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By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Japanese runners dominated the Japan Cup and California Chrome won in his first try on the turf while the first big round of 2-year-old route races coincided with the first Kentucky Derby futures pool in a wild weekend in Thoroughbred racing. Let’s get right to it. Japan Cup The […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer With the initial Kentucky Derby futures pool opening later this week, Ocho Ocho Ocho and Mr. Z raced their way into consideration with a tight 1-2 finish in Saturday’s $1 million Delta Jackpot. Weekend racing also included more rich events for the juvenile set and a few lucrative stakes […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer With the Kentucky Derby less than six months away and the Epsom Derby only a month after that, it’s worth paying attention to some of the 2-year-old races staged this weekend from France to Japan, with many stops in between. In the meantime: Silver Max faded to defeat at […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Shared Belief, Beholder, American Pharoah and Main Sequence made their cases for Breeders’ Cup favoritism with weekend wins but some upsets roiled the waters with only five weeks to go until the big races. Tonalist reminded fans he is the Belmont Stakes winner, posting a victory in a trouble-plagued […]