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Breeders' CupBreeders' Cup | Nov. 6-7, 2009 | Santa Anita, Calif.Includes the latest news, expert commentary, schedule, video clips and more on the Breeders' Cup World Championships. |
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Clark serves as Magna Graduate's finale
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormNone of the 34 races that Magna Graduate has run was more valuable than the Clark Handicap in 2005, when he outgamed Suave in a furious stretch drive to earn the $355,570 winner's share.
Story | Conversation | November 25, 2008Few willing to face Commentator in Clark Handicap
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormChurchill Downs racing officials are expecting a small field, with maybe only as many five horses challenging Commentator when the annual fall-meet highlight, the Grade 2 Clark Handicap, is run Friday for the 135th time.
Story | Conversation | November 22, 2008Romans sends out Thorn Song for River City 'Cap
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormDale Romans has won six Grade 1 races in his 22-year training career, and in virtually no time flat, he can run down the names of them all.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008Indescribable just gets up to win Grade 3 Cardinal
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormThree weeks after winning the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf for Augustin Stable and trainer Jonathan Sheppard aboard Forever Together, jockey Julien Leparoux appeared to be working his magic again.
Story | Conversation | November 15, 2008Cherokee Triangle back in form for Commonwealth
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormWhen he ran in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, Cherokee Triangle was just 7-1, a number to suggest he had quite a future on grass.
Story | Conversation | November 07, 2008Leah's Secret pads earnings in Chilukki
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormThe rich got richer Sunday when Leah's Secret, the leading earner in the field, got a textbook stalking trip under Rene Douglas before driving clear to capture the Grade 2 Chilukki Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2008Leah's Secret pads earnings in Grade 2 Chilukki
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormThe rich got richer Sunday when Leah's Secret, the leading earner in the field, got a textbook stalking trip under Rene Douglas before driving clear to capture the Grade 2 Chilukki Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Story | Conversation | November 02, 2008Wiggins has two live fillies in Pocahontas
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormIt's been a while since owner Dolph Morrison and trainer Hal Wiggins witnessed the exploits of Morris Code, a filly sprinter who earned more than $700,000 when dominating her division throughout the Midwest in the late 1990s.
Story | Conversation | October 31, 2008Copper State can enhance sales appeal in Chilukki
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormCopper State has run three races, finishing second every time, since being sold privately to Millennium Farms.
Story | Conversation | October 31, 2008Modest beginnings for Iroquois cast
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormThe Iroquois Stakes has been won by some terrific 2-year-olds over the years at Churchill Downs, but if a star-to-be is to emerge from the field of eight entered for the 27th running Saturday, he has been in hiding so far.
Story | Conversation | October 29, 2008Clark next for Mambo in Seattle?
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormMambo in Seattle, never a serious threat in the Fayette Stakes last Saturday at Keeneland when seventh as the 6-5 favorite, might try to make amends in the $500,000 Clark Handicap on Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs, said trainer Neil Howard.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2008Turf Sprint draws lots of locals
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormWith eight California horses among the 19 pre-entries, there seems to be a home-field bias in regard to the inaugural Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
Story | Conversation | October 17, 2008Grade 2 Raven Run at Keeneland looks wide open
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormOne product of the brainstorming that occurs at Keeneland is the Raven Run Stakes, which nine years ago endeavored to fill a void in the fall stakes schedule.
Story | Conversation | October 16, 200811-1 Laragh dominates Jessamine for Cup berth
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormA race that appeared well-matched on paper quickly turned into a mismatch Thursday at Keeneland when Laragh, a newly purchased filly competing in the familiar colors of the IEAH Stables, captured the $150,000 Jessamine Stakes.
Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008Plenty of contenders in Keeneland's QE II Cup
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormThe royals are big on anniversaries, which should make the 25th running of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland a festive occasion. Thing is, the QE II is always something fancy, to which another killer renewal here Saturday can attest.
Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
NFL Expert Picks tops ESPN.com searches in October. Did "breeders cup" make the list?
