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Posted on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Jerry and Ann Moss’s Zenyatta and stablemate Tiago will be major players at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, September 27, when the Oak Tree Racing Association presents 6 Grade I stakes races, each with 2008 Breeders’ Cup implications.
Tiago will defend his title against 10 rivals in a wide-open Goodwood Stakes with the 1 1/8 mile event to serve as a final prep for the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on October 25, climaxing an expanded Breeders’ Cup program featuring 14 Breeders’ Cup races over 2 days.
First post for the unique 11-race program billed as the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Day is at 12:30 pm. Except the Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship, winners of the Grade I stakes will be assured a starting spot in the Breeders’ Cup field in their respective Breeders’ Cup events under the event’s “Win and You’re In” program.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Race Results: Spirit One Wins Arlington Million at Arlington Park
Posted on Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Kamel Chehboub’s French-bred Spirit One stole Chicago’s biggest horse racing show with an unexpected wire-to-wire win in the Arlington Million Saturday at Arlington Park.
With his Arlington Million win, Spirit One and his connections are able to take advantage of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup World Championships‘ “Win and You’re In” format, becoming one of the Breeders’ Cup horses receiving an automatic starting berth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.
Spirit One returned $29.40, $10.20 and $6, Archipenko paid $3.40 and $2.60, and Mount Nelson paid $4 for the show.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Arlington Million on August 9 at Arlington Park
Posted on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Globetrotting Archipenko, with graded stakes victories on 3 continents this year, will try to add North America to that list when he faces 7 rivals in Saturday’s 25th renewal of the Arlington Million (G1) at Arlington Park.
The Arlington Million is part of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win & You’re In” series where the winner will automatically become one of the Breeders’ Cup horses for the October 25 Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita Park.
Horses racing in Arlington Park’s Arlington Million at 1 1/4 miles on turf with jockeys weight and morning line odds in post position order:
- Archipenko under jockey Kevin Shea carries 126 lbs. with morning line odds of 2-1
- Stream Cat under jockey Julien Leparoux, 126 lbs., 8-1
- Spirit One under jockey Ioritz Mendizabal, 126 lbs., 10-1
- Sudan under jockey John Velazquez, 126 lbs., 8-1
- Cloudy’s Knight under jockey Ramsey Zimmerman, 126 lbs., 20-1
- Einstein under jockey Robby Albarado, 126 lbs., 7-2
- Mount Nelson under jockey Johnny Murtagh, 126 lbs., 5-2
- Silverfoot under jockey Rene Douglas, 126 lbs., 20-1
The Arlington Million is race 10 of 12 horse races in Arlington Park’s August 9 card. Arlington Million post time is 4:44 pm Central.
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Arlington Million on August 9 at Arlington Park
Posted on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Ten of the world’s best turf race horses - including 3 star-quality European invaders - were pre-entered for the upcoming Arlington Million (G1) at 1 1/4 miles on turf at Arlington Park August 9.
The Arlington Million is the centerpiece event of the Chicago Thoroughbred horse racing season. It will be run along with the Beverly D. (G1) on turf for fillies and mares and the Secretariat Stakes (G1) for 3-year-olds of international caliber on grass to make up Arlington Park’s one-day International Festival of Racing.
Heading the list of European-based Arlington Million invaders is Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum and Dr. A. H. Parker’s Archipenko.
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