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By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer It was a week for looking ahead in Thoroughbred racing, with some rising stars turning heads in Australia and Hong Kong and 2-year-olds on display in Florida, Canada and elsewhere. French-breds finished 1-2 in the New York feature while it was an all-American finish at Churchill Downs. Things continued […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Solow, Simple Verse and Muhaarar starred in British Champions’ Day, Mongolian Khan won the Caulfield Cup, Mikki Queen was regal in Japan and Cannock Chase upset the Canadian International — all in weekend racing. George Strawbridge had a wonderful day, winning races at Ascot in England and Hawthorne near […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Her Emmynency, Ageless and Messi won the big turf races that highlighted the weekend racing agenda. Otherwise, it was rather quiet as the sport awaits British Champions Day this weekend and Breeders’ Cup three weeks down the road. There was some graded stakes action in Australia. It was nothing […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Some budding stars — Songbird, Smooth Roller, Wedding Toast, Nyquist and Rock Fall — joined the likes of super mare Beholder and Big Blue Kitten in winning weekend qualifying races for the upcoming Breeders’ Cup. Things get even more hectic next week with 12 Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Mr Speaker posted a promising win on the grass and Frosted was impressive on the dirt in highlights of weekend Thoroughbred racing. With little more than a month to go to the Breeders’ Cup World Championship races at Keeneland, stakes results take on added importance. The coming two weeks […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Liam’s Map plotted another leg of his trip to the Breeders’ Cup Classic with a handy win at Saratoga during the long holiday weekend as some of the potential stars of next year’s Triple Crown also started to twinkle. There were significant races on the turf and sprinting on […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer American Pharoah may be headed for an early retirement after defeat in the Travers but Flintshire is on to the Arc d’Triomphe after dominating the Sword Dancer on one of the biggest racing weekends of the summer. There were some upsets and some favorite winners at Saratoga as the […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer American Pharoah coasted to victory in the Haskell, Beholder won but Stopchargingmaria upset Untapable as the Distaff division headed toward a showdown at Keeneland and the sprint division heated way up — all in weekend racing action. The weekend “feel good” news: Rachel Alexandra’s first foal to race, Rachel’s […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer It was a bit of a wacky weekend in horse racing, from England to upstate New York to California, featuring upsets and weather woes, spiced with official rulings. Disqualifications settled two of the weekend’s top races at Saratoga. In England, Derby champ Golden Horn missed the King George. That […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Sheer Drama won the Delaware Handicap on the East Coast and Gabriel Charles took the Eddie Read Handicap out west, highlighting weekend racing action. Tiz Shea D showed some promise in winning the Indiana Derby while Covert Love repaid her owners for supplementing her to the Irish Oaks. And, […]