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In 1883 the track was officially named "Churchill Downs," another 20 years before Twin Spires topped a new grandstand, 28 years before the racetrack became profitable, and 50 years before the Derby earned its "Run for the Roses" moniker.

Matt Winn, who led a syndicate that took the reins of the struggling facility in 1902 and eventually brought the racetrack and its signature race to a level of international acclaim virtually unmatched by a U.S.
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Horse Racing: Likely Kentucky Derby favorite Eskendereya will miss race

As a replay of Eskendereya’s victory in the Wood Memorial played on the big screen at the National Museum of Horse Racing and Hall of Fame’s Countdown to the Triple Crown program in Saratoga Springs on Sunday afternoon, a woman in the audience dropped her head into her hands. Several others in the room were shaking their heads.

The message was clear: Sheer disappointment that the most visually impressive colt of the spring won’t get a chance to strut his stuff in the biggest race of his young life.

Zenyatta Vs Rachel Alexandra at Oaklawn Park – American Horse Racing

American horse racing fanatics will be hoping that a news conference on Thursday will see US champions Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta confirmed for a mouthwatering clash at Oaklawn Park in April.
The owner of Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra says his filly won’t run against Zenyatta in a $5 million race in Arkansas, but he’s proposing a three-race series in which the leading ladies will meet.
Jess Jackson says he has been in discussions with the president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and hopes details can be worked out with the owners of Zenyatta.
The two racing heroines would clash in one of the most eagerly anticipated races of all time and connections of Breeders Cup Betting -winning wondermare Zenyatta are known to be aiming their superstar at the Apple Blossom Handicap on April 3.
In a news release issued Wednesday, Jackson says if training and racing schedules as well as purse money can be worked out, the three races would “rival the Triple Crown.”

Jerry Moss, who co-owns Zenyatta with his wife Ann, was surprised by Jackson’s announcement, and told The Associated Press: “I have no idea what he’s even talking about. Which three races? And where? And when?”
A week ago, Oaklawn Park said it would boost the purse of the Apple Blossom on April 3 to $5 million from $500,000 if both horses competed.
Rachel won all eight of her starts last year, including victories against males in the Preakness Stakes, the Haskell Invitational and the Woodward Stakes. She was the first filly in 85 years to win the Preakness.
Zenyatta was perfect in ‘09, too, and improved her career record to 14-0 by becoming the first female to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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Triple Crown 2010 Nominations – Total 366 Horse Nominated

Led by Eclipse Award winners Lookin At Lucky and She Be Wild, a total of 366 horses have been made early nominees to the three Triple Crown races, it was announced late Saturday night by the Triple Crown racetracks, Churchill Downs, Pimlico, and Belmont Park.
All those 3-year-olds were made eligible for a $600 nomination fee due on Jan. 16. Horses can still be nominated, but for $6,000, at a second deadline on March 27. There are usually about a dozen horses nominated at the second deadline.


Regardless, the number of nominations will be down from recent years, reflecting the economic realities of the sport today. From 2001 through last year, more than 400 horses were nominated at the early deadline every year except for 2005, when 358 were early nominees from a crop that was affected by Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome in Kentucky.
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The Triple Crown nominations were put under a common form in 1986. Since that time, the early nominees have ranged from a high of 450 in 2007 to a low of 315 in 1990. A company called Triple Crown Productions administered the common forms through last year, and though that company has been disbanded, the racing departments of the three tracks continue to join forces to gather the nominations for the Triple Crown, according to Darren Rogers, a publicist for Churchill Downs, the home of the Kentucky Derby.
The list of early nominations was released Sunday by Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on behalf of the tracks hosting the Triple Crown races.
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Pennsylvania Commission Bans Michael Gill from Horse Racing at Penn

The Pennsylvania Horse Racing  Commission has ejected owner Michael Gill from racing at Penn National Race Course, claiming his participation would disrupt the orderly conduct of racing at the track.
Gill was notified late Tuesday afternoon by the commission that his horses will no longer be permitted to race at Penn National, located in Grantville, Pa., although Gill said from New Hampshire that he understood the ruling to mean his horses will still be permitted to race at Philadelphia Park.
Gill said on Monday that he planned to get out of racing in the wake of the controversy that stemmed from two of his horses breaking down at Penn National, but he still planned to race horses at the track this week.

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The commission ruling came at the conclusion of their investigation into recent breakdowns of Gill’s horses at Penn and some 24 hours before the Wednesday card was to begin. Part of the ruling reads that Gill’s further participation “will jeopardize the orderly conduct of the race meet” and that “your presence and continued participation has been inconsistent with the best interest of racing.”
Eric Schippers, spokesman for Penn National Gaming, said, “We plan to comply fully with this, and we’re pleased the commission took such swift action to our request to investigate this matter.”
Gill met at length Saturday at Penn with officials and veterinarians from the track to address the situation that existed since the breakdown of Laughing Moon on Jan. 23. Gill said he was informed at the Saturday meeting that necropsies ordered by the track for Laughing Moon and for Melodeeman, who also suffered a catastrophic breakdown Jan. 21 at Penn, uncovered no wrongdoing.
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Triple Crown 2010 – Piscitelli will miss 2010 Triple Crown Horse Racing

William C. Schettine’s Grade 3-placed winner Piscitelli will be sidelined for at least 90 days after sustaining a leg injury in the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) on January 23 at Gulfstream Park.
Trainer Richard Sacco said the three-year-old Victory Gallop colt will be out of training from February through April, which would eliminate him from consideration for this year’s Triple Crown Horse Racing.
Piscitelli faded after setting the pace and was eased by jockey Kent Desormeaux in the Holy Bull. The colt’s right hind limb appeared to be injured following the race and digital X-rays were taken of his hocks, stifles, and fetlocks by Luis Castro, D.V.M.

Piscitelli subsequently was then sent to Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington, Florida, for further evaluation. A bone scan revealed an injury to his right hind cannon bone.
“Piscitelli has a deep bone bruise at the bottom of his right hind cannon bone,” Castro said. “Although it is painful, horses with this injury can make a complete recovery with 90 days rest.”
It says that he will miss this year’s Triple Crown Horse Racing.
Piscitelli won his second start, a one-mile maiden special weight race in July at Monmouth Park, prior to a third-place finish in the Arlington-Washington Futurity (G3) on September 5 at Arlington Park.
He then finished fifth in the Dixiana Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland Race Course and fourth in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Park to cap his 2009 season.
Overall, Piscitelli has won one of six starts with a second- and a third-place finish, and has earned $181,570. He is out of Grade 2-placed stakes winner Rayelle, by Relaunch.
“The prognosis for soundness and a full recovery is excellent, and we are thankful to have the opportunity to race this talented colt again in the future,” Sacco said. “Hopefully, we will be ready for races like the Haskell [Invitational Stakes (G1)], [Shadwell] Travers [Stakes (G1)], and Pennsylvania Derby (G3) toward the end of summer and early fall.”
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Horse of the Year Winner Rachel Alexandra goes back to work

Rachel Alexandra goes back to work: Rachel Alexandra, the newly crowned horse racing betting Horse of the Year, had her first official work of the year Sunday, worning four furlongs in 52 seconds at Fair Grounds Race Track in New Orleans.
2009 Horse of the Year, Rachel Alexandra posted her first breeze at Fair Grounds, Sunday morning with regular exercise rider Dominic Terry in the irons going a half-mile in: 52.

Reguarl exerice rider Dominic Terry was on board the 4-year-old filly, who won all eight of her starts last season.
“I even asked for a touch slower but for her that’s just physically impossible,” said Scott Blasi, the assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen, after the work. “Dominic did a good job. He had to trick her into going that slow but right now that’s what’s best for her.
“It was a perfect work,” he said. “We’re not out to impress anybody at this point. I’m happy with how manageable she is, how happy she is being out there. Looking at her body motion, she’s happy with what she’s doing.”
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The plan is for Rachel to breeze on a weekly basis from now on but the day will depend on the weather and track conditions.
Of course, what everyone wants to know now is when Rachel will meet Zenyatta, the top older mare from last year. There are no plans right now but it seems inevitable they will meet sometime this year.
Fans were hoping to see the two compete in the upcoming Apple Blossom (GR I) at Oaklawn Park on April 3rd, but that is hardly unlikely.
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2010 Kentucky Derby Contenders: Jackson Bend - Kentucky Derby 2010

Jackson Bend is the newest of our 2010 Kentucky Derby contenders and this is one of the entries you’ll want to keep a close eye on.

The 2010 Kentucky Derby horse racing betting future odds are up and you can get 18/1 on Jackson Bend right now. You’ll want to take that before this weekend’s race because it’s very possible that Jackson Bend becomes the favorite if he wins the Holy Bull Stakes.

This is the one horse amongst the 2010 Kentucky Derby contenders’ potential field that produced the fastest Beyer speed figure for two turns in North America as a 2-year old, and you have to put Jackson Bend up at the top of the list along with Looking at Lucky and Buddy’s Saint.

Jackson Bend stumbled to 2nd in his first race, but has since reeled off 5 straight victories at Calder. This horse can flat out fly and proved he’s deserves to be amongst the favorites for the 2010 Kentucky Derby Betting after stumbling badly at the start of the In Reality before coming from way back to seize victory.

The Gulfstream race has Jackson Bend as the favorite, and this will be a great test to see exactly where this 3-year old fits into the Kentucky Derby picture. Other premier contenders such as Aikenite and Piscitelli are also involved and we’ll have our picks and predictions up on the day of the race.

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Horse Racing Worse Off Than BCS Mess

It is too bad the folks who run the BCS don't run Horse Racing Betting too. For as ridiculous a way it is that the BCS goes about crowning a so-called best college football team in the land -- an arranged marriage, I call it -- it would be an upgrade for how the monarchs in the sport of kings go about naming their best horse. This year, especially, they looked like dunces instead.

To be sure, Horse Racing chose the three-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra (pictured) on Monday night in Beverly Hills as the 2009 Horse of the Year at its Eclipse Awards, which are a sort of Oscars' handout for the horse racing game. She etched herself into the public psyche last season with a win in the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown, against a field full of boys with that crazy Calvin Borel in her saddle. She won her other seven starts last season, including two more against nothing but boys, to finish 8-0.

With such a stellar record, she appeared impossible to argue against -- unless you were the handlers of another female, a five-year-old mare named Zenyatta. Horse Racing Betting

US Horse of the year result announced tonight – Rachel Alexandra vs Zenyatta

US Horse of the year result @ Horse Racing Betting: The results of the most highly anticipated Horse of the Year vote ever taken will be announced tonight at the Eclipse Awards banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Will the winner be Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta?

Each horse won every one of her races in 2009 – eight for Rachel Alexandra including five Grade 1 events and three against male opponents and five for Zenyatta including four Grade 1 events and the Breeders’ Cup Classic against males.

There were 232 ballots returned for the Eclipse Awards, the yearly honors for 10 divisions of thoroughbreds, one of steeplechasers and five of humans. Voters are either members of the National Turf Writers Association, employees of the Daily Racing Form or representatives of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, which includes horse betting track racing secretaries and workers at its statistical arm Equibase.

Comparing the merits of racing’s two superstars isn’t easy, and not because they didn’t race against each other.

Rachel Alexandra dominated races restricted to 3-year-old fillies in 2009, setting margin-of-victory records in both the Kentucky Oaks (20 1/4 lengths) and the Mother Goose Stakes (19 1/4 lengths).

Zenyatta’s body of work as a 5-year-old mare in 2009 wasn’t quite as impressive, because she didn’t race outside of the synthetic tracks in California and her four victories before the Breeders’ Cup Classic came against the same fillies and mares she always beats. She also enjoyed at least four weeks between each start.

The Eclipse champions are determined through voting by NTWA members, Daily Racing Form employees, NTRA-member designates and Equibase personnel, who vote for the top three in each category. Winners are based solely on first-place votes, with second- and third-place votes used to determine finalists. The exception is the Horse of the Year race. In a rule change this year, voters chose just one horse.

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Belmont Stakes Betting – 2010 Belmont Stakes Horse Racing

2010 Belmont Stakes Betting: The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The Belmont Stakes race is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown, following five weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes.

It is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old colts and geldings carrying a weight of 126 pounds (57 kg) and for fillies with a weight of 121 pounds (55 kg).

Because of its distance and status as the race that can make or break a Triple Crown champion, the Belmont Stakes has been the venue for some of the most famous moments in American racing.

The 2010 Belmont Stakes Horse Racing will be held at Belmont Park, New York. The date of 2010 Belmont Stakes Horse Racing Betting will start on June 5, 2010.

The Belmont Stakes, the final and most demanding leg of the Triple Crown, is named after August Belmont who had been a leading banker and racing man of the 19th century. He was also the first President of the Jockey Club in 1867. In 1869, August Belmont took first and second money with his own Fenian and Glenelg.

Belmont Stakes Information

Location: Belmont Park, Elmont, New York, United States

Inaugurated: 1867

Race type: Thoroughbred

Website: belmontstakes.com

Race information

Distance: 1½ miles (12 furlongs), Track Dirt, Left-handed

Qualification: 3-year-old

Weight: Colt/Gelding: 126 lbs (57.2 kg)

Filly: 121 lbs. (54.9 kg)

Purse: US$1 million

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Wolverhampton Horse Racing Live Streaming – Wolverhampton Handicap 8 Jan 2010

Wolverhampton Horse Racing Live Streaming at Bet on Horses: WOLVERHAMPTON’S twilight meeting scheduled for Friday has been abandoned.

WOLVERHAMPTON officials will hold an inspection at 8.30am on Friday for its meeting that afternoon.

There was four inches of snow on the track and, although that has been cleared, the track was declared still unraceable after an inspection at 2pm on Thursday.

A spoksewoman at the course said: “The snow has been removed from the track, and we are working the track, and we will have another look in the morning.”

An inspection was held on Thursday at 2.30pm, and although the snow covering the track had been cleared, the course was still unraceable, which led to officials holding another inspection on Friday morning.

Conditions had improved again, but compacted lumps of snow and ice proved the course’s downfall, as clerk of the course Fergus Cameron explained.

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He said: “Significant improvement has been made to the track, however, there are still a number of fairly large compacted lumps of snow and ice in the track, and with temperatures not expected to get above freezing today there’s not sufficient evidence that things will improve.”

The next meeting at the course is on Monday and Cameron is hopeful of racing taking place then.

“Going forward, with temperatures expected to rise over the weekend we’d be fairly optimistic of racing on Monday,” he added.

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Southwell Horse Racing Handicapping January 7, 2010 Thursday

Southwell Horse Racing Handicapping at Bet on Horses: WITH Thursday’s three jumps fixtures already abandoned in Britain and Ireland and inspections planned for the all-weather cards at Lingfield and Kempton, racing is at least expected to take place at Southwell, the remaining meeting of the day.

Southwell’s clerk of the course, Roderick Duncan, said the card was certain to go ahead, with determined trainers from across the country making their way to the fibresand track on Wednesday afternoon.

Duncan said on Wednesday afternoon: “I’m absolutely confident we’ll race tomorrow. We had substantial snowfall early this morning and we set to work clearing the track.

“We then began clearing the public areas and access roads at 6am and they are now clear. We’ve had horses galloping today and all the reports we’ve had are that the ground is riding well.”

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Kempton and Lingfield’s ‘all-weather’ race meetings on Thursday have been called off due to a potential shortage of ambulances at the courses.

Southwell goes ahead, but Saturday’s card at Ffos Las, featuring the Welsh Champion Hurdle, has also fallen victim to the freezing weather conditions.

Saturday’s fixture at Leopardstown, near Dublin, and Monday’s meetings at Taunton and Ayr are off.

It is likely there will be no jump racing over the next seven days.

Thursday’s meetings at Ludlow and Huntingdon were earlier victims of the big freeze.

Lingfield’s Thursday card was one of the additional fixtures provided by the British Horseracing Authority to make up the shortfall, along with Southwell (Friday) and Kempton (Saturday).

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Undefeated Zenyatta to have her own day

Undefeated Zenyatta is getting her own day at Hollywood Park to celebrate the mare who ended her career with a 14-0 record and a victory over the boys in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic.

She will be saluted at her home track on Nov. 29. She is set to start her breeding career next year in Kentucky.

Zenyatta will parade between races on the program and fans in attendance will receive a DVD entitled "Zenyatta, A Living Legend," featuring all 14 of her races. A poster reading "Girl Power, Go Zenyatta" will be distributed.

Owners Jerry and Ann Moss will be on hand, along with trainer John Shirreffs and Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith.

Dominguez and Maragh triumph at Aqueduct
Ramon Dominguez and Rajiv Maragh each rode two winners Sunday in the New York Stallion Series at Aqueduct.

The five stakes were restricted to the sons and daughters of stallions standing in New York. The Great White Way and the Fifth Avenue, both for 2-year-olds, were worth $100,000; the other three carried $75,000 purses.

It was another big day for Dominguez, New York's leading jockey this year, with four winners on the afternoon. He scored with Uncle T Seven in the Thunder Rumble ($7.50 to win) and Mother Russia ($4) in the Staten Island.

Maragh booted home Ruffino ($2.70) in the Cormorant and Franny Freud ($6.20) in the Fifth Avenue.

Hall of Famer Edgar Prado captured the other stakes with Make Note ($4.70) in the Great White Way.

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Breeders' Cup Horses are Clean - Horse Racing

All horses that ran in the Breeders' Cup have tested negative for illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

The California Horse Racing Board said testing was completed Tuesday and all the samples came back clear from the UC Davis laboratory.

All entrants underwent pre-race blood testing for TCO2, a performance-enhancing alkalizing agent known as a ``milkshake,'' while post-race blood and urine testing was done on the top three finishers in all 14 races plus random horses selected by the stewards at Santa Anita.

The tests checked for more than 45 anabolic steroids and hundreds of other prohibited drugs.

Out-of-competition testing was also done on 25 percent of all horses pre-entered in the two-day world championships, with samples analyzed in Europe for international entries.

Nicholls targets Paddy Power Gold Cup

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has entered three for Saturday's Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham...

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls dominates the ante-post market for Saturday's Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham with Chapoturgeon, Poquelin and Tatenen.

Former Paddy Power Gold Cup winner Our Vic heads a list of 25 possibles for this year's race with David Pipe's 11-year-old set to carry top-weight of 11st 12lb should he take his chance.

Nigel Twiston-Davies has a strong hand having left in Knowhere and Ballyfitz, while Alan King's Tarotino and Nicky Henderson's mare My Petra are other interesting contenders.

King's stable jockey Robert Thornton is hoping he can win the valuable prize for the first time on Tarotino having finished third on Kandjar D'Allier in 2005 and second on Il Duce two years later.

"He's been very good at home and although I've not ridden work on him, I've been told that he's been going well," said Thornton.

"Schooling-wise I popped him over six to nine fences the other morning and he jumped very well as he always does.

"Wayne Hutchinson rode him at Bangor (last time out) as I had to go to Punchestown to ride one or two for Alan, but now this fellow's going for a bigger race.

"Wayne was very pleased with him. He should have won his first race for us at Huntingdon, but his confidence has grown from there and hopefully he's still progressing.

"He is definitely up there with Il Duce and Kandjar D'Allier and every bit as good as them.

"Good or good to soft would be ideal and any slower is a minus."

Tranquil Sea, Northern Alliance and Jaamid are the three Irish contenders.

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Breeder’s Cup 2009 Betting Picks - Breeder's Cup Betting Odds

Watch out, It’s Billie Jean vs. Bobby Riggs all over again this weekend, except for the fact that this Billie will have to beat TWELVE Bobbie’s. The 5-year old female sensation Zenyatta will race against twelve males in the Breeders Cup Classic, second only to the Kentucky Derby as the biggest race of the year. It will be the mares first time in the Classic and first time running against the boys.

Breeder’s Cup 2009 Betting Picks
No female has ever won this race and only three have even tried, with Jolyphya’s third place finish in 1992 being the best finish by a female so far. But this is a very un-girl like girl - the mare stands at a massive seventeen hands (for readers who are unfamiliar with horse latitudes and longitudes seventeen hands is freakishly large.)

In addition to running against males for the first time, it will also be her first time running the distance of a mile and a quarter, but apparently both facts are overshadowed by her 13-0 lifetime record, because she is still the betting favourite at odds of 5-2.

Between now and Saturday, I will work on whittling down the field to isolate my play in The Classic and the other races on the card. Handicapping the thoroughbreds is very unlike ‘capping other sports, with your picks changing right up until post time.

My final plays, including head to head match ups, will be sent to team mates via PUB’its at Bet Republic, all throughout the day on Saturday.

To me, ‘capping the nags is more a matter of eliminating also-rans than picking the winner. I haven’t completed all of my work, but I have my identified the first two horses that do not make my cut.

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I start by tossing out the Birds – Mine That Bird and Summer Bird.
Mine That Bird won the Derby in a huge upset. His last start? Disappointing 6th in the Good Wood stakes last month. Already beaten by a girl, he gets no respect from me in this one. Summer Bird? Two problems – he doesn’t seem to like the synthetic surface that they have at Santa Anita, and, like Mine That Bird, he has also already been beaten by a girl.



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2009 Breeders' Cup Betting - Match Schedule

Since 1984, the Breeders' Cup organizers at Breeders' Cup Limited has paid out more than $325 million in purses and awards through the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships and its year-round racing programs. These Breeders' Cup races include the Breeders' Cup Stakes program, which is cooperatively funded by Breeders' Cup Limited and 40 participating racetracks.

2009 Breeders' Cup Schedule

November 6, 2009 Breeders' Cup Races at Santa Anita Park

* Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), $2,000,000g, 3&up, f/m, 11f (turf).
* Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I), $2,000,000g, 2yo f, 8.5f.
* Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I), $2,000,000g, 3&up, f/m, 9f.
* Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I), $1,000,000g, 3&up, f/m, 7f.
* Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, $1,000,000g, 2yo f, 8f (turf).

November 7, 2009 Breeders' Cup Races at Santa Anita Park

* Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), $5,000,000g, 3&up, 10f.
* Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT), $3,000,000g, 3&up, 12f (turf).
* Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), $2,000,000g, 2yo, c/g, 8.5f.
* Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT), $2,000,000g, 3&up, 8f (turf).
* Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), $2,000,000g, 3&up, 6f.
* Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I), $1,000,000g, 3&up, 8f.
* Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT), $1,000,000g, 2yo, 8f (turf).
* Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, $1,000,000g, 3&up, 6.5f (turf).
* Breeders' Cup Marathon, $500,000g, 3&up, 12f.

2009 Breeders' Cup post times to be announced.

The 2009 Breeders’ Cup is just about upon us! Comprised of 14 races over 2 days, the Breeders’ Cup is America’s biggest days of thoroughbred action!

With horses arriving from all over the world and with total purses close to 26 million, there’s no wonder that the Breeders’ Cup has become the two biggest days in horse racing in North America.

This year’s races will showcase two of America’s most popular horses, the undefeated Zenyatta and the Belmont and Travers winner, Summer Bird.

Zenyatta’s connections have been quiet on whether or not she will run in the Ladies’ Classic on Nov. 7th. 6th or the Classic on Nov. 7th. In whichever race she runs, Zenyatta figures to be a short-priced favorite unless bettors decide to knock down the Travers winner, Summer Bird, to favoritism. A win in the Classic no doubt would give Summer Bird the right to claim the Horse of the Year title.

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Mark Kavanagh would win tomorrow's Victoria Derby at Flemington??

If such a thing as poetic justice existed in horse racing, then Mark Kavanagh would win tomorrow's Victoria Derby at Flemington.

BetRepublic through its free horse racing tips, giving a clue to all the horse racing betting people about the winning chances of Mark Kavanagh at Victoria Derby. Kavanagh saddles up the favourite, Shamoline Warrior, in the $1.5 million event in a bid to extract some glory from a spring carnival that has yet to deliver all he had hoped.

In the past month the trainer has lost stable stars Maldivian and Cats Whisker to injury, and last week he watched his champion Whobegotyou go under in the Cox Plate as a short-priced favourite.

Whobegotyou ran second in last year's Derby behind Rebel Raider, which, ironically, is the half-brother to Shamoline Warrior which bolted in the Norman Robinson Stakes (2,000m) a fortnight ago. Kavanagh told this morning's Derby media conference that he did not know whether Shamoline Warrior can stay the distance.

"It's a pretty strong Derby. There's a rap on a lot of horses and the 2,500 metres is certainly the key to the whole race," he said. "We have set him specifically for this race and he's done everything to please us along the way. There's been no hiccups."

Rebel Raider had not won his Derby when Kavanagh spent his budget to buy Shamoline Warrior for a syndicate of owners who had given him only $60,000. "At the time [Shamoline Warrior] was a bit of an ugly duckling but he's certainly a swan now," Kavanagh said.

"There's no doubt this race is a maker of champions. He might have cost $400,000 or $500,000 [if Rebel Raider been a Derby winner then]."

Rain forecast

Shamoline Warrior has three wins and a second on dead tracks and the prospect of further rain in Melbourne should not dent his chances.Derby day racegoers have been told to prepare for anything as inclement weather settles on the city.

A spokesman for the Weather Bureau says storms and showers are forecast for Melbourne tonight and again tomorrow. He says it is hit and miss whether Flemington will see much rain, which would take the edge off the track after a week of warm and dry conditions.

Track manager Mick Goodie says Flemington was rated a dead 4 and that little rain had been registered this morning. For more horse racing betting picks & are available at BetRepublic Horse racing Betting tips.

Suroor pleased with Delegator and Mastery

SAEED BIN SUROOR has issued an upbeat bulletin on Delegator and Mastery as they continue their preparation for the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita next month.

Delegator is an intended starter in the Breeders' Cup Mile, along with stablemate Gladiatorus, and is back working well after disappointing in the Sony-sponsored Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

"He worked very well a few days ago and came back very good from his last race," Bin Suroor said on At The Races.

"I thought he'd be winning [the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes] or coming somewhere close.

"He's always healthy and very honest and I think the track [at Santa Anita] will really suit him."

Ladbrokes St Leger victor Mastery, meanwhile, heads for the Marathon with Bin Suroor feeling that the Classic-winning son of Sulamani is still on the upgrade.

He said: "A mile six is perfect for him. He's come back very well [after the St Leger] and is improving all the time."

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