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Posted on Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin failed to win the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic for a second straight year by finishing fourth to Raven’s Pass at Santa Anita Park this Saturday, Breeders’ Cup Day October 25.
After making a strong move under jockey Robby Albarado to gain the lead as the field turned for home, it looked as if Curlin, running on a synthetic surface for the first time in his career, may be on his way to becoming the first repeat Breeders’ Cup Classic winner since Tiznow (2000-01).
As things progressed through the stretch, Curlin, North America’s all-time leading money winner with earnings over $10 million, began to tire and Raven’s Pass, one of the European invaders whose best work throughout his career came on the turf in England, stole the show from Curlin.
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Breeders’ Cup Contenders October 25: Curlin Draws Post 9 In The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic
Posted on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Race horse Curlin drew post position 9 in the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic field and was made the 7-5 favorite for the $5-million horse race to be held on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.
With Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown retired and off the Breeders’ Cup Classic contenders list, the Horse of the Year Curlin will defend his title against 11 other race horses hoping to stop Curlin’s bid to be the second consecutive Breeders’ Cup Classic winner.
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic field of races horses with jockeys, weight and morning line odds:
Go Between under jockey Garrett Gomez carries 126 lbs. with morning line odds of 8-1- Casino Drive under jockey Victor Espinoza, 121 lbs., 10-1
- Tiago under jockey Mike Smith, 126 lbs., 15-1
- Duke of Marmalade under jockey John Murtagh, 126 lbs., 10-1
- Henrythenavigator under jockey John Velazquez, 121 lbs., 10-1
- Smooth Air under jockey Manny Cruz, 121 lbs., 50-1
- Student Council under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, 126 lbs., 20-1
- Raven’s Pass under jockey Frankie Dettori, 121 lbs., 6-1
- Curlin under jockey Robby Albarado, 126 lbs., 7-5
- Fairbanks under jockey Richard Migliore, 126 lbs., 10-1
- Colonel John under jockey Edgar Prado, 121 lbs., 20-1
- Champs Elysees under jockey Alan Garcia, 126 lbs., 15-1
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic is race 9 in Oak Tree at Santa Anita’s October 25 race card. Breeders’ Cup Classic Post time is 3:45 pm Pacific.
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Commentator, Student Council Among Nominees For Massachusetts Handicap
Posted on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Commentator, 2-time winner of Saratoga’s Whitney Handicap, and Student Council, winner of this year’s Pimlico Special, are among the list of nominees for the $500,000 Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs.
The 66th running of the Massachusetts Handicap or MassCap is one of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge events on Saturday, September 20. Aside from the $300,000 winner’s share, the MassCap winner will also be part of the Breeders’ Cup field for the October 25 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park.
Hailing from the barn of Hall of Fame race horse trainer Nick Zito, Commentator has been assigned high weight of 122 pounds in the Massachusetts Handicap. Nick Zito has indicated he will race horse Commentator in the MassCap.
Student Council is one of four nominees for race horse trainer Steve Asmussen. Student Council will be carrying second high weight of 117 pounds in the Massachusetts Handicap which remains under consideration by his connections.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Race Results: Go Between Wins Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar
Posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Peter Vegso’s favored Go Between gave jockey Garrett Gomez his second million-dollar victory in two days East to West, capturing the $1-million Pacific Classic Stakes (G1), signature event of the summer racing season at Del Mar.
Jockey Garrett Gomez, who won the $1-million Travers Stakes for three-year-olds aboard West Coast-based Colonel John at Saratoga on Saturday, drove Go Between to a neck victory over Well Armed, with Mast Track third and Zappa fourth in a field of 10 older horses.
Go Between accomplished the mile and one-quarter in 2:01.18 and paid $7.60,. $5.60 and $3 while earning a prize of $600,000 with his 8th win in 26 starts. Go Beetween now has earnings of $2,783,880. Since the Pacific Classic is part of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup “Win & You’re In” Challenge, Go Between has earned a place in the Breeders’ Cup field for the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday, October 25, at Santa Anita Park.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Races at Del Mar August 24: Pacific Classic, Del Mar Mile, Pat O’Brien, Rancho Bernardo Handicap
Posted on Thursday, August 21st, 2008
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win & You’re In” series of horse races continues at Del Mar August 24, Sunday, with the $1-million Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) at 1 1/4 miles for 3-year-olds and up, the $400,000 Del Mar Mile Handicap (G2) at 1 mile on turf for 3-year-olds and up; the $300,000 Pat O’Brien Handicap (G2) at 7 furlongs for 3-year-olds and up; and the $200,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3) at 6 1/2 furlongs for 3-year-old and up fillies and mares.
Winners of these 4 horse races will automatically become part of the Breeders’ Cup field for the corresponding divisional race in the two-day, fourteen-race, $25-million Breeders’ Cup World Championships, to be held October 24-25 at Oak Tree at Santa Anita Park.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Races at Del Mar: Del Mar Handicap, Pacific Classic, Pat O’Brien, Rancho Bernardo
Posted on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge dominates Del Mar this weekend, with six horse races: the August 23 Del Mar Handicap (G2), the August 24 Pacific Classic (G1), Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3), Del Mar Mile Handicap (G2) and the Pat O’Brien Handicap (G2).
With the decision by race horse trainer John Sadler to send Tissy Fit into the Del Mar Handicap (G2), a full field seems likely for Saturday’s 1 3/8-mile race on Del Mar’s Jimmy Durante Turf Course.
While two Saratoga-based Pacific Classic prospects, one at Churchill Downs and one at Del Mar, put in their final serious works for Sunday’s $1-million Pacific Classic (G1) at 1 1/4 miles on the Del Mar main track.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Commentator Wins Whitney Handicap at Saratoga July 26
Posted on Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Commentator, ridden by jockey John Velazquez, lead all the way to win the 81st running of the $750,000 Whitney Handicap (G1), the Opening Weekend feature at Saratoga Race Course, by 4 3/4-lengths.
The Whitney Handicap is part of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win & You’re In” series which means its winner, Commentator, will automatically become one of the Breeders’s Cup horses allowed to race in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on October 25 at Santa Anita.
Racing 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.23, Commentator paid $10.80, $6.20 and $4.30. Second place Student Council, under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, returned $7.60 and $4.70. Grasshopper with jockey Robby Albarado is back in third showing $4.80.
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