Breeders' Cup Goes to 2-Day Format
Classic Championship Saturday; 3 Races Friday Start at 4:20 P.M.
Eight races are scheduled on day two, Saturday Oct. 27th, in the Breeders' Cup at Monmouth Park, New Jersey. First post is 12:30 pm. Friday's 3 races begin at 4:20 pm.
The Breeders' Cup World Championships are slated for Oct. 26th and Oct. 27th in a new two day format that will kick off at Monmouth Park, New Jersey on Friday at 4:20 p.m.
Following is the tentative male lineup, barring any last minute changes: (use the above link to get the female lineups)
Juvenile Turf - Oct. 26th - 1 Mile 2 Year Olds $1 Million 4:20 PM
(1)Clearly Foxy trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Jono Jones. (2)Georgie Boy - Kathy Walsh - Garrett Gomez. (3)Old Man Buck - Ken McPeek - Perry Ouzts. (4)Prussian - Bill Mott - Kent Desormeaux. (5) Set Play (possibly) - Peter Miller - Brice Blane.
Dirt Mile - 1 Mile & 70 Yards 3 Year Olds & Up $1 Million 4:55 PM
(1)Commentator - Nick Zito - Corey Nakatani (?). (2)Corinthian - James Jerkens - Desormeaux. (3)Discreet Cat - Saeed bin Suroor - Frankie Dettori. (4)Gottcha Gold - Edward Plesa, Jr. - Chuck Lopez. (5)High Finance (possibly) - Richard Violette, Jr. - John Velazquez. (6)Lava Man (possibly) - Doug O'Neill - Nakatani (?). (7)Political Force - Allen Jerkens - Cornelio Velasquez.
Juvenile - Oct. 27th - 1-1/16 Miles 2 Year Old Colts & Geldings $2 Million 1:10 PM
(1)Kodiak Kowboy - Steve Asmussen - Shaun Bridgmohan. (2)Lantana Mob - Asmussen - Stewart Elliott. (3)Majestic Warrior - Mott - Gomez (?). (4)Ready's Image -Todd Pletcher - Gomez (?). (5)Salute the Sarge - Eric Guillot - Michael Baze. (6)Tale of Ekati - Barclay Tagg - Velasquez. (7)The Roundhouse - Pletcher - Gomez (?).
Sprint - 6 Furlongs 3 Year Olds & Up $2 Million 2:35 PM
(1)Attila's Storm - Richard Schosberg - Velazquez (?). (2)Benny the Bull - Richard Dutrow, Jr. - Mark Guidry. (3)Fabulous Strike - Todd Beattie - Robby Albarado. (4)Greg's Gold - David Hofmans - Victor Espinoza. (5)High Finance (possibly) - Violette, Jr. - Velazquez (?). (6)In Summation - Christophe Clement - Nakatani. (7)Midnight Lute - Bob Baffert - Bridgmohan. (8)Smokey Stover - Greg Gilchrist - Aaron Gryder. (9)Talent Search - Mark Shuman - Ryan Fogelsonger.
Mile - 1 Mile Turf 3 Year Olds & Up $2 Million 3:30 PM
(1)Echo of Light - Suroor - Dettori (?). (2)Galantas - Graham Motion - Todd Kabel. (3)George Washington - Aidan O'Brien - James Heffernan. (4)Kip Deville - Dutrow, Jr. - Prado. (5)Medici Code - Darrell Vienna - Martin Pedroza. (6)Ramonti - Suroor - Dettori (?). (7)Remarkable News - Angel Penna, Jr. - Ramon Dominguez. (8)Shakespeare - Kiaran McLaughlin - Gomez. (9)Shakis - McLaughlin - Alan Garcia.
Turf - 1-1/2 Miles 3 Year Olds & Up $3 Million 4:50 PM
(1)After Market - John Shirreffs - Alex Solis. (2)Authorized - Peter Chapple-Hyam - Dettori. (3)Better Talk Now - Motion - Dominguez. (4)Doctor Dino - Richard Gibson - John Murtagh (?). (5)Dylan Thomas - O'Brien - Murtagh (?). (6)English Channel - Pletcher - Velazquez. (7)Grand Couturier - Robert Ribaudo - Jose Velez, Jr. (8)Shamdinan - O'Neill - Leparoux. (9)Sunriver - Pletcher - Gomez. (10)The Tin Man - Richard Mandella - Espinoza.
Classic - 1-1/4 Miles 3 Year Olds & Up $5 Million 5:35 PM
(1)Any Given Saturday - Pletcher - Gomez. (2)Awesome Gem - Craig Dollase - David Flores. (3)Curlin - Asmussen - Albarado (?). (4)Diamond Stripes - Dutrow, Jr. - Mike Luzzi. (5)Grasshopper - Neil Howard - Albarado (?). (6)Hard Spun - Larry Jones - Mario Pino. (7)Lava Man (possibly) - O'Neill - Nakatani. (8)Lawyer Ron - Pletcher - Velazquez. (9)Street Sense - Carl Nafzger - Calvin Borel. (10)Student Council - Vladimir Cerin - Richard Migliori. (11)Tiago - Shirreffs - Mike Smith.
