Breeders' Cup Ladies' Day
For the second successful year, the Friday of Breeders' Cup weekend is Ladies' Day for racegoers. Included are five BC championship races for fillies and mares and the 3yo+ Breeders' Cup Marathon (Pro-Ride), 1m6f.
So popular were the Friday races in perfect weather this year that the Post 4 Pool was well over $1,500,000.
Neither the 10 male marathoners nor the 49 fillies and mares disappointed their worldwide audience.
Millions of viewers had access to the races through ESPN in the States, other racing channels worldwide and the Breeders' Cup website where the races were shown online.
In a landmark agreement, Breeders' Cup Limited announced simulcasting and licensing agreements with Betfair Group Limited and which will permit common-pool wagering on the BC at Santa Anita, Los Angeles, CA, on November 6 and 7.
This agreement commingles the BC pools with Betfair's worldwide customer base of over 2.5 million providing access to common-pool betting on the Championships.
Europe, represented by England, France and Ireland, appeared to have very strong victory claims over the USA for the entire weekend; however, no favourites won any of the six races.
An Aidan O'Brien-Ballydoyle 3yo 'sleeper' Man Of Iron USA (Giant's Causeway USA) took the Marathon over an impressive 9yo Cloudy's Knight USA (Lord Avie USA) by a nose on the line after some serious whipping of MOI.
Cloudy's Knight had to fight off challenges on both sides without inappropriate whipping by Rosemary B Homeister Jr and almost made it.
Favourite Mastery (Sulamani) came in third for Godolphin seeming to have had one too many races this season and was treated kindly by Frankie Dettori.
Cloudy's Knight trainer Johnathan Sheppard, born in the UK, later racked up one win and several places to lead winnings for the day.
O'Brien won his first Breeders' Cup with MOI and connections sold him on to new Dubai owners unconnected with the Al Maktoum family.
Even major racing and stud operations are feeling the financial pinch. Ballydoyle-Coolmore have been quietly culling and selling off extraneous horses.
The 1m BC Juvenile Fillies Turf race was a thriller with favourite Lillie Langtry IRE (Danehill Dancer IRE) tanking for the Marathon victor's former owners and trainer. She is another who just had too many races.
No one wanted to bet on any American horses sending LL off at 8-5F with the 6's and 7's finally winning.
Tapitsfly USA (Tapit USA), trained by Dale Romans of KY, kept up with early leader and second Rose Catherine USA (Speightstown USA) until the final furlong when the little grey cut RC down for a 1/2 length win.
US racing experts attribute Tapitsfly's improvement in her back-to-back route races as opposed to the sprints of the other fillies.
Seeing the toughness of this Arab-looking filly and later her less-lucky sister Careless Jewel USA, one can understand why their young sire Tapit USA (Pulpit USA) was leading first crop sire in 2008.
The third was House of Grace USA and fourth Hatheer USA.
Trainer Todd Pletcher for Rose Catherine still remains a Breeders' Cup maiden.
The winner of the Grey Goose BC Juvenile Fillies (Grade 1) (Pro-Ride), 1m1/2f, will likely be the Eclipse 2yo of the Year.
How fitting that She Be Wild USA (Offlee Wild USA) with her Chicago trainer Wayne Catalano and Alcibiades second should give Julian Leparoux his first win of the day.
There were no European entries for this premier end-of-year 2yo fillies' race.
SBW beat out old rivals Beautician USA and Blind Luck USA. The real pity has to be for the fourth and seventh Biofuel USA and Zilva USA. They came from last to close and met with multiple interferences. They never had a chance to challenge SBW.
Personally, I am very impressed with the USA's 2yo fillies.
Midday won the Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood in pelting rain and on heavy ground. Photo by David Hastings
The crowning glory to Henry R A Cecil's diadem, British filly specialist extraordinaire, was his first victory in the BC after sending over horses for 25 years.
Beautiful little 3yo Midday (Oasis Dream), who was done out of the Oaks by a dirty deed, showed her stuff to win the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (Grade 1), 1m2f, by an authoratative 1-1/2 lengths.
Midday is only the third 3yo to ever win the F&M Turf and joins fellow European star fillies Ouija Board (Sea The Stars' sister by Cape Cross) and Bank's Hill.
The alleged experts downed her with questions about her speed and ability to accelerate off the pace.
Well, in a staggeringly brilliant move, jockey Tom Queally took her forward early and let all the other horses challenge her. Pure Clan USA came the closest.
M did not have to worry about acceleration; she created the speed clocking in at 1.59.14.
Queally, in his first US and BC race, won his fifth Group/Grade 1 this year and leads all British jockeys in Groups this year.
Both Cecil, who has not been well, and Midday's owner Prince Khalid Abdullah of Juddmonte Farms were in tears and so were a lot of Brits.
Julian Leparoux showed his jockey skills in bringing Informed Decision USA (Monarchos USA) to her seventh All Weather victory in the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (Grade 1) (Pro-Ride), 7f.
The 4yo grey/roan was the 1-1/4 furlong winner for Jonathan Sheppard in 1.21.66 or 12 sec for the final 1/8 mile.
She beat favourite Ventura USA (Chester House USA) who was almost everyone's banker.
Sheppard's Forever Together USA came in third in Midday's race.
Godolphin's Sara Louise USA (Malibu Moon USA) could do no beter than fourth and Seventh Street USA (Street Cry USA) was last.
France's Only Green IRE (Green Desert IRE) was fifth.
Godolphin's Music Note USA (A.P. Indy USA) was second favourite in the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (Grade 1) (Fillies &Mares), (Pro-Ride), 1m1f.
This is the race so dominated by Zenyatta USA (Street Cry USA) for the last two years.
Tapit filly Careless Jewel USA dominated the betting and showed incredible speeds for 3/4 of a mile when she faded badly.
Life Is Sweet USA (Storm Cat USA) was not rated as experts thought she was battered into failure over her four years by her superior stablemate Zenyatta.
Neither bullish trainer John Shirreffs nor LIS rated the experts.
From dead last, out wide and with gut-rattling style, LIS mowed down her seven opponents in 1.48.58 by 2-1/2 lengths.
Mushka USA managed second and Music Note third. Bobbie Frankel could not win today as his Proviso made fourth and John Gosden's Rainbow View USA fifth (another with one race too many).
Life is Sweet came into her own, lived up to her sire Storm Cat and franked Zenyatta's form.
She also kept the trophy in California with her breeders Pam and Marty Wygood.
Now can Zenyatta intimidate the boys in the BC Classic?
Racing International http://www.racingint.com
So popular were the Friday races in perfect weather this year that the Post 4 Pool was well over $1,500,000.
Neither the 10 male marathoners nor the 49 fillies and mares disappointed their worldwide audience.
Millions of viewers had access to the races through ESPN in the States, other racing channels worldwide and the Breeders' Cup website where the races were shown online.
In a landmark agreement, Breeders' Cup Limited announced simulcasting and licensing agreements with Betfair Group Limited and which will permit common-pool wagering on the BC at Santa Anita, Los Angeles, CA, on November 6 and 7.
This agreement commingles the BC pools with Betfair's worldwide customer base of over 2.5 million providing access to common-pool betting on the Championships.
Europe, represented by England, France and Ireland, appeared to have very strong victory claims over the USA for the entire weekend; however, no favourites won any of the six races.
An Aidan O'Brien-Ballydoyle 3yo 'sleeper' Man Of Iron USA (Giant's Causeway USA) took the Marathon over an impressive 9yo Cloudy's Knight USA (Lord Avie USA) by a nose on the line after some serious whipping of MOI.
Cloudy's Knight had to fight off challenges on both sides without inappropriate whipping by Rosemary B Homeister Jr and almost made it.
Favourite Mastery (Sulamani) came in third for Godolphin seeming to have had one too many races this season and was treated kindly by Frankie Dettori.
Cloudy's Knight trainer Johnathan Sheppard, born in the UK, later racked up one win and several places to lead winnings for the day.
O'Brien won his first Breeders' Cup with MOI and connections sold him on to new Dubai owners unconnected with the Al Maktoum family.
Even major racing and stud operations are feeling the financial pinch. Ballydoyle-Coolmore have been quietly culling and selling off extraneous horses.
The 1m BC Juvenile Fillies Turf race was a thriller with favourite Lillie Langtry IRE (Danehill Dancer IRE) tanking for the Marathon victor's former owners and trainer. She is another who just had too many races.
No one wanted to bet on any American horses sending LL off at 8-5F with the 6's and 7's finally winning.
Tapitsfly USA (Tapit USA), trained by Dale Romans of KY, kept up with early leader and second Rose Catherine USA (Speightstown USA) until the final furlong when the little grey cut RC down for a 1/2 length win.
US racing experts attribute Tapitsfly's improvement in her back-to-back route races as opposed to the sprints of the other fillies.
Seeing the toughness of this Arab-looking filly and later her less-lucky sister Careless Jewel USA, one can understand why their young sire Tapit USA (Pulpit USA) was leading first crop sire in 2008.
The third was House of Grace USA and fourth Hatheer USA.
Trainer Todd Pletcher for Rose Catherine still remains a Breeders' Cup maiden.
The winner of the Grey Goose BC Juvenile Fillies (Grade 1) (Pro-Ride), 1m1/2f, will likely be the Eclipse 2yo of the Year.
How fitting that She Be Wild USA (Offlee Wild USA) with her Chicago trainer Wayne Catalano and Alcibiades second should give Julian Leparoux his first win of the day.
There were no European entries for this premier end-of-year 2yo fillies' race.
SBW beat out old rivals Beautician USA and Blind Luck USA. The real pity has to be for the fourth and seventh Biofuel USA and Zilva USA. They came from last to close and met with multiple interferences. They never had a chance to challenge SBW.
Personally, I am very impressed with the USA's 2yo fillies.
Midday won the Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood in pelting rain and on heavy ground. Photo by David Hastings
The crowning glory to Henry R A Cecil's diadem, British filly specialist extraordinaire, was his first victory in the BC after sending over horses for 25 years.
Beautiful little 3yo Midday (Oasis Dream), who was done out of the Oaks by a dirty deed, showed her stuff to win the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (Grade 1), 1m2f, by an authoratative 1-1/2 lengths.
Midday is only the third 3yo to ever win the F&M Turf and joins fellow European star fillies Ouija Board (Sea The Stars' sister by Cape Cross) and Bank's Hill.
The alleged experts downed her with questions about her speed and ability to accelerate off the pace.
Well, in a staggeringly brilliant move, jockey Tom Queally took her forward early and let all the other horses challenge her. Pure Clan USA came the closest.
M did not have to worry about acceleration; she created the speed clocking in at 1.59.14.
Queally, in his first US and BC race, won his fifth Group/Grade 1 this year and leads all British jockeys in Groups this year.
Both Cecil, who has not been well, and Midday's owner Prince Khalid Abdullah of Juddmonte Farms were in tears and so were a lot of Brits.
Julian Leparoux showed his jockey skills in bringing Informed Decision USA (Monarchos USA) to her seventh All Weather victory in the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (Grade 1) (Pro-Ride), 7f.
The 4yo grey/roan was the 1-1/4 furlong winner for Jonathan Sheppard in 1.21.66 or 12 sec for the final 1/8 mile.
She beat favourite Ventura USA (Chester House USA) who was almost everyone's banker.
Sheppard's Forever Together USA came in third in Midday's race.
Godolphin's Sara Louise USA (Malibu Moon USA) could do no beter than fourth and Seventh Street USA (Street Cry USA) was last.
France's Only Green IRE (Green Desert IRE) was fifth.
Godolphin's Music Note USA (A.P. Indy USA) was second favourite in the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (Grade 1) (Fillies &Mares), (Pro-Ride), 1m1f.
This is the race so dominated by Zenyatta USA (Street Cry USA) for the last two years.
Tapit filly Careless Jewel USA dominated the betting and showed incredible speeds for 3/4 of a mile when she faded badly.
Life Is Sweet USA (Storm Cat USA) was not rated as experts thought she was battered into failure over her four years by her superior stablemate Zenyatta.
Neither bullish trainer John Shirreffs nor LIS rated the experts.
From dead last, out wide and with gut-rattling style, LIS mowed down her seven opponents in 1.48.58 by 2-1/2 lengths.
Mushka USA managed second and Music Note third. Bobbie Frankel could not win today as his Proviso made fourth and John Gosden's Rainbow View USA fifth (another with one race too many).
Life is Sweet came into her own, lived up to her sire Storm Cat and franked Zenyatta's form.
She also kept the trophy in California with her breeders Pam and Marty Wygood.
Now can Zenyatta intimidate the boys in the BC Classic?
Racing International http://www.racingint.com
Posted by susan trevelyan-syke at 11/7/2009 6:03 PM 
Categories: Breeders' Cup 2009
Tags: Breeders' Cup 2009
Categories: Breeders' Cup 2009
Tags: Breeders' Cup 2009
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