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Posted on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Undefeated 5-year-old mare Zenyatta drew post position 4 for Saturday’s $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic November 7 at Santa Anita Park as she bids for her 14th career victory facing 12 male rivals including Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird and European star Rip Van Winkle.
The 26th Breeders’ Cup World Championships, horse racing’s prestigious global showcase, consisting of 14 Breeders’ Cup races with purses totaling $25.5 million, will be held during the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting on Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7.
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Trained by John Shirreffs for owners Jerome and Ann Moss, Zenyatta posted the 13th victory of her perfect career winning the Lady’s Secret Stakes over the Santa Anita track on Oct. 10, equaling the modern day record at the top level set by Personal Ensign winning the 1988 Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Churchill Downs.
A total of 149 horses were entered in the Breeders’ Cup races, including 30 from Europe, and 10 defending or former Breeders’ Cup winners, topped by Zenyatta, who sealed an Eclipse Award campaign here last year with her dramatic victory in the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic.
With Zenyatta opting to race in the Breeders’ Cup Classic rather than defend her Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic crown, a field of eight fillies and mares was drawn for the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic at 1 1/8 miles to climax the Friday program.
Godolphin’s 5-year-old Chilean-bred Cocoa Beach, runner-up to Zenyatta in the race last year, Godolphin stablemate Music Note, and Donver Stable’s 3-year-old emerging star Careless Jewel invading from Canada are among the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic favorites.
Ballymacoll Stud Farm’s 4-year-old Irish homebred Conduit (IRE) bids for a repeat victory in the $3-million Breeders’ Cup Turf for race horse trainer Sir Michael Stoute in a field of eight drawn for the 1 1/2 miles grass course event.
Other Breeders’ Cup Turf entries facing Conuit include Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s English-bred filly Dar Re Mi and J. Paul Reddam’s 6-year-old Red Rocks (IRE), winner of the 2006 renewal of the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Churchill Downs.
The other former Breeders’ Cup Champions returning are:
- Wertheimer et Frere’s French-trained 4-year-old filly Goldikova (IRE) defending her 2008 victory in the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Mile.
- Augustin Stable’s 5-year-old mare Forever Together bidding for a repeat score in the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Juddmonte Farm’s 5-year-old mare Ventura in the $1-million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.
- R. A. Pegum’s 5-year-old gelding Muhannak (IRE) defending his title in the $500,000 Breeders’ Cup Marathon.
- Tarabilla Farms Inc.’s 5-year-old horse Desert Code seeking a repeat bid in the $1-million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint.
- Godolphin Racing LLC’s Midshipman, winner of last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, bids for the $1-million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.
Karen Woods & Saud bin Khaled’s Maram, winner of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, runs in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
Emerging stars that will be heavy favorites in their respective races will be Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s 2-year-old Lookin At Lucky in the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Zayat Stable’s 3-year-old Zensational in the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Sprint, both trained by Bob Baffert.
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Tags: Careless Jewel, Cocoa Beach, Conduit, Dar Re Mi, Desert Code, Forever Together, Goldikova, Lookin at Lucky, Maram, Midshipman, Mine That Bird, Muhannak, Music Note, Red Rocks, Rip Van Winkle, Summer Bird, Ventura, Zensational, Zenyatta
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