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2022 Indiana Derby at a Glance

The Triple Crown season is finished, but this year’s 3-year-old division is far from settled and big races such as the TVG.com Haskell Stakes in a couple of weeks and the Runhappy Travers Stakes in late August will go a long way toward determining which horses from a competitive group will emerge as leading Eclipse Award candidates.

Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings for July 6

Each week 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 2022 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.

A Closer Look at 2022 Breeders’ Cup Classic Hopeful Olympiad

The fields for the 14 races that comprise the Breeders’ Cup World Championships really begin to come into focus in summer and fall, and just last weekend we witnessed several breakout performances.

Bayakoa: Better With Age

One of the great ironies tied into horse racing involves how triumph and tragedy can be woven together.

Even at its most distressing moments, racing can sometimes offer a measure of joy, as muted as it might be.

The 1990 Breeders’ Cup Distaff will always be remembered for the heartbreaking tragedy of the fatal injury of Go for Wand. Yet on that fateful October afternoon at Belmont Park, what is often overlooked was the triumph that belonged to the gallant mare Bayakoa.

Five Key Takeaways from an Exciting Holiday Weekend of Racing

Tom Pedulla presents five key takeaways from the $740,000 Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs, which carried an automatic expense-paid berth in the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland, and other major developments during the holiday weekend:

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