Roundup of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events and other stakes action on Day 1 of the Irish Champions Festival at Leopardstown.

Godolphin star Notable Speech and South African champion Gimme a Nother scored in Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events at Woodbine.

The connections of reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty have yet another Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) contender on their hands.

Last year’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) star Good Cheer returned triumphant in Friday night's Iowa Distaff, one of four stakes to kick off the Festival of Racing at Prairie Meadows.

Godolphin’s Ombudsman was far and away the class of the field in Saturday’s $5 million Dubai Turf (G1), and even the rain during the week couldn’t dampen his acceleration.

The divisional champions and Horse of the Year will be revealed during the awards ceremony at The Breakers Palm Beach on Jan. 22.

Saturday’s $150,000 Mr. Prospector (G3) at Gulfstream Park turned out to be a breaking news generator.

Third as the favorite in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), Notable Speech returned to Del Mar as an older, fresher customer.

Champion Immersive won for the first time since her unbeaten juvenile campaign in Saturday’s $173,700 Seneca Overnight S. at Churchill Downs, one of four sophomore stakes on the card.

Favorites were overturned in all three trials for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) at ParisLongchamp on Sunday.

One day after Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Sovereignty cemented his status as the leading three-year-old in the Belmont (G1), Godolphin’s other Derby runner, eighth-placer East Avenue, rebounded in Sunday’s $387,000 Matt Winn (G3) at Churchill Downs.

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty rallied impressively to defeat Journalism in the Belmont (G1), confirming himself as the leader in the three-year-old division in the final leg of the Triple Crown.

On Keeneland's Sunday opener, favorites were overturned in both sophomore stakes that also witnessed key scratches.

After Dubai Future missed his entire eight-year-old campaign in 2024, the Godolphin homebred’s racing career appeared to be receding into the past.

Sovereignty burnished his Kentucky Derby (G1) credentials in the Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park.

Godolphin’s homebred Good Cheer remained undefeated, and reiterated her status as a serious Kentucky Oaks (G1) contender, by dominating Saturday’s Rachel Alexandra (G2) at Fair Grounds.

2024 might have been the Year of the Dragon, but in the land of U.S. Thoroughbred racing, it was the Year of the “Grizzly.”

Unplaced in four previous graded stakes attempts, Loved struck a new career high in Thursday’s Falls City (G3) at Churchill Downs.

Godolphin’s homebred Rebel’s Romance made Breeders’ Cup history at Del Mar on Saturday, becoming the first two-time winner of the Turf (G1) in non-consecutive years.