By Anthony Stabile DIRT MILE $1 million; 1 mile; 3up   Another race launched in 2007, the thinking was that it was finally time for a Breeders’ Cup event that focuses on one of the more interesting equine athletes – the miler. Sprints are too short for them, routes too long for them but the […]

By Anthony Stabile   JUVENILE TURF $1 million; 1 mile (T); 2YO   Contested for the first time back in 2007 when the Breeders’ Cup expanded to the current two day format, the Juvenile Turf finally offered U.S. runners with an affinity for the lawn a chance to notch a Cup score and gave the […]

By Anthony Stabile    JUVENILE FILLIES TURF   $1 million; 1 mile (T); 2YO fillies   In 2007, the Juvenile Turf was run for the first time over a boggy Monmouth Park turf course.    It pitted the colts and geldings against fillies. A year later, the Juvenile Fillies Turf came into    existence and […]

HRRN’s ROAD TO THE BREEDERS’ CUP STOPS AT KEENELAND FOR LIVE COVERAGE OF FALL STARS WEEKEND Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the exclusive radio network of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, continues their Road to the Breeders’ Cup series this Friday with live coverage of Keeneland’s Fall Stars Weekend.    HRRN will be on-site at […]

By ANTHONY STABILE “Anthony Cantore, call your office.” If you’ve frequented a NYRA racetrack in the past couple of decades you’ve likely heard track announcer Tom Durkin, who will retire after the last race of the day at Saratoga on Sunday, Aug. 31, say these words at some point during your visit. Anthony Cantore never […]

Coverage Part of HRRN’s Road to the Breeders’ Cup Broadcast Series Presented by Breeders’ Cup   Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the Eclipse Award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington, KY announced Thursday, they will return to Saratoga Race Course this weekend to provide live on-site coverage of Saratoga’s signature weekend beginning Friday with the Grade […]