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Ultimate Love, Breeders’ Cup, Juvenile Fillies, filly, turf, Laurel Park, Selima Stakes Michael Trombetta, trainer, Live Oak Plantation, Jorge Ruiz, Curlin, My Typhoon, breeding, pedigree, undefeated, speed figure, Equibase, horse racing, ABR

Buy or Sell on Road to Breeders’ Cup: Juvenile Fillies Turf Contender Ultimate Love

Every once in a while I like to veer off the beaten path in this blog, and when I do so it’s usually for one of two reasons: it’s a Mid-Atlantic-based racehorse (hey, I’m a Delaware Park guy) or it’s a Thoroughbred who has flashed eye-catching finishing speed. In Ultimate Love’s case, it’s the best of both worlds.

2025 QEII Challenge Cup Stakes, Keeneland, Lush Lips

Lush Lips Tastes Sweet Victory in Keeneland's QEII Challenge Cup

Keeping top company across the country throughout her 3-year-old season, Lush Lips had yet to earn her signature victory until that changed when her year's worth of work culminated in an eye-catching triumph in the $665,300 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes presented by Dixiana Oct.

Sierra Leone, Breeders’ Cup Classic, Del Mar, Fierceness, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

Deep Cast of Returning Winners Expected for 2025 Breeders’ Cup

Ken McPeek, trainer and part-owner of Thorpedo Anna, was interviewed in a video clip Oct. 9 that seemed to suggest the 2024 Horse of the Year could be retired before getting a chance to secure a repeat victory in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff. We’ll see.

Breeders’ Cup Classic, Del Mar, Sovereignty, Fierceness, Sierra Leone, Journalism, Baeza, Mindframe, Forever Young, Nevada Beach, Hit Show, Highland Falls, Antiquarian, Locked, Kentucky Derby, horse racing, contenders, ABR

An Early Look at the Probable Field for the 2025 Breeders' Cup Classic

The final round of prep races for the 2025 Breeders’ Cup is behind us and the fields for the 14 World Championship races have come into focus. For fans and bettors, there is nothing quite like this two-day Thoroughbred racing extravaganza.

Equibase, earnings, standings, leaderboard, owners, horses, jockeys, trainers, Tommy Jo, Ted Noffey, Rhetorical, Tamara, Spendthrift, John Velazquez, Keeneland, Todd Pletcher, Brendan Walsh, Chad Brown, Breeders’ Cup, ABR

Equibase Earnings Leaders: Active Fall Stars Weekend Makes Big Impact

Fall racing is hitting its stride with just over three weeks remaining until the 2025 Breeders’ Cup. Sixteen “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series races across North America headlined last weekend’s action, many taking place during the opening three-day span of Keeneland’s Fall Meet dubbed Fall Stars Weekend.

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