The Breeders’ Cup World Championships is the biggest event in global horse racing: if the Triple Crown is the equine equivalent of the College Football Playoff National Championship, then the Breeders’ Cup is the Super Bowl. This year marks the 41st anniversary of the event, which was first held in 1984 at Hollywood Park. If this is your first time tuning into the Breeders’ Cup, then we have everything you need to know below!
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Tepin: The Rare Mare That Leveled the Turf Racing Field
For the most part, the great American-based fillies and mares of the last few decades were stars who beat the boys in Triple Crown races or major Grade 1 stakes on dirt. One of the exceptions was Tepin.
Five-Time Horse of the Year Kelso: A True ‘One of a Kind’
For the past 75-plus years, the Triple Crown and the Breeders’ Cup have been proving grounds for a long list of Thoroughbred racing’s greatest champions. Some horses, though, have transcended the sport’s most famous stages. Horses like Kelso.
2022 Kentucky Derby Winner Rich Strike Targets Return to Racing
Hopeful of restarting the racing career of 2022 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve winner Rich Strike after time away for suspensory ligament issues, owner Rick Dawson posted on Facebook June 13 that the plan is to move the horse into the barn of Hall of Fame trainer
