Probable Starters for Super Saturday Breeders’ Cup Preps

Oscar Performance winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita (Photo by Zoe Metz/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup) With the Breeders’ Cup just over five weeks away, a huge slate of key prep races will be held this weekend at racetracks … Continued

California Shippers Arrive for Oaklawn Stakes Races

Stellar Wind arriving at Oaklawn Park – Coady Photography As the 2017 Oaklawn Park meet approaches its climax, a planeload of talented California-based horses arrived at Oaklawn on April 11th with plans to compete in the track’s upcoming graded stakes races. Leading the way … Continued

Mor Spirit Drills For Possible Santa Anita Handicap Start

© Benoit Photo By Ed Golden, Santa Anita Publicity Mor Spirit, second to Dubai-bound Hoppertunity in the San Antonio Stakes on Feb. 4, worked four furlongs in company with his conqueror at 7:45 Thursday morning in a drill that could … Continued

2016 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Pre-Entries

Breeders’ Cup Photo © Reigning Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I) champion Runhappy will attempt to stretch his speed to a mile when he faces a quality field in the $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) on November 4th at Santa Anita. The talented … Continued

2016 Breeders’ Cup Mile Pre-Entries

Breeders’ Cup Photo © An impressive total of 23 horses have been pre-entered in the $2,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. I), including defending winner Tepin and the star European miler Alice Springs. Nine horses have been placed on the also-eligible list, including four-time Breeders’ … Continued

I’m a Chatterbox Adds Intrigue to Deep Division

I’m a Chatterbox at Keeneland on October 11th – Keeneland Photo With Beholder and Cavorting staking their claims as the leading older females in the country, and with Songbird and Carina Mia impressing in major races on opposite coasts, 2016 is already shaping up to be a great … Continued

Beholder Seeks Historic Win in Pacific Classic

Breeders’ Cup Photo © Beholder, a two-time Breeders’ Cup and Eclipse champion, will seek a historic win this Saturday in the $1,000,000 Pacific Classic (gr. I) at Del Mar. Throughout the history of the Pacific Classic, which was first run in 1991, … Continued

Keeler Johnson’s Graded Stakes Preview for July 18, 2015

Another great Saturday of racing awaits on July 18th, highlighted by six graded stakes races at tracks across the country. Leading the way are a pair of grade Is at Delaware Park and Del Mar, as well as a couple of … Continued

Keeler Johnson’s Graded Stakes Preview–June 12, 2015

The first post-Triple Crown weekend of the year brings with it an exciting series of graded stakes races and Breeders’ Cup prep races, led by a pair of grade I races at Santa Anita and Churchill Downs. The action is bound to … Continued