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2011 Cartier Awards: Frankel Named Europe's Best
Last night in London, Frankel (GB) was named Europe's 2011 Horse of the Year at the annual Cartier Awards. Frankel, trained by Sir Henry Cecil, is a perfect nine for nine in his career, including wins in this year's 2000 Guineas (video below), St James's Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes, and Queen...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011 RESULTS: Court Vision Wins The Mile; Goldikova (IRE) Denied 4th Mile Win
Court Vision held off Turallure in the final strides to spring a huge upset in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Mile and deny Goldikova (IRE) a fourth consecutive win in the race. Turallure, the winner of the 2011 Woodbine Mile, made a huge run from the back of the pack but could not get his nose ahead of...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011: Saturday Results And Open Thread
It's been a long and winding road through this year's racing calendar, much of which will culminate this afternoon at Churchill Downs on the second day of the 2011 Breeders' Cup. The first race of the day at Churchill Downs will go to post at 12:05pm Eastern, with the first Breeders' Cup race, the...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011: Goldikova Seeks Breeders' Cup Immortality; Gio Ponti Looks To Breakthrough
This is the 5th installment in a series of posts previewing the upcoming 2011 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs. Part 1 looked at the Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies, and the chalky nature of those races over the years. Part 2 examined the Turf, and the recent decline in the quality of that race....
BREEDERS' CUP 2011: Thoughts On The Pre-Entries
Now that the pre-entries are out, we finally have a good idea of what the 2011 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs is going to look like in a little over a week. All in all, it was another good year for drawing horses to the event, especially in the juvenile races. The Post position draw will take...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011 PRE-ENTRIES
The Breeders' Cup announced a record 193 pre-entries for the 2011 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4th and 5th. Leading Horse of the Year candidate Havre de GraceGoldikova (IRE) leads the list of 13 horses pre-entered for the TVG Mile. The post position draw for the 2011 Breeders' Cup will...
Weekend Stakes Review: Gio Ponti Goes Back-to-Back at Keeneland
A look back on some of the action from this past weekend: -Does anybody else feel like Gio Ponti is a much better at a mile on the turf that he is going longer? Somewhat similar to his race last year at Keeneland, Gio Ponti looked for all intents and purposes to have been beaten in Saturday's...
Weekend Stakes Review: Super Saturday/Arc Sunday Edition
There was almost too much racing action to follow this weekend. Almost. With about a month to go before the 2011 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs, things are starting to come into focus across the country. The Breeders' Cup Classic saw four horses make their claim as top contenders, while the...
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Sunday Results
You find the results to today's action at Longhcamp at the below file. Go to the sheet named "Arc Festival" for all of the race results, and "Arc Entries" for the fields for both the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Prix de la Foret. Arc Sunday Entries and Resutls
2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: Entries, Post Positions and Best Odds
This morning declarations were finalized for this Sunday's Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, with defending champion Workforce (GB) drawing post position eight. Current ante post favorite Sarafina (FR), a troubled 3rd to Workforce in the 2010 Arc, drew post position 13. The 2011 Arc...
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