Breeders Cup Information - Part 3

The final four races of the Breeders Cup Championship Races have a total combined purse of $11,500,00. Wouldn't all of us regular working stiffs love to have that money?
Again, horses designated with an * have won a Breeders Cup Challenge Race, and are guaranteed a post position in the starting gate.

The sixth  race on Saturday, 2 November, will be the Breeders Cup Turf, a contest for horses of any sex, aged 3-years-old and up.  The race covers one and one-half miles on the grass, and there are thirteen pre-entries for the $3,000,000 purse:
*Big Blue Kitten
 Grandeur (bred in Ireland)
 Indy Point (bred in Argentina)
*Little Mike
 Magician (bred in Ireland)
 Point of Entry
*Real Solution
 Skyring
 Tale of a Champio
 Teaks North
*The Fugue (bred in Great Britain)
 Twilight Eclipse
*Vagabond Shoes (bred in Ireland)

The Breeders Cup Sprint will run next, for horses of any sex, 3-years-old and up, and cover 6 furlongs (or 3/4 mile) on the main track.  There are fifteen pre-entries for the $1,500,000 purse:
*Bahamian Squall
 Capo Bastone
 Fast Bullet
 Gentlemen's Bet
 Justin Phillip
 Laugh Track
 Majestic Stride
*Points Offthebench
*Private Zone
 Reneesgotzip
 Secret Circle
*Sum of the Parts
 The Lumber Guy
 Trinniberg
 Wine Police

The Breeders Cup Mile is the penultimate race, for horses of either sex, covering the distance of one mile on the grass.  There are sixteen pre-entries for the $2,000,000 purse:
 Boat Trip
 Bright Thought
 Christoforo Colombo
 Flotilla (bred in France)
 He Be Fire N Ice
 Jeranimo
 Magician (bred in Ireland)
 Mshawish
 No Jet Lag
*Obviously (bred in Ireland)
 Olympic Glory (bred in Ireland)
 Silentio
 Toronado (bred in Ireland)
*Wise Dan
 Za Approval

The climax of the program is the Breeders Cup Classic, a one and one-quarter mile race on the main track. It is open to horses of either sex, aged 3-years-old and up, and has a purse of $5,000,000.  There are thirteen pre-entries:
 Declaration of War
 Flat Out
*Fort Larned
*Game On Dude
 Graydar
 Last Gunfighter
 Moreno
*Mucho Macho Man
 Palace Malice
 Paynter
 Planteur (bred in Ireland)
*Ron the Greek
 Will Take Charge

And just a silly bit of trivia at the end...  Do you know why the monetary prize for horse racing is called a purse?  Originally, when a horse race was set up, a neutral party held the amount the race winner would receive - and it was sewn into a silk purse.  The idea being that the silk would show any tampering with the stitches, and coin could not be removed from the purse before the race.  Of course, today our "purses" are split between the top five finishers, with the rest of the field getting only applause for their payment.
*** Oxbow, the winner of the 2013 Preakness Stakes, has been retired and will stand at stud at Taylor Made in Kentucky.  His fee is $20,000 when foal stands and nurses.  ***

Breeders Cup Information - Part 2

The first five Breeders cup races on Saturday  include the two juvenile races, the turf and dirt sprints, and the fillies and mares turf race.  (I'll write a bit about the last four races tomorrow.)  You might notice the duplication of names in different races - besides being nominated by the breeder, the Breeders Cup also has other criteria, including graded stakes wins, amount of money earned, and points accrued in graded races. Some horses are double-entered to be assured they will be in one of two races that they prefer, if they don't meet the standards of one race.  That is, sometimes there are so many qualified entries, that only the horses with the best racing history are allowed - which is also why the number of entrants in each race is limited to fifteen equines in the starting gate.  (As with the Triple Crown, some owners with money want to be able to say their horse ran in a Breeders cup race.  This set of criteria assures that the best of the best appear on track for the Breeders Cup.)
  Again, horses denoted with an * are ones that have won a Breeders Cup Challenge Race and have won the right of a guaranteed  post position.

On Saturday, 2 November, the first Breeders Cup race will be the Juvenile Fillies.  The race is one and one-sixteenth miles over the main track for a purse of $2,000,000.  There are twelve  2-year-old fillies pre-entered:
*Artemis Agrotera
 Concave
 Dancing House
 Designer Legs
*My Conquestadory
 Ria Antonia
 Rosalind
 Scandalous Act
*Secret Compass
 She's a Tiger
 Sweet Reason
*Untapable

The second Breeders Cup race will be the Fillies and Mares Turf, for females 3-years-old and up.  It covers one and one-quarter miles on the grass for a purse of $2,000,000.  There are twelve pre-entries:
 Alterite (bred in France)
*Dank (bred in Great Britain)
 Emollient
 Kitten's Dumplings
 Lady of Shamrock
*Laughing (bred in Ireland)
 Marketing Mix
 Qushchi (bred in Great Britain)
 Romantica (bred in Great Britain)
*The Fugue (bred in Great Britain)
*Tiz Flirtacious
 Vionnet

The Fillies and Mares Sprint is next on the card, with females 3-years-old and up racing seven-eighths of a mile on the main track.  Thirteen ladies are pre-entered for the $1,000,000 purse:
*Book Review
 Dance Card
*Dance to Bristol
 Great Hot (bred in Brazil)
 Groupie Doll
 Ismene
*Judy the Beauty
 Renee's Titan
 Starship Truffles
 Street Girl
 Summer Applause
 Sweet Lulu
 Teddy's Promise

The Breeders Cup Turf Sprint appears next, for horses of any sex, aged 3-years-old and up, racing six and one-half furlongs (or 13/16) of one mile on the grass.  The purse is $1,000,000; and there are eighteen pre-entries:
 Boat Trip
 Capo Bastone
 Caracortado
 Chips All In
 Christoforo Colombo
 Dimension (bred in Great Britain)
 Handsome Mike
 Havelock
 Jeranimo
 Mizdirection
 Obviously (bred in Ireland)
 Reneesgotzip
 Rock Me Baby
 Silver Max
 Spring to the Sky
 Tightend Touchdown
 Tour Guide
 Unbridled's Note

The fifth race is the Breeders Cup Juvenile for 2-year-old colts and geldings.  They will race one and one-sixteen miles on the main track for a purse worth $2,000,000.  There are fourteen pre-entries:
*Bond Holder
*Cleburne
 Conquest Titan
 Dance With Fate
 Diamond Bachelor
*Havana
 Medal Count
 Mexikoma
 New Year's Day
 Rum Point
 Smarty's Echo
 Strong Mandate
 Tap It Rich
*We Miss Artie