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Equibase, earnings, standings, leaderboard, jockeys, horses, trainers, Irad Oritz, Flavien Prat, Shred the Gnar, Fionn, Laurelin, Jockey Club Oaks, Chilukki Stakes, fillies, Brad Cox, horse racing, Chad Brown, Brad Cox, ABR

Equibase Standings: Irad Ortiz Jr. Closes Earnings Gap with 15-Win Week

The big mover in Equibase’s rankings of earnings for North America-based racehorses, trainers, and jockeys last week was Irad Ortiz Jr. The five-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey delivered a dominant week, more than doubling any competitor’s win total, and pushed his 2025 earnings past $36.7 million.

Horse racing, racetrack, Gulfstream Park, Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, Turfway Park, Tampa Bay Downs, Fair Grounds, Oaklawn Park, Woodbine, Los Alamitos, Santa Anita Park, Del Mar, turf, Kentucky Derby, preps, ABR

Focus Shifts for Top-Class Horse Racing as Autumn Turns to Winter

This is a season of change in horse racing, and we’re not just talking about the weather. Horseplayers see that change is in the air on several racing circuits around the country as many high-profile race meets come to an end just as new ones are ready to get started. Here is what’s happening in horse racing with Thanksgiving approaching as the calendar gets ready to flip to December.

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Azeri wins the 2004 Spinster Stakes at Keeneland.

2002 Horse of the Year Azeri: A Standard of Excellence

Allen E. Paulson and his family are no doubt best known in Thoroughbred racing for owning the great champion Cigar, one of the sport’s most brilliant males.

Elite Power, legends, champion, sprinter, Curlin, Juddmonte, Bill Mott, Breeders’ Cup Sprint, Irad Ortiz, jockey, trainer, pedigree, breeding, yearling, Keeneland, Garrett O’Rourke, Khalid bin Abdullah, Broadway’s Alibi, horse racing, ABR

Elite Power: Two-Time Breeders’ Cup Winner and a Modern-Day Sprint Sensation

When Curlin retired to stud in 2008, hopes were high that the 2007 Preakness Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, who was also third in the Kentucky Derby and second in the Belmont Stakes, could produce horses that would follow in his hoofprints and win route dirt races at the highest level.

Pegasus World Cup, Breeders’ Cup, Challenge Series, Breeders’ Cup Classic, entry fee, starter, qualifier, qualifying, Gulfstream Park, Keeneland Race Course, 1/ST, Drew Fleming, Aidan Butler, horse racing, ABR

Pegasus World Cup Joins Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series for 2026

LEXINGTON, Ky. & HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 13, 2025) – The $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes will for the first time be included in the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In, Breeders’ Cup Limited and 1/ST announced Thursday.

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