Better Talk Now Will Defend BC Turf Oct 22, 2008
Coming into the final turn ahead of the Breeders' Cup World Championships on October 25, Better Talk Now and Kip Deville look to rise again and Well Armed aims for dirt ... Better Talk Now will chatter about another victory, or mumble through more blues when he takes on his rivals in the Breeders' Cup Turf, a 1-1/2 miles chase beginning at 6 pm on October 25. (Suite101.com)
Brownout At The Breeder's Cup Oct 22, 2008
As the Breeders Cup braces for its 25th anniversary running, the menu of events has grown substantially. To grow exposure overseas, the Cup's preliminary challenge races were expanded to Europe this year for the first time. (Forbes -- Business)
Breeders Cup hopefuls in final tune-ups Oct 21, 2008
Mark J. Terrill / AP fileTiago will race in the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday ... - Anticipation for the coming week's Breeders' Cup festival at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting ratcheted up several notches on Saturday, when leading challengers to the established favorites in both the Breeders' Cup Classic and Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic turned in their final drills. (MSNBC -- Sports)
180 pre-entered Oct 20, 2008
Indian Blessing, the winner last year of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, has been pre-entered in the both the Sprint, against males, and the Filly and Mare Sprint, in which she is expected to start ... Red Rocks won the Breeders' Cup Turf two years ago ... In addition, for the first time this year, the Breeders' Cup will have as many two also-eligibles per race at the final entry stage, giving those on the outside looking in a few more days to draw in. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Workouts for upcoming Breeders' Cup in full swing Oct 19, 2008
-- Anticipation for the coming week's Breeders' Cup festival at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting ratcheted up several notches on Saturday, when leading challengers to the established favorites in both the Breeders' Cup Classic and Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic turned in their final drills. Here at Santa Anita, Cocoa Beach, Ginger Punch, Music Note, and the longshot Bear Now - all of whom will take on the unbeaten Zenyatta on Friday in the $2 million Ladies' Classic - had workouts, with Cocoa Beach... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Breeders Cup Ladies Classic Eligibl... Oct 19, 2008
Known as the Breeders Cup Distaff in the past, the BC Ladies Classic remains the equivalent of the boys' Classic ... Final entrants for the Breeders' Cup World Championships will be announced within the next week. (Suite101.com)
Breeders' Cup Pre-Entries List Oct 18, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -The horses pre-entered for the Breeders' Cup races to be held Oct. 24-25 at Santa Anita Park in Acadia, Calif. The post position draw is Tuesday, Oct. 21. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Curlin to face full field of 14 in BC Classic Oct 17, 2008
The Breeders' Cup will be run for the first time on Santa Anita's new synthetic surface, and steroids, which aren't allowed in Europe, will be banned for the first time in the 25-year-old event ... The $3 million Turf includes Better Talk Now, a 9-year-old gelding who was the oldest horse pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Dozen sent invites to QE II Oct 7, 2008
Invitations have been extended to the connections of 12 3-year-old fillies for the 25th QE II, a 1 1/8-mile turf race that, despite the 13-day time frame between races, occasionally produces a starter for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. The leading contenders this year are Backseat Rhythm and Magical Fantasy, both already Grade 1 winners. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Square Eddie scores in U.S. debut in Lane's End Breeders' Futurity Oct 5, 2008
-- The calculated plan that Paul Reddam engineered this week paid immediate dividends Saturday when his new purchase, Square Eddie, ran off and hid from 10 other 2-year-olds in the $500,000 Lane's End Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland, stamping himself as a major contender for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile ... "Paul called me this week and asked me all sorts of questions about him buying this colt," said Doug O'Neill, who will become the trainer of record after Square Eddie won the Breeders' Futurity... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Her so-called music career Oct 3, 2008
Are you surprised that any of your contemporaries at that time -- the Breeders, Liz Phair, Tonya Donnelly, Hole -- didn't just really hit big. I'm not surprised because the music that we were making was sort of quirky and idiosyncratic. (Salon)
Rockers Band Together For Obama Events Sep 25, 2008
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. The National, the Breeders and My Morning Jacket's Jim James have joined the roster of musicians pledging their support for Democratic presidential nominee. The National and the Breeders are teaming for an Oct. 16 concert in Cincinnati's Fountain Square dubbed "Vote Early, Rock Late." Since early voting begins Sept. 30 in Ohio, buses will be on hand to take registered voters to Hamilton County Election Headquarters to cast ballots. (Billboard.com)
Seattle Smooth upsets Proud Spell in Cotillion Sep 23, 2008
Now, in order to strengthen Proud Spell's Eclipse Award credentials, Jones may need to take her to Santa Anita for the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic, where she would have to face fellow 3-year-old filly Music Note for the third time - along with older females such as the undefeated Zenyatta, Ginger Punch, and Hystericalady. Seattle Smooth ($8. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Cotillion: Proud Spell looks to add another big win Sep 20, 2008
"Proud Spell has been there all year, not just a couple of months. That's why they call the award the horse of the year."She's earned more money than any other 3-year-old filly and she's the third leading money earner overall," he added.Jones said he puts more weight on the result of the Alabama than the Mother Goose, a race in which Proud Spell stumbled coming out of the gate and was disqualified from second to third for running erratically in the stretch."In the Alabama, we raced at equal... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Fitz Dixon Cotillion Sep 19, 2008
Trainer Larry Jones, who said most of the year that his prized filly was unlikely to take on the likes of older monsters Zenyatta and Ginger Punch in the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic, has changed his tune in recent days, but PROUD SPELL will need to run yet another big race to justify herself as a legitimate contender on Championship Day. A half-dozen hopefuls will take her on in the Cotillion, and only one of those, MILLION DOLLAR RUN, has a graded-stakes win on her resume, and that score came... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Music Note cruises after rival's scratch Sep 14, 2008
Which will probably be the Breeders' Cup, according to trainer Saeed bin Suroor. "It was a brilliant result," bin Suroor said. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Big Brown holds off Proudinsky in Monmouth Sep 14, 2008
"If he's going to show up, he should show up in the Breeders' Cup [Oct. 25]. That's where we are going to be.". Big Brown covered the 11/2 miles in 1:47. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
PLUCKER, teacher, donor and fry Sep 5, 2008
Unrest also had stints headlining tours in England and played as the support band for a tour with the Breeders. They also played in support of D.C. punk legends Fugazi. (Juneau Empire)
Music Note still not committed for Alabama Stakes Aug 16, 2008
Jones - who trained the ill-fated Eight Belles - sees himself in a position similar to last year, when he trained Hard Spun, a talented colt in a generation of 3-year-olds that included Kentucky Derby and Travers winner Street Sense and eventual Horse of the Year Curlin, winner of the Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Breeders' Cup Classic. "Last year, we were so fortunate in hooking a very good crop of 3-year-old colts with Hard Spun,'' said Jones, who named Gabriel Saez to ride Proud Spell. "This... (MSNBC -- Sports)
Big Brown rebounds in Haskell Invitational Aug 4, 2008
"The Breeders' Cup Classic is the ultimate goal.". It might not be a realistic goal. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Win and You're In, but only if you pay Jul 26, 2008
The Breeders' Cup rolls its Preview Day into Saratoga Race Course on Saturday ... The winners of these races get a ticket to run in the Breeders' Cup, the most glamorous day of racing in the United States ... For example, if your horse wins the Whitney at Saratoga, you automatically qualify to run in the Breeders' Cup Classic. (Albany Times Union)
Well Armed set for San Diego Handicap Jul 17, 2008
"Saturday's supporting feature is the $85,000 Osunitas Handicap, at 1 1/16 miles on turf for older female turf runners. Fleet Caroline and Lightmyfirebaby were assigned top weight of 118 pounds. Other top contenders are Kris's Sis and Spenditallbaby.On Sunday, the supporting feature is the $100,000 Fleet Treat Stakes for 3-year-old fillies going seven furlongs. Spring Awakening, the winner of the California Breeders' Champion Stakes and runner-up in last year's Del Mar Debutante, is expected to... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
'Unbridled' Back For More Jul 13, 2008
She dominated last year's race by 7 3/4 lengths and went on to finish second in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign at Saratoga and win the Grade 1 Beldame at Belmont Park before enduring a troubled trip over a sloppy track in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Monmouth Park. In her return from a 7 1/2-month layoff, Unbridled Belle whipped six rivals in the local prep for the Del Cap, the Grade 3 Obeah, improving her record at Delaware to 4 for 5. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
American Agri-Women promote children's natural resource Web site Jun 17, 2008
Mean Gene wrote on Apr 9, 2008 10:05 PM:" Shocked that women believe in horse slaughter? Over 75% of horses are owned by women and the breeders are almost exclusively women. This travesty is being run by women whothink they can create the "perfect horse" from old "sally" and their bff's unpapered stallion. They are out of control and now they (and their poor horses) are paying the price. Men passed laws against horse slaughter in the 40s. Thanks ladies....way to go. ". Angels in Horsehair wrote... (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Breeders Sisters In Uphill Battle Jun 10, 2008
June 10, 2008 -- BY conquering their substance-abuse problems, Kim and Kelley Deal, the twin sisters behind the Breeders, may have found a way to go back in time. A singer/guitarist and bass player with the Pixies, Kim founded the Breeders in 1988 ... While it can be surreal at times, Kelley says being drug-and alcohol-free is reminiscent of when the Breeders first began recording. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Celizic: Big Brown-out at Belmont won't doom sport Jun 9, 2008
They can get all cranked up about the Breeders Cup, but the rest of us arent ... They might tune into the Breeders Cup if Big Brown was running, but it wouldnt mean that much, because the race isnt part of our cultural circuitry. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Breeders return with the bright and the bleak Jun 7, 2008
Twin sisters Kim (left) and Kelley Deal of the Breeders (shown in California in April) played new tunes and classic rave-ups at the Paradise Rock Club on Thursday ... There was something about the fine, fuzzy splendor of it all Thursday night - the bleary guitars, off-kilter melodies, the sinister girl-group vocals - that made you feel as if the Breeders had never gone away ... Then again, maybe it had something to do with the fact that the Breeders' new album, "Mountain Battles," sounds so... (Boston Globe)
Cyndi Lauper's new album has a dance beat Jun 7, 2008
Rothberg, now in her mid-30s, emerged during last decade's boom of sharp-tongued women like Liz Phair and Poe and female-fronted bands such as Elastica and The Breeders, and "Double Standards" sounds like something that could have been a logical follow-up to Rothberg's 1996 breakout "Between the 1 and the 9.". The new release isn't alluring so much for her voice, which is jagged and nasal and limited, or for her music, which is solid rock, albeit unremarkable. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Thor's Echo returns to challenge Benny the Bull Jun 6, 2008
Thor's Echo was the Eclipse Award-winning sprinter of 2006, when he won the Breeders' Cup Sprint and then the De Francis Dash. Since then, he was fallen into a black hole. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Breeders showcase the real Deals Jun 1, 2008
Kim (left) and Kelley Deal, shown during the Breeders' April 25 set at the Coachella festival in Indio, Calif ... The twin sisters, who front the Breeders, are trying to squeeze everything from dog-washing to dry cleaning pickup to a phone interview into a break between touring obligations that will take them around the world ... The Deal sisters, who bring the Breeders to the Paradise Thursday for a sold-out show, are now years into their respective sobriety, getting along well, and excited... (Boston Globe)
Colour Revolt Opens For Breeders May 31, 2008
-- Watch some onstage footage from Colour Revolt's opening performance for the legendary indie rock band The Breeders. Also, hear how finishing up college at Ole Mississippi almost kept the band off the road, standing in the way of a chance-of-a-lifetime tour. (NBC 11, CA)
Catch a cab to Red Rocks May 27, 2008
Fans of girls playing rock-and-roll should go see the Breeders at the Ogden Theatre on Wednesday. The Breeders rolled into the music scene in the 90s off the strength of the insanely catchy single, Cannonball. (Denver Daily News)
The silent return of vinyl records May 25, 2008
Recently big acts the likes of Wilco and the Breeders repatriated to Chicago to work on their new albums. But the ultimate reason for the movie being shot in Chicago is the fact that the windy city is home to a large population of independent music stores manned by people who are as devoted as the characters of Rob Gordon and his cranky clerk Barry. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Finale wrap-up: "Gossip Girl" May 21, 2008
In the end, Lily rebuffed Rufus' advances and decided to go through with her wedding (meh), Nate's dad ran away to Dominica to hide from his embezzlement charges (ugh), and Rufus' mediocre band went on tour with the Breeders (huh. . (Salon)
Events listings May 18, 2008
6/5: 9 p.m. The Breeders, the Montana Boys. $22. (Boston Globe)
Ole Miss rockers get their education on the road May 16, 2008
When the five young men in Colour Revolt told their teachers at the University of Mississippi that they'd have to miss the last few weeks of classes, they had a dandy: the Jackson-based band was tapped to tour with the Breeders. "We were fortunate that it worked out," says Colour Revolt singer-guitarist Jesse Coppenbarger, 23, on the phone from a tour stop in Houston. (Boston Globe)
Music listings May 16, 2008
The Breeders Pixie's Kim Deal and her sister return after six years, on tour to support new release Mountain Battles. Richard's on Richards, May 23, 7:30 pm, $25, ticketmaster. (Vancouver Sun)
Colour Revolt May 13, 2008
And oh, we're on tour with the Breeders. That's the whole reason I guess we're doing this. (Billboard.com)
Get down with the kids ... May 10, 2008
Featuring: Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Elbow, MIA, Blondie, Julian Cope, the Breeders, Grinderman, Interpol. Located in a corner of England they call the Sunrise Coast, the tastefully boutique Latitude is now in its third year and has quickly established itself as the mother-and-father of family oriented festivals. (Guardian Unlimited)
Woodford Reserve Turf Classic May 2, 2008
It's a bit far for milers, and the marathoners sent down the Breeders' Cup Turf path typically aren't brilliant enough to win going short. Not surprisingly, the eight-horse field Saturday is littered with milers seeking the extra furlong. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Big Brown gets celebrity treatment May 2, 2008
Arazi, who routed his opposition in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile in 1991 at Churchill Downs, fizzled in the Derby the next year in his return to Kentucky. Dutrow isn't expecting a fizzle from Big Brown. (Nola.com -- Sports)
The Breeders release 'Mountain Battles' Apr 20, 2008
The Breeders release 'Mountain Battles ... It's been almost six years since Title TK, The Breeders' third studio album, was launched ... The Breeders recorded Mountain Battles at various recording studios, including Steve Albini's Electrical Audio in Chicago. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Sex education: Safeguarding teens from becoming parents Apr 20, 2008
A. Taxpayer wrote on Apr 18, 2008 7:10 PM:" Ladies, you are missing the point. Read my comment again. I don't have a problem helping those who are in need that have lost jobs, who are ill and the elderly who are on fixed income. I targeted one group. What are you going to do with a deadbeat dad who is unemployed? Same issue!! The breeders are the problem, both male and female. I hope I clarified my point. ". EDUCATE THEM. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Mariah Carey set to bump the Beatles Apr 19, 2008
"MOUNTAIN BATTLES," The Breeders (4AD). Not that the Breeders have ever been particularly focused, but the extra-addled disposition of 2002's "Title TK" might have been attributable to the group members' bouts of drug abuse and rehab plus a long hiatus that preceded the release ... Deal and her twin sister, Kelley Deal, finally have the Breeders on track again with the new "Mountain Battles," though the group has never sounded more. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Documentary follows Barbaro's road to Derby Apr 18, 2008
So they quit their jobs and followed the Derby trail from July 2005 to the Breeders Cup in October 2006. They shopped around a sample tape of their project to potential investors. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Simon Cowell-Mentored Leona Lewis Tops Billboard Chart With Spirit Apr 17, 2008
The Breeders return to the chart at #98, selling 7,200 units of their latest, Mountain Battles, while Tapes 'n Tapes' Walk It Off sold to the tune of 5,900, which puts them at #116 on the chart. Following her appearance with Chris Brown last week on "American Idol," last year's "Idol" champ, Jordin Sparks, enjoyed a much-needed sales bump. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Mountain Battles Apr 13, 2008
Rock Alternative/Indie The Breeders 4AD/Remote Control 2008 20128741207856814850-smh. com. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Kip Deville picks up where he left off Apr 13, 2008
In his first start since capturing the Breeders' Cup Mile last fall, Kip Deville picked up right where he left off by streaking to victory in the $300,000 Maker's Mark Mile on Friday before 14,056 at Keeneland ... The 5 1/2-month layoff from the Breeders' Cup to the Maker's Mark was "all by design," said Richard Dutrow Jr., who trains Kip Deville ... He said he did not envision Kip Deville running again until the Woodbine Mile in September, and then onto the Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita in... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Countdown to the Crown Apr 12, 2008
Speaking of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, put WAR PASS on that schedule now and back track his route to a million-dollar date. In last Saturday's Wood Memorial, he looked agitated pre-race, did not want to settle when pressed by an inferior rabbit and simply has had too much go wrong this spring -- all the way back to his phantom vet clinic visits in January -- to put him though the rigors of the Derby. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Critics' Picks Apr 12, 2008
Salon's culture gurus tip you off to their favorite things this week: A bawdy British sketch show, a book on the Bard's better half, the return of the Breeders ... Done with drugs (again), twin sisters Kim and Kelley Deal have resurrected their band the Breeders after (another) long silence, six years this time ... Salon's culture gurus tip you off to their favorite things this week: A bawdy British sketch show, a book on the Bard's better half, the return of the Breeders. (Salon)
Nose to Nose Apr 11, 2008
DaKattack (6:06:36 PM): After the Breeders' Cup, good 2yos are farmed out for the winter to get ready for a grueling spring ... DaKattack (6:09:45 PM): with the exception of maybe the Breeders' Cup. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Weekend events Apr 10, 2008
Ticket giveaways for the night include Duran Duran, Margaret Cho, the Breeders, Tegan and Sara and Cat Power. MUSIC: Friday, April 11. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Prince to headline Coachella Apr 10, 2008
Major headliners for the three-day event in Indio, CA include Jack Johnson, Roger Waters, the Verve, the Breeders and Love and Rockets. Special Report. (Variety)
Prince To Headline Second Night Of Coachella Apr 10, 2008
This year's Coachella will also feature performances by Kraftwerk, Portishead, the Verve, Aphex Twin, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, the Breeders and Serj Tankian, among many others. "In this year of a lot of festivals, we think we ve dug pretty deep," Coachella booker Paul Tollett tells Billboard. (MediaWeek.com)
They'll roam if they want to Apr 8, 2008
Among the Breeders' charms, cohesion has never been high on the list ... Today the Breeders notch it up to four with the release of "Mountain Battles." ... Alt-rock guru Steve Albini is back at the helm and once again proves the ideal midwife for the Breeders' fiercely independent vision. (Boston Globe)
Bringing in baby Apr 8, 2008
A typical response, from a reader of Time magazine after it ran a piece on the trend, was this: "I do not go to work every day to listen to the breeders' brats scream all day and to smell their baby poo diapers. And I certainly don't want to walk past a cubicle to see some woman breastfeeding her baby. NO.". Now, granted, this is a fairly feverish response, but only in tone - parents are annoying. (Guardian Unlimited)
Sound off: The Cribs rock Boston audiences Apr 4, 2008
Dengue Fever play the same day as R.E.M., Modest Mouse, M.I.A., The National, and The Breeders. Hot Chip Made in the Dark (EMI). (Kingston Mariner, MA)
If it's a summer weekend it must be the Verve: festival fatigue ... Apr 2, 2008
Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Interpol, The Breeders, Elbow. The Green Man festival. (Guardian)
Breeders' Deal Sisters Head Back Up The Mountain ... And Reveal Similarities With Britney Spears Apr 1, 2008
The Breeders' Kelley and Kim Deal (Photo: MTV News). On the surface, Kim and Kelley Deal a.k.a. 50 percent of the Breeders don't have much in common with, say, Britney Spears ... OK, so that's abo 00004000 ut the only two things they share with the erstwhile pop princess, and while lumping the two together might seem like a cheap ploy to work Britney Spears into a story about the Breeders (and, hey, it sort of is), there's actually some merit to the comparison. (VHI.com -- Music News)
In college towns across USA, record stores bite the dust Mar 27, 2008
Like most such places, Schoolkids walls were lined with posters Nirvana, James Dean, Led Zeppelin, the Breeders. The rock shelves ran from Aberdeen City to Neil Young. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Elbow, Interpol join Franz at Latitude Mar 21, 2008
Also playing the summer bash at Henham Park Estate, Suffolk are MIA, The Breeders, Death Cab For Cutie and Amadou m.. The bill also features an extensive list of comedians including Bill Bailey, Ross Noble, Rich Hall, Simon Amstell, Russell Howard, Phil Jupitus and Lucy Porter. (Digital Spy)
Full Latitude line-up announced Mar 20, 2008
Other musical attractions include American indie-poppers Death Cab for Cutie, Mancunian band Elbow, whose new album has won rave reviews, and the Breeders, founded in the 1980s by former Pixie Kim Deal and still attracting a cult following. Last year's festival sold out, and organisers Festival Republic (formerly Mean Fiddler) hope that 20,000 people will flock to Henham Park again this year between July 17 and 20. (Norfolk Eastern Daily Press)
Animal lovers turn their dead pets' coats into sweaters! Mar 20, 2008
"We found out from the breeders we got the pups from that it was possible to use their coat for clothes. "Apparently it is quite popular with lots of the people who breed long-haired dogs. " That first jumper was made in 1990, while Kara was still alive. Although she died 12 years ago, the jumper made from her hair is still going strong. The Samoyed breed is native to northern Russia, where they were used to keep children warm. Its fur is almost waterproof and softer than alpaca. By the time the... (The Drudge Report)
My Morning Jacket's Jim James Gets Reverent, Perez Hilton Does Not; Plus: Kate Nash, Rachael Ray & More: South By Southwest '08 Mar 17, 2008
And, of course, Mess With Texas was the only place you could catch the Breeders, in town to promote their upcoming Mountain Battles album. James Montgomery. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Music Festival Limits the Party Mar 15, 2008
Potentially the biggest concert taking place during this year's festival week is a free, unaffiliated show for 8,000, cheekily called Mess With Texas, and featuring alternative-rock stalwarts the Breeders. The band was also invited to play at the official festival, but decided to go with Mess with Texas because of the expected high turnout, says the Breeders' manager Richard Jones. (Wall Street Journal)
