#Future Stars Friday

Making the Grade, which will run through the 2019 Belmont Stakes, focuses on the winners or top performers of the key races, usually from the previous weekend, who could impact the Triple Crown. We'll be taking a close look at impressive winners and evaluating their chances to win classic races based upon ability, running style, connections (owner,…

The Breeders' Cup Classic pits the top horses from around the world against each other in the ultimate showdown to finish out the year in horse racing. Here's everything you need to know about racing's grand finale this weekend at Santa Anita: What is the Breeders' Cup Classic? The $6 million Classic is a 1 1/4-mile race on the dirt with 14 spots…

Rich Strike schools in the Keeneland paddock in preparation for the Breeders' Cup (Coady Photography) Churchill Downs Press Release LOUISVILLE, Ky.- It's been eight years since both the winners of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) and Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) have run in the Breeders' Cup Classic (GI) and Distaff (GI),…

Abel Cedillo / 9 Tyler Baze / 7 TRAINERS / WINS Doug O'Neill / 16 Peter Miller / 9 Bob Baffert / 8 Richard Baltas / 7 John Sadler / 7 Saturday • $100000 Grade III Autumn Miss Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 1 mile (turf) Sunday • $200000 Grade II Twilight Derby, 3-year-olds, 1-1/8 miles (turf) • It was difficult for David Abrams to see his older…

The 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships broke betting records. The two-day event with 14 Breeders' Cup races started with Future Stars Friday and finished with a flurry when the world's No. 1 racehorse Flightline captured the Classic in record-setting style with an 8-length victory. The beautiful horses are the main attraction at the Breeders'…

The co-feature of "Future Stars Friday" on Breeders' Cup weekend is the $2 million NetJets Juvenile Fillies. The country's top 2-year-old fillies will travel 1 1/16 miles on the dirt main track at Del Mar for the right to be called a Breeders' Cup champion. The Grade 1 race is scheduled as the seventh race on the card with a listed post time of…

A good rule of thumb is that favored horses, according to expert horse racing predictions, win about 30% of the time. It would follow, then, that favorites would win approximately four of the fourteen Breeders' Cup races. The odds were slightly tipped to the public's favor, however, as five post time betting choices came home winners: Meditate…

The Breeders' Cup has announced the official order of races and wagering menu for the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships, scheduled to take place on Friday, Nov. 4 and Saturday, Nov. 5 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. There will be a total of 10 races (five Breeders' Cup races) on the first day of the Championships - "Future Stars…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The 39th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships kicked off at Keeneland Race Course on a beautiful autumn day in the Bluegrass. Forte inserted himself as the early Derby favorite via his come-from-behind win in the Juvenile for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. The son of Violence, ridden by Eclipse Award-winning jockey Irad…

Breeders' Cup Notebook: The "Math" of the Aftermath (Breeders' Cup 2022 / Coady Photography) From the Breeders' Cup Media Team: Europeans, New York-based Runners Dominated World Championship Weekend Horses based primarily in Europe and New York accounted for 11 of the 14 victories in the 39 edition of the Breeders' Cup 14 World Championships this…

Welcome to our regularly scheduled "Team Tuley's Thoroughbred Takes" Saturday column, though it's extra-special this week as our crew is looking at the 9 Breeders' Cup races at Keeneland. "Future Stars Friday" didn't go too well for our crew overall, though I did have #4 Forte as my top pick in the BC Juvenile, paying $12.04 to Win as he upset…

The cream of the Flat racing crop in Britain and Ireland are set to cross the pond for the Breeders' Cup. Aidan O'Brien, Charlie Appleby and co have a string of entries for the two-day meeting at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. Future Stars Friday sees the leading juveniles take their chance before the more established horses bid for the bigger…

The 2022 Breeders' Cup kicks off at Keeneland racecourse on Friday afternoon and viewers in the UK will be able to watch the five main races live on ITV Racing. Future Stars Friday kicks off with the Grade Two on turf, before we jump into four highly lucrative Grade One races for juveniles. Here are our free Breeders' Cup day one tips. As with the…

The Breeders' Cup world championships is just days away. Many handicappers have been focusing on the horses for months. Shrewd bettors will also pay attention to how to turn those handicapping opinions into efficient and profitable tickets. The 14-race world championships of horse racing will feature a variety of different wagers for players.…

Pletcher-trainee Atomically out for a breeze at Keeneland Wednesday morning. Coady Photography Breeders' Cup Notes/Edited LEXINGTON, Ky.-Trainer Todd Pletcher's 12 Breeders' Cup victories have come from nine races, but one race missing from that resume is the NetJets Juvenile Fillies (G1). He will have two chances to alter that statistic Friday…

1pt win Masters Legacy in 3.00 Exeter at 9/1 (General) 1pt e.w. Be Your Best in 8.20 Keeneland at 18/1 (Sky Bet, William Hill 1/5 1,2,3,4,5) Some classy jumpers are on show across ITV4's Exeter and Down Royal coverage, before attentions turn to Future Stars Friday at the Breeders' Cup, but attractive betting races are unsurprisingly at a premium.

Karl Burke feels Dramatised is returning to the boil at just the right time ahead of her bid for Breeders' Cup glory at Keeneland on Friday. The Showcasing filly justified her trainer's confidence with a sparkling debut at Newmarket in the spring and doubled her tally in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot in June. The wheels came off slightly at York in…

Curly Jack out on the track before sunrise. Coady Photography Breeders' Cup Notes/Edited LEXINGTON, Ky.-The son of 2017 Sentient Jets Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Good Magic, Curly Jack, had a 2m gallop followed by a gate schooling session Wednesday. He had his final timed workout on Oct. 28 going 4f in 49 4/5 a few days after shipping from…

Horse racing returns to Keeneland on November 4 with Day 1 of the 2022 Breeders' Cup. Get the best bets for the Juvenile Turf Sprint, Juvenile Fillies Turf, and Juvenile Turf. The first day of the Breeders' Cup is Future Stars Friday. Five Breeders' Cup races are featured, all for two-year-olds. Three are on the grass track - the Juvenile Turf…

Breeders' Cup Friday is known as Future Stars Friday. All Breeders' Cup races on the day are for 2 year olds. The format is meant to highlight the next generation of racing superstars. Post: 11:55 AM ET; $185k Allowance Optional Claiming going 1 1/16 miles on dirt; Entries: 9 #6 B DAWK (2-1) gets the top selection. He comes into the race in really…

The horse racing world closes out a thrilling year with the 39th edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland, with coverage exclusively across NBC, USA Network, NBCSports.com and Peacock. The Breeders' Cup is horse racing's last hurrah of the year. Horses from around the globe will compete in 14 races over two days, with the…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Breeders' Cup World Championships begin on Friday, with online racebooks and sportsbooks offering odds on all five Juvenile races. Bovada is offering odds on all five Grade 1 races, which will be a mix of Fillies and Colts that are all two years old. Despite the youth and relative lack of experience of many horses, researching…

It's a good bet that the NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies could be one of the best wagering races on dirt of the Future Stars Friday card at Keeneland. With a capacity crowd in attendance both in the stands and in the starting gate, it might be a good idea to look past tepid morning-line favorite #10 Chocolate Gelato (7-2) from the Todd…

Blue Stripe capturing the Clement L. Hirsch at Del Mar Aug. 7. Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff Notes LEXINGTON, Ky.-The ladies are getting ready to throw it down in theLongines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) breezing, walking the shedrow, schooling in the paddock and just getting used to Keeneland (unless the won a race…

In the first segment of his two-part Breeders' Cup analysis, Graham Dench casts his expert eye over the European challenge for Future Stars Friday Turf courses in the US tend to be sharper with shorter straights than the Europeans are used to - but Keeneland has the advantage of providing more suitable climate and underfoot conditions than are…

The horse racing world closes out a thrilling year with the 39th edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland, with coverage exclusively across NBC, USA Network, NBCSports.com and Peacock. The Breeders' Cup is horse racing's last hurrah of the year. Horses from around the globe will compete in 14 races over two days, with the…

Maybe Todd Pletcher is a good poker player. After all, he holds a pretty strong hand heading into the 39th Breeders' Cup on Nov. 4-5 at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. No other trainer this year holds aces up his sleeve in the $6 million Classic and $2 million Distaff like Pletcher, a Dallas native who's playing a good game of Texas Hold'em while…

Live Racing Returns to Churchill Downs on Sunday for 19-Day Fall Meet (Churchill Downs / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Thoroughbred racing in Kentucky shifts from Keeneland to Churchill Downs on Sunday as the home of the Kentucky Derby readies to open its 133 Fall Meet with an 11-race program - all for promising…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Undefeated Flightline and Rich Strike, upset winner of the Kentucky Derby, head a field of nine for the Breeders' Cup Classic, with trainer Todd Pletcher pre-entering two horses for the $6 million race that also includes a horse from the barn of embattled trainer Bob Baffert. Trained by John Sadler, Flightline is 5-0 in his…

The Breeders' Cup announced Wednesday the official order of races and wagering menu for the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships, scheduled to take place on Friday, Nov. 4 and Saturday, Nov. 5 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. There will be a total of 10 races (five Breeders' Cup races) on the first day of the Championships -…

In the second of two special Racing Roundtables, James Scully, Kellie Reilly, and Vance Hanson look back on the final weekend of major Breeders' Cup preps and offer thoughts on whose stock is on the rise and on decline. James Scully: Slammed in the Filly & Mare Sprint (G1). A five-time restricted stakes winner over New Mexico-bred rivals, the…

The Beldame and Knickerbocker stakes take place on Sunday. They will be joined by the Futurity as the three stakes races from Belmont at the Big A. Post: 12:35 PM ET; $77k Maiden Special Weight going 6 furlongs on dirt; Entries: 6 #6 BOURBON CHASE (7-5) debuts here and has to be respected going out for the combination of Pletcher and Ortiz. #4…

Arcadia, CA - The final race of Future Stars Friday ended in fireworks when the 45/1 longshot Storm the Court re-rallied late to defeat Anneau d'Or and typhoon Friday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Park. Dennis' Moment, the 4/5 favorite who was expected to contest the pace, fell to his knees out of the gate and spotted the…

Want to see the early favorites for next year's Kentucky Derby or Kentucky Oaks? Then''Future Stars Friday,'' which is how Day One of the 2018 Breeders' Cup is now being branded, is for you. In the revamped format, the 2-year-olds take centerstage on Friday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., with five races featuring $7 million in purse money…

The Breeders' Cup is a glorious two days of. Fourteen championship races, top horses from around the globe, mostly full fields and a chance for a profitable day with just a few exotic wagering scores. The 2021 edition will be run Friday and Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. The "Future Stars Friday'' card will feature five races restricted to…