Breeders Cup News

Breeders Cup opens up world stage (Daily Telegraph)
AUSTRALIA'S premier speedsters could soon do battle on a new frontier - the global stage.

‘Awesome’ plan comes together in Gotham (Thoroughbred Times)
The connections of Awesome Act, sensing a familiar and successful formula, mapped out a plan after the Breeders’ Cup World Championships to give him a chance to reach the U.S. Triple Crown races.

MOST POPULAR STORIES (Thoroughbred Times)
Desert Code, the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner, will commence his stud career this season at Harris Farms in Coalinga, California. The six-year-old E Dubai horse out of stakes winner Chatta Code, by Lost Code, will stand for $2,000.

Perfect Flanders’ Breeders’ Cup strongest memory (Louisville Voice-Tribune)
In the rush to crown Zenyatta “Horse of the Year” following her very impressive win over males in last fall’s synthetic track Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita, many revisionist historians breathlessly dubbed her effort the greatest race in the 26-year history of the event.

Noble's Promise should shine on dirt (ESPN)
Noble's Promise has raced exclusively on synthetic and turf surfaces to this point in his career, but there are reasons to believe that the Grade 1 winner might be an even better horse on dirt.

Zenyatta gets 127 pounds for Santa Margarita (Thoroughbred Times)
Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Zenyatta received a 127-pound weight assignment for her first start of the year in the Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (G1) on Saturday at Santa Anita Park.

Tough assignment for Striking Dancer (ESPN)
The elusive first stakes win arrived for Striking Dancer in the Grade 2 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 14.

Super Saver heads Tampa Derby field (ESPN)
WinStar Farm has had considerable success over the years using the major 3-year-old races at Tampa Bay Downs as preps on the road to the Kentucky Derby.

Awesome Act on course for Kentucky feature (RTÉ News)
Jeremy Noseda has reported Awesome Act to have come out of his victory at Aqueduct in great form and the Kentucky Derby remains on the agenda. A son of 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Awesome Again, the three-year-old was an unlucky fourth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf last year.

Kentucky Derby Watch: Biggest racing day of year, chock full of Derby hopefuls, rapidly approaching (The Times of Trenton)
Jacob de Golish/Getty Images Awesome Act, shown working out before the Breeders Cup last November, stamped himself as a Derby contender with a solid score in the Grade 3 Gotham at Aqueduct.