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By John Furgele The 37th edition of the Breeders Crown begins taking shape this weekend with elimination heats in nine of the 12 finals set for Halloween weekend (Oct. 30-31). For the second time, Harrah’s Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana will host harness racing’s version of the Breeders’ Cup (for thoroughbreds) scheduled for Nov. 6-7. Other than the elims over the 7/8-mile track, this weekend is relatively quiet in the world of trotters and pacers with a $25,000 open pace ay Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night a race worth checking out. A total of 161 horses were entered for the

By Mike Farrell And you thought Triple Crown fever dissipated after the Preakness (G1) earlier this month. Not so fast friends. There is another pandemic-delayed Crown on the line Saturday, and the venue is Woodbine. Mighty Heart, the underdog colt with only one eye, bids for the Canadian Triple Crown in the $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes. With a victory, Mighty Heart would be the 13th horse to complete the sweep. Wando did it most recently in 2003. There are several similarities between the U.S. Crown and its Canadian counterpart. Both are restricted to 3-year-olds, and both traditionally conclude with the longest

By Ed McNamara The Kentucky thoroughbred is revered throughout the world as a four-legged aristocrat. Horses who took their first steps in the Bluegrass State have won 112 of the 146 Kentucky Derbies and hundreds of Group 1 stakes in Europe. The notation (Ky) after the breeder in the past performances gets extra credit from handicappers, who often downgrade the chances of runners foaled elsewhere. Sometimes that provincialism backfires, because in the past 25 years the quality of horses born outside the Commonwealth has improved dramatically. New York-bred Funny Cide (2003) and California-bred California Chrome (2014) swept the Derby and

By Ed McNamara The Kentucky thoroughbred is revered throughout the world as a four-legged aristocrat. Horses who took their first steps in the Bluegrass State have won 112 of the 146 Kentucky Derbies and hundreds of Group 1 stakes in Europe. The notation (Ky) after the breeder in the past performances gets extra credit from handicappers, who often downgrade the chances of runners foaled elsewhere. Sometimes that provincialism backfires, because in the past 25 years the quality of horses born outside the Commonwealth has improved dramatically. New York-bred Funny Cide (2003) and California-bred California Chrome (2014) swept the Derby and

Breeders’ Cup Jockeys: Best of the Best, and Still Riding First of a series of jockeys and their performances in the Breeders’ Cup, scheduled for Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. By Noel Michaels Several of the all-time winningest jockeys in Breeders’ Cup history are still active – five of the top 10 on the money won list if you’re counting. If you’re looking for a tie-breaker in your handicapping for the two-day, 14-race, $31 million Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland on Nov. 6-7, you could do a lot worse than checking out who’s riding which horse and

Breeders’ Cup Jockeys: Best of the Best, and Still Riding First of a series of jockeys and their performances in the Breeders’ Cup, scheduled for Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. By Noel Michaels Several of the all-time winningest jockeys in Breeders’ Cup history are still active – five of the top 10 on the money won list if you’re counting. If you’re looking for a tie-breaker in your handicapping for the two-day, 14-race, $31 million Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland on Nov. 6-7, you could do a lot worse than checking out who’s riding which horse and