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Essential Quality, shown winning the Grade I Travers, is among the favorites in a Breeders' Cup Classic field announced this week. Photo courtesy of New York Racing Association Oct. 29 (UPI) -- It's a week for looking forward as horse racing around the globe nears its annual champion-making events and youngsters get in final licks to make a case…

A 5-year-old mare who was a Group 1 winnerlast spring in Hong Kong may be the best hope for a Japan-based horse to breakthrough for the first time ever in the Breeders' Cup. Loves Only You, who has amassed $5453602 inpurse earnings with a record of 14: 6-2-3, is expected to lead seven horsesbeing shipped from Japan to the Nov. 5 and 6 championships…

Instead, Lemaire and Cafe Pharoah stayed the course, exhibiting patience and fortitude. As the horses galloped and made the turn toward the final stretch, Cafe Pharoah sat in fourth place. But not for long. Urged on by Lemaire, the bay colt kept pushing ahead. Air Almas' lead dwindled as Cafe Pharoah inched closer toward the front. Making his move…

It's the mega-money finale of the Dubai Racing Carnival on Saturday with the now traditional staging of the Dubai World Cup Night at Meydan on the final Saturday in March. A mammoth nine-race card gets under way at 11.45am UK time and concludes with the main event itself, the Dubai World Cup at 4.50pm. Our tipster has selections for all the Meydan…

Friday of the Breeders' Cup features the rising stars of racing. Saturday however, is a chance to see some the best of the best competing to be a world champion in their division. The two-day card from Del Mar can be a war of attrition for even the most experienced handicappers. Along with more races and larger fields foreign form makes the puzzle…

Dubai World Cup day is here an in my opinion it's the best raceday of the year, bar none. I feel very privileged to be part of the live broadcast on Racing TV and I hope you'll join us to enjoy the action - and hopefully cheer on a winner or two. It is a meeting that throws up many difficult conundra as a new group of international raiders fly in…