Tag: McKinzie

By Margaret Ransom A pair of Kentucky Derby point-qualifiers are on tap this weekend: the $200,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park on Friday night, and the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Saturday in California. …

By Margaret Ransom A pair of Kentucky Derby point-qualifiers are on tap this weekend: the $200,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park on Friday night, and the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Saturday in California. …

By Mike Farrell The $500,000 Met Mile (G1) on Saturday is a classic West Coast versus East Coast confrontation From California comes McKinzie, a four-time Grade 1 winner with over $3.4 million in earnings for …

By Richard Rosenblatt The invites are official, but the field for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup is a long way from being determined, with top contenders such as Maximum Security and McKinzie doubtful starters. …

By Margaret Ransom Bob Baffert looks to continue his dominance of the Southern California juvenile scene as he seeks a third consecutive sweep of the Starlet and Los Alamitos Futurity on Saturday. The two-time Triple …

By Ed McNamara It’s about money, the biggest purse in horse racing history. It’s about change, an attempt to upgrade the image of a nation vilified for the assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, human …

By Richard Rosenblatt With what appears to be one of the most wide-open fields in Breeders’ Cup Classic history, someone had to pick a morning-line favorite for the grand finale of the two-day, 14-race, $30 …

By Richard Rosenblatt With what appears to be one of the most wide-open fields in Breeders’ Cup Classic history, someone had to pick a morning-line favorite for the grand finale of the two-day, 14-race, $30 …

By Richard Rosenblatt Which War of Will shows up for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic is anyone’s guess, but the way he’s been working lately has trainer Mark Casse feeling somewhat optimistic about his …

By Richard Rosenblatt A year after finishing 12th in the Breeders’ Cup Classic – the only race he’s not won or finished second in 13 career starts – McKinzie is back for another shot. This …

By Richard Rosenblatt A year after finishing 12th in the Breeders’ Cup Classic – the only race he’s not won or finished second in 13 career starts – McKinzie is back for another shot. This …

Contact: Jim Gluckson, Breeders’ Cup, jim@breederscup.com, 646-335-6835 MCKINZIE, CODE OF HONOR, MIDNIGHT BISOU, BRICKS AND MORTAR AND MAGICAL LEAD 188 HORSES PRE-ENTERED FOR 2019 BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ARCADIA, Calif.  (Oct. 23, 2019) — Led by Whitney …

By Richard Rosenblatt The pre-entries are in, a total of 188 horses from around the world are just about set to run in 14 Breeders’ Cup races on Nov. 1-2 at Santa Anita Park, and …

A Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Weekend Begins By Richard Rosenblatt By Sunday evening, all but one of the 86 Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In’’ races will have been contested. Perhaps that …

By Margaret Ransom The main event on the first Saturday of the fall meeting at Santa Anita is the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (GI), a “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge race that guarantees …