1/4 Miles

Below are links to articles leading up to the Breeders Cup, and other significant races, including the Melbourne Cup:

DRF: Twirling Candy retired!
So You Think on course for Breeders' Cup Classic
"He could have won three Cox Plates but [we] wanted to take on the world," Chin Nam told the Sydney Morning Herald.  He has showcased Australian racing to the world and showed that we can match them. It has taken two course records to beat him [in his last two starts]. I hope he can go better in America."
Breeders Cup: Mr. Commons & Harmonious prep for Shirreffs
TTimes: Union Rags on target for BC Juvenile
TTimes: Big Drama preps for BC Sprint

Also:  Info on the Melbourne Cup, Nov. 1, "The Race That Stops a Nation"!!
Nov 1
Melbourne Cup - Melbourne is 13 hours AHEAD of New York
Sheikh Fahad's Dunaden new favorite for Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup - Jukebox Jury (Montjeu), Dunaden

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - OCT 7-9

A quick reference tool meant to help the newer fan (like me!)  NOTE:  AFTER A RACE HAS BEEN RUN, you can return here, click on the CARD to view the Results and watch a REPLAY.

This is opening weekend of the Keeneland fall meet. Daily Racing Form is providing streaming video for the meet.  See details:  DRF: Keeneland Fall Meet Oct 7-29 - STREAMING VIDEO of every Race Day

Horse Racing Nation Fall Preview

DRF: Watchmaker's Divisional Rankings - 10-3-2011

NTRA Poll

BloodHorse - Stakes Entries Index for next several days

Breeders Cup Challenge 2011 - Race Replays - Video replays qualifying races for "Win and You're In"

Following are the CARDS at each track with major races.  To view all races listed here in Time Ordered Format by Eastern Time:  http://db.tt/EtwrjVfF

KEENELAND
Oct 7
Darley Alcibiades S. (G1), 2yo, $400,000, 1 1/16 mi, Race 9, 5:45 pm ET, TVG
BHorse: Alcibiades S - CARD       DRF: Preview of Alcibiades - VIDEO
BHorse: Unbeaten Tu Endie Wei heads full field of Prep for Breeders Juvenile Fillies

 

Oct 8
Woodford S (G3), $100,000, 3&up, 5.5f (turf) Race 5, 3:27 pm ET   TVG

BHorse: Woodford Stakes - CARD

BHorse: Expect full gate for Keeneland's Woodford

Thoroughbred Club of America S (G2), $200,000, 3&up, f/m, 6f BC, Race 6, 4:01 pm ET  TVG

BHorse: Thoroughbred Club of America - CARD

BHorse: Shotgun Gulch, Switch meet in TCA
DRF: Switch to follow Dubai Majesty's footsteps in TCA Stakes

First Lady S (G1), $350,000g, 3&up, f/m, 8f (turf), Race 7, 4:37 pm ET  TVG

BHorse: First Lady Stakes - CARD

BHorse: First Lady boasts large international field

Dixiana Breeders' Futurity (G1), $400,000g, 2yo, 8.5f BC, Race 8, 5:13 pm ET   TVG/VERSUS

BHorse: Diana Breeders Futurity - CARD

BHorse: Majestic City and Shared Property top an overflow field of Breeders Futurity
BHorse: Two Grade 3 winners top Breeders Futurity

Shadwell Turf Mile (G1), $600,000g, 3&up, 8f (turf) BC, Race 9, 5:45 pm ET

BHorse: Shadwell Turf Mile - CARD

BHorse: Gio Ponti seeks to repeat at the Shadwell while imports add intrigue

BloodHorse That Handicapping Show - VIDEO - Shadwell

Oct 9
Juddmonte Spinster S (G1), $500,000g, 3&up, f/m, 1 1/8 mi BC, Race 9, 5:45 pm ET
BHorse: Juddmonte Spinster S - CARD
BHorse: Wide open spinster tough to crack
Theysken's Theory (Bernardini), Pachattack
DRF: Spinster draws deep well-matched field

Bourbon S (G3), $100,000, 2yo, turf, 1 1/16 mi, Race 8, 5:13 pm ET

BHorse: Bourbon Stakes - CARD

TV COVERAGE FOR HORSE RACING:

AUTUMN AT KEENELAND (All times ET)
10/7	Darley Alcibiades S (G1), Ogden Phoenix S (G3)	5-6 p.m.	VERSUS
10/8	Shadwell Turf Mile (G1), Dixiana Breeders' Futurity (G1)	5-6 p.m.	VERSUS
10/9	Juddmonte Spinster S (G1), Bourbon S (G3)	5-6 p.m.	VERSUS
10/15	Queen Eliz. II Challenge (G1), Keeneland 75th Anniv	5-6 p.m.	NBC

Other tracks, racing cards below

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - OCT 1-2
SUPER SATURDAY!

A quick reference tool meant to help the newer fan (like me!)  Note: Most links are current, however, some links update as of the Friday before Saturday race day. I usually start posting the cards for the weekend races on Wednesday afternoon. Up until the actual cards are available, I sometimes use Horse Racing Nation's "Stakes Tracker" for a 'probable' card.

SUPER SATURDAY! FALL RACING AT A FEVER PITCH: 
It's time to gear up for an incredible U.S. 19 Grade 1 races in 8 days beginning Saturday, Oct. 1.

SHORT CUT: Races arranged by EDT:  All Major Races Oct 1 & 2 arranged by EDT with CARDS

LIVE! Andy Serling Talking Horses each race day 12 oon-12:30 ET - Belmont races

It's time to gear up for an incredible U.S. 19 Grade 1 races in eight days beginning Saturday with FIVE AT BELMONT: Jockey Club Gold Cup, Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, Beldame, Flower Bowl, Vosburgh, and THREE AT SANTA ANITA: Lady's Secret, Goodwood, Norfolk.  Also, 3 Grade 2 races at Parx and Hoosier.

If SUPER SATURDAY wasn’t super enough in the U.S., the biggest day in FRANCE features some of Europe’s richest purses on SUNDAY. The French races will be played in the morning in the U.S.

BHorse: HRTV to air SUPER SATURDAY and Arc

HRTV will provide coverage of the U.S. stakes extravaganza on tap for Oct. 1, a major day of racing leading up to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, and the Oct. 2 Qatar Prix de l’ Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) from Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France with hosts at each venue to provide color commentary.

ESPN Classic (ESPN3) to air horse racing on Saturday, Oct. 1, 4:30-7:30 pm ET. 
Racing on TV - NTRA
DRF: BC Preview Weekend - Oct 1 & 2- STREAMING LIVE VIDEO
HRTV Racing Calendar

Full cards, more races, news and other details listed below.
 

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - SEP 24-25

A quick reference tool meant to help the newer fan (like me!)  Note: Most links are current, however, some links update as of the Friday before Saturday race day. I usually start posting the cards for the weekend races on Wednesday afternoon. Up until the actual cards are available, I sometimes use Horse Racing Nation's "Stakes Tracker" for a 'probable' card.

 DRF: Weekend stakes preview - videos

HEADLINES:  PENNSYLVANIA DERBY - PARX: RATTLESNAKE BRIDGE will seek to move forward from his second in the Travers in Satuday's $1,000,000 Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby.  He will face challenges by RULER ON ICE, he early favorite, but some say TO HONOR AND SERVE is the horse to beat.  The GALLANT BLOOM H - BELMONT: POMEROY'S PISTOL will be the lone three year old filly in a field of her elders in the Gallant Bloom H on Saturday. The 6.5f  Grade 2 sprint for f/m will include multiple stakes winner TAR HEEL MOM and TAMARIND HALL. Pomeroy's Pistol is using the Gallant Bloom as a prep for the Breeders Cup Fillies and Mares Sprint.  KENT STAKES - DELAWARE PARK:  Denied a sweep of Arlington Park's Mid-America Triple by a strong European contingent in the August 13 Secretariat S. (G1), WILLCOX INN (Harlan's Holiday) still rates as one of the leading three-year-olds on grass in the U.S. The Mike Stidham trainee can reaffirm that view Saturday in the $250,000 Kent S. (G3) at Delaware Park, which is scheduled at nine furlongs on the turf.  KENTUCKY CUP - TURFWAY: The Kentucky Cup features two-time Grade 1 hero GENERAL QUARTERS (Sky Mesa) and Grade 2 winner WORKIN FOR HOPS (City Zip), but neither of them rates as the morning-line favorite. That distinction goes to the Mike Maker-trained BARYSHNIKOV (Empire Maker), who has been tabbed as the slight choice at 3-1 to earn his first graded victory. BLUEGRASS CAT JUVENILE - TURFWAY PARK: In the Juvenile division, HANSEN will be looking to duplicate his spectacular debut on September 9 which he won by 12+ lengths. SELENE STAKES - WOODBINE: Never a factor in the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) one month ago, Queen's Plate winner Inglorious gets back on Woodbine's Polytrack for the $250,000 Selene Stakes (Can-III) Sept. 25.  Full cards, more races, news and other details listed below.

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - SEP 17-18

A quick reference tool meant to help the newer fan (like me!)  Note: Most links are current, however, some links update as of the Friday before Saturday race day. I usually start posting the cards for the weekend races on Wednesday afternoon. Up until the actual cards are available, I sometimes use Horse Racing Nation's "Stakes Tracker" for a 'probable' card.

 DRF: Weekend stakes preview - videos

BELMONT

Sep 17
Garden City (G1), $250,000g, 3yo f, 9f (turf), Race 9, 5:18 pm ET
Sensational!


My commentary on the Garden City:  I totally disagree with the commentators at the end of the Garden City race where they said it was not the jockey's fault in the Lake Placid, and they were unwilling to give credit to Javier's handling of the Garden City race. Early on, Tom Durkin’s call was Winter Memories was 3 or 4 lengths from the front, then he noted she had lost a few positions. Javier deliberately slowed her down and dropped her toward the back of the pack...he wasn't going to make the same mistake getting her bottled up in mid-pack as Jose did. I think Javier did a masterful job of not panicking, taking her to the outside and then letting her talent take over. IMHO, Jose (Lezcano) could have done the exact same thing in the Lake Placid race, but instead he chose to keep her mid-pack and it allowed others to control her fate. I give total credit to Javier for this one. And he rewarded her with a hand-ride to the finish. That was just beautiful!

BHorse: Garden City - CARD

POINT/COUNTERPOINT

Commentary: Time to change the structure

Posted: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:01 PM

Thoroughbred Times

by Fred A. Pope
In the movie Field of Dreams, the theme was “If you build it, they will come.”  Before 1968, that theme built a lot of golf courses with events to lure professional golfers. At that time, golf was a facility-centric sport, meaning the facility where the sport is played controls everything, the product, the price, distribution, and marketing.  Read more...
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Related information and background.  The Jockey Club Roundtable in August 2011. Jockey Club Roundtable - Aug 2011 VIDEO    Report by McKinsey & Co., "Driving sustainable growth for Thoroughbred racing and breeding".   Jockey Club - McKinsey Report - PDF file
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Commentary:  Fred Pope's Creative Thinking Based on Faulty Logic
Posted:  09/13/2011 1:08PM
The Daily Racing Form

by Stan Bergstein
Pope, a determined Lexington, Ky., advertising executive, racing commentator, and iconoclast, issued another lengthy commentary on the state of the game this week – this one taking up six pages of single-spaced copy on a PC printer – continuing his decades-long effort to convince racing it is following the wrong road.  Read more...

Stan Bergstein is executive vice president of Harness Tracks of America and has been administrative head of that association for 49 years. His wide involvement in racing has included stints as a television commentator, racing secretary, race announcer, auctioneer, owner, and breeder, as well as a seat on the board of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium. Bergstein is the only person ever named to both harness racing's Hall of Fame and the Racing Hall of Fame.

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - SEP 10-11


Biggest:

9-10: LOUISIANA DOWNS

Super Derby (gr. II), $500,000g, 3yo, 9f

BHorse: Super Derby CARD

DRF: Super Derby new date works fine

HRN: Prayer for Relief, Alternation top the Super Derby field

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - SEP 3-4



Biggest:

DRF: Labor Day Weekend Racing Round Up - Will have Live Video
International:
Sep 3 - Sat
Leopardstown (Dublin), Ireland
6:45 Irish champion Stakes (G1) 1 1/4 mi  3yo+  1:45 pm ET
Racing Post: Irish Champion S - CARD

Racing Post: So You Think 1-3 for Irish Champion Stakes
DRF: So You Think odds choice for Irish Champion - LIVE VIDEO
Irish Champion Stakes - RACE VIDEO - So You Think wins over Snow Fairy


Sep 3
Filly, Havre de Grace challenging the boys in the Woodward!
Sartatoga: The Woodward (gr. I), $750,000g, 3&up, 1 1/8 mi


BHorse: Woodward CARD
DRF: The Woodward Preview - VIDEO BHorse: Havre de Grace to face seven in Woodward

Saratoga: Forego (gr. I), $250,000g, 3&up, 7f
BHorse: Forego CARD

WATCH RACHEL ALEXANDRA'S HISTORIC WIN OF THE WOODWARD IN 2009!  The Woodward - 2009 - VIDEO

Saratoga: Personal Ensign S (gr. I), $300,000g, 3&up, f/m, 1 1/4 mi
BHorse: Personal Ensign CARD

Del Mar Derby (gr. IIT), $250,000g, 3yo, 9f (turf)

Midnight Interlude in a field of 10

BHorse: Del Mar Derby CARD

Sep 5 - Labor Day

Turf Monster Tops Lucrative Parx Program

By Jason Shandler

Updated: Friday, September 2, 2011 3:21 PM

Led by the grade III Turf Monster Handicap, Parx Racing in Pennsylvania will card three lucrative stakes worth a total of $850,000 on Labor Day, Sept. 5.  The $350,000 Turf Monster is a “Win and You’re In” race for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs. The five-furlong race drew a field of 12.  Read more: Read more at BloodHorse...

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - AUG 27-28



Biggest:

BloodHorse: Epic Weekend Looms - Division lead at stake in Travers

Horse Racing Nation: Brian Zipse covers racing!

Aug 27
Travers S (gr. I), $1,000,000g, 3yo, 1 1/4 mi


BHorse: The Travers CARD

Coil (Haskell), Ruler On Ice (Belmont), Shackleford (Preakness), and Stay Thirsty (Jim Dandy). Nothing short of the Three Year Old Championship is on the line.
TTimes: Stay Thirsty favored for Travers over Haskell trio
DRF: Travers Stay Thirsty Can Claim Top Spot
Brisnet Feature: Championship implications abound in Travers - James Scully

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - AUG 20-21 


Biggest - THE FILLIES SHINE:
Sat, Aug 20
Saratoga: TVG Alabama  | G1 | 1 1/4mi  | 3yo f | $500,000 - NBC 5-6 ET
BHorse: It's Tricky seeks third straight G1 & Triple Tiara crown
Plum Pretty, Royal Delta, Inglorious, St. John's River challenge It's Tricky
Loaded field of 3 year old fillies, with multiple stakes winners jockeying for division position
BHorse: TVG Alabama CARD

Del Mar: Del Mar Oaks (gr. IT), $250,000g, 3yo f, 9f (turf)
BHorse: Del Mar Oaks CARD
Brisnet: Nereid, Cambina meet again in Del Mark Oaks
Nereid, Star Billing, John Shirreffs' trainees try to beat Cambina and Summer Soiree

Sun, Aug 21
Saratoga: Woodford Reserve Lake Placid (gr. II), $150,000g, 3yo f, 9f (turf)
BHorse: Woodford Reserve - CARD
HRN: All eyes on Winter Memories

NEWS:
Blind Luck likely to race in Pacific Classic at Del Mar Aug 28
Moody mulls over Manikato for Black Caviar next race Sept. 30

The Juvenile Crop

Brisnet: Union Rags garners riches, respect in Saratoga Special
HRN: Future Star Watch - Jake Mo July 15, 2011
DRF: Zenyatta's breeder has two must-see fillies

FLASH: Havre de Grace confirmed for the Woodward Sept. 3! Read more...
FLASH: Del Mar: Blind Luck likely in the Pacific Classic Aug 28! Read more...

A quick reference tool meant to help the newer fan (like me!)  Note: Most links are current, however, some links update as of the Friday before Saturday race day.

COOL TIP:  Come back here after the races and click on the cards for the featured races below and see the RESULTS and Order of Finish, as well as VIDEO REPLAY of the race.  Also:  to get the results for all the races on a particular day, this is BloodHorse's results page:  Race Results  There will be a "short list" but scroll down and click on "View Full List".  Most will have videos of the races!! Easy way to get a roundup of a day's racing action quickly!!

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - AUG 13-14 


Biggest:  Arlington Million, 1 1/4mi, $1Million
Beverly D. , Secretariat S at Arlington Park, all  Grade 1 races on the turf.  A couple international stars will include Cape Blanco and Treasure Beach, two from the stable of renowned Euro trainer, Aidan O'Brien.

Weekend Warrior - Arlington Million - DRF


DRF: More videos, including Mike Watchmaker

NEWS:

BHorse: Wrap-up of Saratoga Fasig-Tipton Sale with some impressive numbers
DRF: Watchmaker looks at case for top 3 year old heading into Travers Aug. 27
Check the International racing section below for Goldikova's race next Monday at Deauville!
Also on the International scene, the British Champions Series continues with the renewal of the Juddmonte in the UK on Wednesday!


A quick reference tool meant to help the newer fan (like me!)  Note: Most links are current, however, some links update as of the Friday before Saturday race day.

COOL TIP:  Come back here after the races and click on the cards for the featured races below and see the RESULTS and Order of Finish, as well as VIDEO REPLAY of the race.  Also:  to get the results for all the races on a particular day, this is BloodHorse's results page:  Race Results  There will be a "short list" but scroll down and click on "View Full List".  Most will have videos of the races!! Easy way to get a roundup of a day's racing action quickly!!

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