 The Breeders' Cup, Thoroughbred racing's $14
million year-end championship day, will be run on October 26 and 27, 2007 at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey.
The Breeders' Cup Championship has provided racing with some
of its finest moments, like the great Cigar ending his
perfect 1995 season with a thrilling victory in the
Breeders' Cup Classic. Horse Fans will always remember the
gallant French filly Miesque winning back-to-back editions
of the Breeders' Cup Mile? Or an obscure French based runner
named Arcangues pulling the biggest upset in Breeders' Cup
history, winning the 1993 Classic and paying $269.20 to win?
Another one of the breeders Cup exciting elements is the
intense rivalry between North American and European
contenders. In almost every race, national pride is on the
line. Owners and trainers from England, Ireland, France and
Germany now circle the Breeders' Cup Championship on their
calendars. Horses have journeyed from as far away as Japan
to compete in the Breeders' Cup Championship. It truly has
become the foremost international racing event.
Breeders' Cup Limited and six of the nation's premier racetracks will launch a set of officially sanctioned Breeders' Cup qualifying races in 2007, the Breeders' Cup announced today. The new “Breeders' Cup Challenge” will be highlighted by its “Win and You're In”
provision, with the winner of each of the 24 Challenge races
automatically qualifying for the corresponding divisional
race in the eight-race, $20 million Breeders' Cup World
Championships.Breeders Cup
challenge 2007 at Santa Anita Park on Oct. 24-25
The Oak Tree Racing Association will host the 25th running
of the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park
on Oct. 24-25. The two-day event will be televised live on
ESPN.
Santa Anita will be the first Breeders' Cup site to hold the
main track portion of the program on a synthetic surface.
The Arcadia track is scheduled to install an all-weather
surface, which replaces its dirt track, this summer. The
synthetic track should be popular with European trainers,
which could lead to more participation.
Santa Anita Park for our 25th Breeders’ Cup World
Championships. The Breeders Cup has previously been held at
Santa Anita in 1986, 1993 and 2003. Santa Anita is one of
the world’s great racing venues, an outstanding facility
with a great tradition that will showcase top flight
international racing for our fans.
This will be the seventh time the Breeders' Cup has been
held in Southern California. Hollywood Park hosted the
inaugural Breeders' Cup in 1984 and again in 1987 and 1997.
The Breeders’ Cup Championship is non-stop action from the
moment the horses step onto the track for the first race,
the Distaff, until the garland is draped across the
shoulders of the Classic winner at dusk. Heart stopping
finishes, stunning upsets, international glamour,
old-fashioned fun - Breeders’ Cup Championship has it all.
2007 Breeders Cup Classic Winner
and Results
This was the 24th
Breeders' Cup. Champions were crowned, pretenders were
exposed, handicappers made
memorable scores or went home broke and everybody got
wet.
After two months of dry, unseasonably warm weather,
clouds rolled in Wednesday and never left.
They dumped 2½ inches of rain that turned the main track
into muck. Only on Breeders' Cup day
would grass racing have been conducted in North America
on such a saturated surface.
After the 2 minutes of horse racing excitment, a
mud-splattered Robby Albarado grinned as a blanket
of purple and yellow flowers was draped over Classic
hero Curlin.
Making a persuasive case for Horse of the Year, Curlin
also won the Jockey Club Gold Cup and Preakness
(both gr. I) this year. He has won six of his nine
starts and has never finished out of the money. The
Classic victory, worth $2.7 million, increased Curlin's
lifetime earnings to $5,102,800 just this year,
not bad for any horse, let alone one who sold for just
$57,000 as a yearling.
Curlin paid $10.80, $5,20, and $4.20 while Hard Spun
paid $7.60 and $5.80. Awesome Gem, a 28-1 shot,
returned $9.40 for the show. The exacta paid $70.80,
while the $1 trifecta paid $645.30. If you are looking to bet the 2007
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