{Monday, October 31, 2011} Jackson Bend brings 'a lot of heart' into Breeders' Cup Jackson Bend has done a little bit of everything in his career. He has raced at eight tracks in five states, competed at distances ranging from 4 1/2 furlongs

{Friday, October 28, 2011} CHURCHILL DOWNS 2011 FALL MEET PREVIEW By Noel Michaels - OTB Learning Labs The Churchill Downs Fall meet starts Sunday, which again this year is highlighted by the Breeders' Cup. Everyone of course is looking forward

{Thursday, October 27, 2011} BREEDERS CUP DOINGS MIDDAY SET TO CHALLENGE THE BOYS Midday won the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf in 2009 and finished second by a neck as the odds-on favorite in the race last fall. But a third

{Monday, October 24, 2011} EARLY THOUGHTS ON HORSE OF THE YEAR If Havre de Grace or Tizway wins the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 13 days, either would be an obvious and worthy choice as America’s Horse of the Year. If both lose, it gets a lot

{Thursday, October 20, 2011} BELMONT WINNERS TRY THEIR HAND AT BREEDERS While the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes is known as the Test of the Champion, in recent years many of its winners have had a strikingly inglorious record coming out of that

{Monday, October 17, 2011} UP IN TIME IS STRONG AT A MILE Race distance is key for Up In Time, who won her second stakes of 2011 in Sunday’s $100,000 Harold Ramser Handicap at Santa Anita. At a mile, she has proven tough to beat. Past a mile,

{Friday, October 14, 2011} HANDICAPPING INSIGHTS Lots of Breeders' Cup prep races run last weekend, not a lot of space to do them justice. Here goes. None of them might be Breeders' Cup bound, but the 1ST race at Belmont on Saturday was an

{Thursday, October 13, 2011} SATURDAY STAKES PREVIEW Winter Memories, Summer Soiree meet in QE II Grade 1 winners Winter Memories and Summer Soiree will have their first meeting on Saturday when the pair line up as part of

{Tuesday, October 11, 2011} California Flag bounces back to win record third Morvich Hi Card Ranch's homebred California Flag had fallen off his 2009 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint-winning form some time ago, but trainer Brian Koriner was hopeful

{Sunday, October 09, 2011} GIO PONTI SCORES AT KEENELAND He’s the $6 million horse. Gio Ponti flashed his championship form again at Keeneland when knifing between rivals and nailing Get Stormy in the desperate final yards Saturday in the

{Friday, October 07, 2011} Keeneland's blockbuster card features five stakes Three-time champion Gio Ponti will seek his second consecutive edition of the $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile, one of five graded stakes on a dynamite Saturday program

{Tuesday, October 04, 2011} KEENELAND FALL MEET HANDICAPPING PREVIEW By Noel Michaels Top class racing returns to Kentucky this week as Keeneland's annual fall meet gets ready to open for its three-week boutique race meet

{Sunday, October 02, 2011} Uncle Mo blazes in Kelso Juvenile champion Uncle Moe made a scintillating return to the winner's circle Saturday in the Grade 2, $200,000 Kelso at Belmont Park. While a nominal prep for the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup