An unlucky day on Tuesday I thought, with The Galloping Shoe finishing 4th, he was unsuited by how the race was run and did really well in the circumstances but finished just out of the places. New Hampshire finished 2nd having being well-backed, he was held in the closing stages but will be better as [...]

Breeders Cup Juvenile Sprint (Dirt) Friday night kicks off with the first running of the Breeders Cup Juvenile Sprint, run over six furlongs at Churchill Downs on the dirt this race is a conditions race, and will have to remain that way for two years before the body that controls the grading of North American [...]

The final race on the night, the Ladies Classic is run over nine furlongs on dirt, for fillies and mares aged three and above. Known as the Breeders Cup Distaff from its inception in 1984, the race changed names to the ‘Ladies Classic’ back in 2008 and was won by wonder mare Zenyatta. Pachattack posted [...]

Won last year in a tactical affair by Shared Account, I can’t see her getting as lucky this time round and the Graham Motion trained mare looks to be making up the numbers with similar odds to last year.

First run in 1984 the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Dirt has seen some impressive winners since its inauguration, but the most eye-catching thing is that no European trained horse has won the race and in all honesty I don’t think either Questing or Homecoming Queen will do much to change that either.