Every two weeks through Oct. 20, a panel of media members, horseplayers, and Breeders’ Cup World Championships officials release a poll tabulating their votes on the nation's top contenders for the 2026 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Over the next three weeks the fields for the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships will come into focus, and the key Southern California steppingstone to the $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic will be held opening weekend at the Santa Anita Park fall meet with the 45th running of the
Like so many other well-known New York stakes, the Vosburgh Stakes returns home to Belmont Park on Saturday. After a three-year stay at Aqueduct while Belmont Park was being rebuilt, the seven-furlong sprint will be contested at the ultra-modern, newest edition of beautiful Belmont Park. The Vosburgh remains part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series, giving the winner a free spot in the Oct.
There are a variety of reasons to explain why a long list of outstanding horses were thwarted in their bid to become the 12th Triple Crown champion.
Some are predictable; others are surprising.
Premature moves, exhausting paces, injuries, medications, and even a safety pin have all played a role in a drought that stood at 37 years until American Pharoah completed the sweep in 2015.
The Road to the 2027 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve is underway, and every Monday through the end of December, Rookie Rankings will analyze potential contenders for the first Saturday in May and rank them in a Top 10 list.
Identifying a Kentucky Derby winner this far in advance isn’t easy. Next year’s Kentucky Derby starters are only 2 years old right now. Seven of the last 10 Derby winners were unraced at this point in their juvenile or “rookie” year, and two others were winless.
