The 2024 Breeders’ Cup is fast approaching, and fields are beginning to take shape for the 14-race, two-day World Championships set for Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar.
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Understanding the Language of Horse Racing: Key Terms, Phrases to Know for the 2024 Breeders’ Cup
We’ve all been there before … walking into an unfamiliar setting and not knowing exactly what to say or what others are talking about. It can be flat-out overwhelming. A day at the racetrack can feel like the first day at a new job with dozens and dozens of horse racing terms and idioms that are almost a separate language, not to mention the program or Daily Racing Form at your fingertips that looks like it was designed by an accounting professor.
2024 Raven Run Stakes at a Glance
As 3-year-olds are running out of chances to race against horses their own age in a graded stakes, the Lexus Raven Run Stakes Oct. 19 will give 10 sophomore filly sprinters the chance to add Grade 2 laurels to their resume.
On the Cusp: Irad Ortiz Jr. Closing Gap on Mike Smith for Breeders’ Cup Supremacy
Mike Smith stands alone atop the jockey rankings by winners for the Breeders’ Cup, which held its first edition of the World Championships in 1984, and for many years he had no peer.
