BREEDERS’ CUP — By Matthew Lomon In just a few days, premier talents from around the globe will converge on Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California for Breeders’ Cup weekend. Kicking off Nov. 3 with five juvenile series events for 2-year-olds, horse racing’s version of...

LOS ANGELES — By Art Wilson Folks, we’re only seven days away from the Breeders’ Cup, the Super Bowl of horse racing. And it’s in our own backyard. Santa Anita will host the two-day event for a record 11th time on Nov. 3-4, and rightfully so. But what makes the Breeders’ Cup so...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Parlay Power Fan of the parlay? Fan of horse betting? Allow me to introduce you to emerging rookie rider Sofia Vives and the Pick 3. On a sunny Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack, the first three races of the day’s 10-race card went to Sofia...

SANTA ANITA — By Matthew Lomon   Few horses, if any, are more deserving of having a Thoroughbred stakes named after them than Zenyatta.   For the winning connections of this Sunday’s Zenyatta Stakes (race 4 at Santa Anita), a victory will be much more meaningful than just...

SARATOGA — The upcoming Labor Day weekend is one of the most highly anticipated three-day stretches on the racing calendar, as Saratoga Race Course’s summer meet concludes, Del Mar in California reaches the second-to-last weekend of its popular summer meet, and the boutique...

ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita will replace its dirt training track with a synthetic surface as part of nearly $32 million in improvements planned as the venerable racetrack absorbs an influx of horses, trainers and jockeys from Northern California’s Golden Gate Fields after it closes...