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Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard's Horse & Hound. Chicago Gangster, the season's latest two-year-old classic winner, in beating a useful field in the $$30600 Tatlow Stakes at Menangle, gives the impression that he…

Like a lot of kids who grew up on the racetrack, Jesus "Jesse" Cruz hoped to become a jockey. But long after he outgrew that king-sized dream, he continued to forge relationships with horses. When a homebred named Help a Brother arrived in the barn of his stepfather, Lewis Craig, Jr., at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in 2012, 18-year-old…

Olympiad isn't a born homewrecker, but if there is one sleeper in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic field, it's he. William Mott's training style is careful, as evidenced by the extremely judicious campaign that has brought the four-year-old grandson of Medaglia d'Oro to Keeneland this Saturday. Mott has not often let this athlete race outside…

With such a dominant favorite as Flightline in this year's Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland, it's perhaps a little too easy to accept his amazing talents as the be-all-and-end-all of the 2022 field. Or, arguably worse, it's perhaps a little too easy to allow Flightline's superior abilities to blur your vision of his competitors. But his main…

The 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, starring Arrogate and his extremely competitive brethren Gun Runner, Collected, West Coast, Gunnevera and Mubtaahij chief among them, brings us a very complex betting landscape. First, Arrogate, nominally the "best horse in the world," with a staggering $17 million in winnings (to date), and a soaring win over the…

Most eyes were on Muad'dib leading up to Saturday's running of the $75000 Randy Funkhouser Memorial Stakes for West Virginia-breds traveling the three-turn distance of nine furlongs. And why not? He entered with 11 wins in 12 starts, a spotless record against state-breds, a victory last year in this event when it was contested as the A Huevo…

There are four stakes on the docket this weekend in the Mid-Atlantic, all Saturday. Three, including two for two-year-olds, are at Laurel Park, while the fourth is Saturday evening at Charles Town Races. The two-year-old races at Laurel are of particular interest - any stars in the making? - while the Charles Town stake, the renamed Randy…

The 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic is set for Saturday afternoon at Keeneland Racetrack. The field of eight is led by morning line favorite Flightline and some of the most accomplished colts this season. While the Nebraska sports betting market isn't open yet, horse racing fans can still place their bets on the Breeders' Cup at the top offshore…