Topic: Horse Racing

A dozen Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" entries are up for grabs in weekend races in France, England, New York and California with the highly anticipated Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris high on the list.

Pencil in another name somewhere near the top of the 3-year-old division as Saudi Crown slogged through Tropical Storm Ophelia to win the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby in a highlight of weekend horse racing.

Three-year-olds return to the spotlight in weekend horse racing with the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby and $1 million Cotillion at Parx Racing taking center stage.

A Maryland man scored a $62,622 prize from the Racetrax virtual horse racing game, marking his third time winning a major lottery jackpot.

Sheik Mohammed's Godolphin empire had another good weekend raiding North American turf races, landing a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" spot in the process.

Churchill Downs, shuttered since a rash of horse deaths during its spring season, is back in action this weekend and kicks off its "Road to the Kentucky Derby" on Saturday.

The new national organization charged with overseeing safety at racetracks says it can find no common cause for recent high-profile horse deaths at Churchill Downs and Saratoga.

Breeders' Cup had seven "Win and You're In" races on the weekend card. and one of them looks to have landed a prime attraction in English and Irish Derby winner Auguste Rodin from the powerful Coolmore partners.

Weekend horse racing is all about the turf with seven Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" grass races on the program, two at Kentucky Downs and five at Ireland's two big racecourses.

With just two months until the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita, 3-year-olds seem to have the edge over their older rivals in what promises to be an exciting showdown.