In the sport of horse racing, a great deal of emphasis is placed on winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, the three races that comprise the coveted U.S. Triple Crown. Almost as much attention is paid to the Breeders’ Cup, the 14-race extravaganza that serves as the year-end championship of U.S. horse racing.
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Buy or Sell on the Road to Breeders’ Cup: Evaluating Sovereignty’s Whitney Stakes Win
A fever knocked Sovereignty out of a planned start last fall in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic but he nonetheless took home Eclipse Awards as Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male based on a resume of five wins and one second in six 2025 starts, including a pair of victories in Triple Crown races.
A True International Superstar of the Turf: Breeders’ Cup Legend Ouija Board
In 2024, nearly 17,000 Thoroughbreds were born in North America, while England and Ireland welcomed a little more than 13,000 foals. Of those, less than half will win a race in their lifetime, while approximately 3% will win a stakes, and an even smaller percentage, less than 1%, will win a graded stakes. Imagine the odds of an English classic and Breeders’ Cup victor foaling a Derby winner who then sires classic and Breeders’ Cup winners of his own?
Sovereignty is Breeders’ Cup Bound with Whitney Win, Deterministic is Tops on Turf
Sovereignty is Classic Bound with Whitney Win, Deterministic is Tops on Turf at Saratoga Sovereignty is Classic Bound with Whitney Win, Deterministic is Tops on Turf at Saratoga
