Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner Plum Pretty (2-1) and Alabama Stakes winner Royal Delta (5-2) are the top two choices for the Nov. 4 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (gr. I). View full post on Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com

Majestic City, runner-up in the Dixiana Breeders’ Futurity (gr. I) is the 4-1 early favorite for the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT). View full post on Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com

Harold Queen’s homebred Big Drama was made the 5-2 morning line favorite to repeat in the Nov. 5 Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I). He’ll break from post 8 in a field of 9. View full post on Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com

The France-trained stayer Dunaden won Tuesday’s $6.2 million Melbourne Cup from England’s Red Cadeaux in one of the closest finishes in the 151-year history of the 3,200-meter handicap. French jockey Christophe Lemaire picked up the ride on the six-year-old France-bred entire when the rider originally booked for the horse, Australian Craig Williams, failed to overturn [...]

Lane’s End stallion Smart Strike, this year’s leading sire by progeny earnings, will stand in 2012 for $85,000, up from $75,000 in 2011. View full post on Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com