Events

The 2019 Breeders’ Cup takes place on November 1st and 2nd at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. As per custom, we will be treated to two days of high-quality racing this weekend with the highlight of course being the $6,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic.

War of Will has been arguably the most important horse in this year’s Triple Crown races. He was one of the horses adjudged to have been impeded by Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby, and the winner was subsequently disqualified.

In our 2019 Kentucky Derby guide, we tipped Maximum Security as the most likely winner. He duly obliged only to become the first horse in the race’s history to be disqualified for an on-track incident. Ultimately, 65/1 outsider Country House was awarded the victory in a time of 2:03:93, with Code of Honor in second…

The first Saturday of May is something American horse racing fan looks forward to every year. It is the traditional day of the Kentucky Derby, the first of the three Classics and marketed as the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. This article is outdated, get up to date on 2020 Kentucky Derby Betting here.

The 2018 Breeders’ Cup returns to Churchill Downs for the first time since 2011 on November 2nd and 3rd with a lineup of 14 races spread across two days of high-class racing. Betting on the Breeders’ Cup is always heavy with this being one of the richest meets in the world and a fitting capstone…

As single day events go, there are few capable of matching the magnificent British Champions Day which fittingly takes place at Ascot on 20 October. It is typically considered to be the end of the Flat racing season in Europe, although technically there is a Group 1 race at Doncaster the following week.

For racing lovers who enjoy the challenge of identifying potential superstars, the Dubai Future Champions Festival is one of their favourite events of the year. All races take place on the famed Rowley Mile course. Although there are numerous high-quality races featuring horses of all ages, all eyes are on the big events featuring 2yos.

The 2018 Cambridgeshire Meeting brings the focus back to Newmarket’s Rowley Mile course, and there are no fewer than 10 Class 1 races across the three-day festival. With multiple Group races to choose from, it wasn’t easy to decide on the three races to preview.

The Ayr Gold Cup Meeting features four Class 1 races over the three-day festival, but the feature race is actually a Class 2 handicap! Overall, it is by far the most prestigious Flat meeting in Scotland and attracts tens of thousands of racegoers from the south.

The St Leger Festival is one of the most prestigious racing events on the British racing calendar. It spans four days and this year it takes place from 12-15 September. Its feature race, the St Leger Stakes, is the last of the five Classics (along with the 1,000 Guineas, 2,000 Guineas, the Oaks, and the…