Breeders’ Cup

In a star-studded field, Sierra Leone and Fierceness turned the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) into a gem.

Led by Citizen Bull and Gaming, the 1-2 finishers in the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar, at least a half dozen leading 2-year-olds breezed across the country Dec. 28.

Second in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T), Motorious defeats Sumter by a head in the Joe Hernandez Stakes (G2T) down the hillside turf course at Santa Anita Park.

The Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders' Association is once again hosting its annual stallion season auction on Thoroughlybred.com. Bidding will open on Jan. 8, starting at 9 a.m. ET and will close Jan. 12 beginning at 6 p.m. 

Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) runner-up Bentornato, scratched from the Dec. 26 Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, has a sore left front foot, trainer Jose D'Angelo said.

Seven months after the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1), Randomized and Idiomatic met again in the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course and turned in an even more thrilling duel.

A close second in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint when stuck on the inside, Motorious will likely go favored in the Joe Hernandez Stakes at Santa Anita.

The notion that the third time is a charm surely applies to More Than Looks.