Heavy rains this Christmas weekend force the track to postpone its opening until Sunday. What to watch for when horse racing ...

Because of this pattern, even if a young sire's freshman crop takes off, they can take even more years to truly find their feet, because the follow-up crops were conceived on books of mares far below ...

If the sport of Thoroughbred racing is to grow a larger constituency of support, the 42nd Breeders’ Cup was successful on two fronts: reaching a broader international audience and increasing ...

The $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) will for the first time be included in the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In, Breeders' Cup Limited and 1/ST announced Nov. 13 ...

DEL MAR — The horse from far away had come so close before, a Japanese star inches and then yards from achieving American royalty. Saturday, finally, Forever Young got there. After finishing an ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Japanese horse racing has been on the precipice of breaking through on the U.S. scene. It seemed like it was ...

Nov 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Forever Young held on through the final straight to win the Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar racetrack in Southern California on Saturday, overcoming one of the most ...

Godolphin homebred Notable Speech (GB) and the remainder of trainer Charlie Appleby’s Breeders’ Cup quintet have all exited their races well, per assistant trainer and head traveling lad Chris Connett ...

DEL MAR, Calif. — Forever Young beat defending champion Sierra Leone by a half-length to win the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Del Mar, giving Japan a victory in North America's ...

DEL MAR, Calif. — The Breeders’ Cup culminates Saturday with nine horse races seemingly designed to confound even the best handicappers in the land, including the extremely competitive marquee race, ...

The Breeders' Cup World Championships take place this weekend from Del Mar Racetrack, with the 2025 Breeders' Cup Classic the highlight of the series. The latter is a Grade 1 race over 1/4 miles ...