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Posted on Monday, October 15th, 2007
The 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic has a strong core group, the top 6 contenders of the BC Classic and they’ve scared too many contenders already, meaning the field will not be as close to the maximum of 14 Breeders’ Cup Contenders.
Trainers like Richard Dutrow Jr., Diamond Stripes’ trainer will not take the challenge lightly but he will strategies his decisions closely.
The Breeders’ Cup Classic core group is compose of Curlin, Any Given Saturday, Hard Spun, Lawyer Ron, Street Sense and Tiago. It is actually going to be tough to go head’s up if all those horses run on the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
| Horse | Trainer | 2007 Earnings |
| Curlin | Steven M. Asmussen | $2,402,800.00 |
| Lawyer Ron | Todd A. Pletcher | $1,320,000.00 |
| Tiago | John A. Shirreffs | $1,109,750.00 |
| Street Sense | Carl A. Nafzger | $2,950,000.00 |
| Hard Spun | J. Larry Jones | $1,572,500.00 |
| Any Given Saturday | Todd A. Pletcher | $994,320.00 |
Diamond Stripes is tentative if the Meadowlands Cup winner will run on the 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic.
“I’m going to pre-enter in the Classic and the Dirt Mile to keep my options open, bide my time, see how it unfolds,” Dutrow said Wednesday. “If it comes up wet, and a couple of the top horses come up with issues and don’t run, that might move me up.”
Political Force has been retired and begins stud duty next spring in Kentucky.
Grasshopper, second in the Travers Stakes and Super Derby, is “going to be given the rest of the season off,” trainer Neil Howard said Wednesday. “We think he has a chance to be a really good horse next year,” Howard said.
Timber Reserve exited last month’s win in the Pennsylvania Derby with a hoof injury that has prevented him from having a workout since the race.
Curlin, the Jockey Club Gold Cup winner, is training on the Polytrack at Keeneland.
The Classic is considered by many to be the premier thoroughbred horse race of the year, and for 2006 only the Dubai World Cup surpassed its $5 million purse. Often, the winner goes on to win U.S. Horse of the Year honors, as have the last three winners of the race—Ghostzapper (2004), Saint Liam (2005), and Invasor (2006).
Due to the extremely high quality of horses in the event, the race is notoriously hard to predict.
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