Fields Coming Together for Jenny Wiley and Other Keeneland Stakes

Breeders’ Cup Photo © With the Keeneland Spring Meet officially underway and a fantastic Saturday of racing scheduled for April 8th, the fields are already taking shape for Keeneland’s upcoming stakes races on April 13th, 14th, and 15th. One of the … Continued

2016 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf Pre-Entries

Breeders’ Cup Photo © The very popular Lady Eli and her grade I-winning stablemate Sea Calisi are among the sixteenth fillies and mares that have been pre-entered in the $2,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. I) at Santa Anita. The star three-year-old … Continued

Catch a Glimpse, Mokat, Harmonize Prepare for Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup

Breeders’ Cup Photo One day after winning the Breeders’ Futurity (gr. I) at Keeneland with Classic Empire, trainer Mark Casse sent out his talented three-year-old filly Catch a Glimpse to breeze four furlongs at Keeneland. According to clockers, the daughter of City Zip … Continued

Casse Lays Plans for Tepin, Catch a Glimpse, and Noble Bird

Keeneland Photo NYRA Press Release: Mark Casse worked several of his Grade 1 stakes stars Friday morning, as Tepin and World Approval worked on the Oklahoma turf course within minutes of each other, shortly after Noble Bird went a sharp half-mile … Continued

Fields Coming Together for Stars and Stripes Racing Festival

Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos NYRA Press Release: The fields are coming together for the third annual Stars & Stripes Festival at Belmont Park, which features six graded stakes worth nearly $4 million, anchored by the Grade 1, $1.25 million Belmont … Continued

Noble Bird Targets Suburban Handicap

Noble Bird (right) finishing second in the Ben Ali Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland – Keeneland Photo Churchill Downs Press Release: John C. Oxley’s Noble Bird, sixth in the June 11 Metropolitan Handicap (GI) at Belmont Park, will return to the New … Continued

Fields Coming Together for Derby Week Stakes Races

Eclipse champion Big Blue Kitten is among the probable starters for the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes (gr. I) at Churchill Downs – Breeders’ Cup Photo © With less than two weeks remaining until the May 6th Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) … Continued

2015 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Post Positions

Keeneland Photo Catch a Glimpse, who unleashed a spectacular turn-of-foot to win the Natalma Stakes (gr. II) at Woodbine, is among fourteen two-year-old fillies that are entered to race in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. I) on October … Continued

A Few Thoughts on the NA-Based BC Juvenile Fillies Turf Starters

Keeneland Photo With such a deep and wide-open field, the $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. I) is a tricky race to handicap. After spending some time this evening going over the race, here are a few of my thoughts on … Continued