Whitmore spent much of 2019 chasing the now-retired Mitole, the eventual Breeders' Cup Sprint winner and champion male sprinter for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen.
Luis Rivera Jr. said the credit for Strawberry Red’s victory in Friday night’s third race at Monmouth Park belonged to the horse’s owner, trainer, and jockey.
In 2020, you learn to expect the unexpected. So when the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve announced that it would run on Sept. 5 instead of the traditional first Saturday in May, the schedule of qualifying races included some new summer events that have never had Derby points attached to them before.
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 2020 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.