Archive for 2014

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Winners from the Breeders’ Cup World Championships are eying races all around the world after a two-day Santa Anita extravaganza that saw plenty of international intrigue of its own. Sunday’s Tenno Sho (Spring) in Tokyo looks to have been a worthy prep for the upcoming Group 1 Japan Cup. […]

By Jude T. Feld

Follow @racehorsereport FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014 6TH Race – The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) * 1 Mile Turf IMPERIA owns a tremendous turn of foot. The son of Medaglia d’Oro seems like the only American entrant who can threaten what is an always solid Euro crew. He should continue to improve with age and […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Dramatic finishes marked a big weekend in Australia, a budding superstar capped the season in England and the world awaited the Breeders’ Cup as Thoroughbred racing rolled through the weekend. It gets harder and harder to identify the really great horses as racing becomes more international, retirement pressures increase […]

October 20, 2014 – “Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.” Steve Jobs

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer The British flat racing season reached an emotional climax in British Champions Day at Ascot during the weekend while a trio of defectors from that event landed big races in Canada. Japan had a big weekend both at home and in Australia. In U.S. racing, a trio of stakes […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer With much of Thoroughbred racing awaiting Champions Day next week and the Breeders’ Cup World Championships three weeks away, a fast-maturing 3-year-old filly was the star of weekend action. There also were some nice performances from the juvenile set and an Illinois-bred mare continued to show the colors of […]

October 6, 2014 – “When the the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” Jimi Hendrix

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Treve repeated as the Arc winner, Wise Dan was gutsy and impressive at Keeneland and a Hong Kong horse won in California as only some of the highlights of a jam-packed weekend of quality racing Also, Cirrus Des Aigles finished first in France but was disqualified down to fifth, […]

September 29, 2014 – “People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.” Joan Rivers