#Gold Phoenix

ARCADIA - In one of the day's most thrilling finishes, Howbeit out-bobbed the old warrior, C Z Rocket, at the wire to win the $200000 Grade II Santa Anita Sprint Championship by a nose Saturday under Mike Smith. Smith and winning trainer Mark Glatt don't team up often, but when they do they've been a lethal combination. In the past two years, Smith…

Flightline taking the Pacific Classic at Del Mar. Photo by Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire DMTC News/From the Wire DEL MAR, Calif.-It was a Breeders' Cup to remember for many of the connections who participated in racing's biggest event after spending all or part of their summer at Del Mar this year. In addition to the 23 horses who raced or trained…

The Breeders' Cup prep season begins to draw to a close beginning this weekend, with major domestic stakes at Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, and Santa Anita on Saturday. There's also significant racing on both Saturday and Sunday at Longchamp in Paris, site of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1). The TwinSpires Jury of James Scully, Kellie Reilly, and…

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…

Nest rates as my best bet on Saturday's Breeders' Cup program at Keeneland, and I will key her in Pick 3 wagers surrounding the Distaff (G1). I won't take on prohibitive favorites Flightline and Jackie's Warrior in their respective races - those events aren't appealing from a straight or vertical wager perspective - but both will be singled with…

It's that time of year again when everybody will be wanting to have a wager on the Breeders' Cup, and this year we are back to cover the horses, the trainers, the jockeys, but more importantly the odds for the big races. Last year, more than $121 million was wagered on the Breeders' Cup and we could see that being surpassed this year at…

Over the past several years there has been a concerning trend of small fields at Santa Anita. Opening weekend suggest the problem persists. Post: 12:30 PM PT; $61k Maiden Special Weight going 1 mile on turf; Entries: 8 #4 DANCING RINCA (5-1) makes sense on speed figures and has proven to be able to handle these conditions in previous starts. #3 ONE…

Life Is Good warms up for Breeders' Cup with a win in Saturday's Grade I Woodward at Aqueduct. Photo by Dom Napolitano, courtesy of New York Racing Association Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Some monumental showdowns loom in next month's Breeders' Cup World Championships after impressive weekend performances by the likes of Life Is Good, Hot Rod Charlie, Ce Ce…

Life Is Good, seen winning the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, warms up for the Breeders' Cup Classic in Saturday's Grade I Woodward at Aqueduct. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Seven Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races, from New York through Kentucky and on to California highlight the weekend U.S.…

G1 RUNHAPPY FUTURITY, G1 TVG DEBUTANTE BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE The Del Mar racing office has released a list of probables for next weekend's Grade 1 stakes races to decide the champion 2-year-olds of the soon-to-conclude summer meet and set the stage for the run to the Breeders' Cup in November at Keeneland. Six fillies are probable for Saturday's TVG…

In town to ride the sublime Flightline in the Pacific Classic (G1), Flavien Prat also turned a graded turf double as part of his four-win Saturday at Del Mar. The Frenchman delivered perfectly-timed rides aboard two Phil D'Amato runners, Gold Phoenix in the "Win and You're In" Del Mar H. (G2) as well as Hong Kong Harry in the $302000 Del Mar Mile…