The 2nd day of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be starting shortly, so let’s take a quick look at each event. Click on the name of each Cup race for a Horse Racing Nation preview.
Juvenile Turf: The favorite in this race is Interactif. He has done nothing wrong on the turf yet. If speed is still strong on the turf, then Bridgetown could be a live pace player.
Turf Sprint: A wide open event. Again, if speed rules, then California Flag rates a gander, along with Canadian Ballet. The downhill turf course at Santa Anita is …read more

Time to take a look at the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, and the Bob Baffert trained Zensational is the one to catch and beat.
The Zayat Stables 3yo colt has defeated older rivals in his last three outings and will be out winging on Cup day. If another rival fails to threaten him early, this race could be over after a quarter of a mile. One possible pace factor is ‘08 BC Sprint runner-up Fatal Bullet.

The latter exits a prominent throughout win in the Phoenix, and he has been part of the exacta in all 11 synthetic starts …read more

Weekend recap (Feb 21-22), plus news and notes

Georgie Boy did not disappoint as the heavy fav in Saturday’s San Carlos (G2). Halo Najib ran well to garner the place, and I would not be surprised if the Mike Mitchell runner stretched out in the near future.
On Sunday, Spring House held off Church Service to repeat in San Luis Obispo Hcp (G2). Zambezi Sun finished a disappointing 6th in US bow…he still might be Big Cap bound.
Rail Trip ran his record to 4-4 on Friday, but the promising Ron Ellis runner is not expected for the Big Cap. His …read more