November 5, 2011
Amazombie outduels Force Freeze in Sprint
Amazombie, the horse nobody wanted, gave trainer Bill Spawr his first Breeders’ Cup victory when he rallied to a neck victory over Force Freeze in Saturday’s $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Churchill Downs.
November 5, 2011
Regally Ready dominates Turf Sprint
After Regally Ready won a Churchill Downs turf allowance last fall by nearly eight lengths, Scott Blasi was convinced of one thing. “This one’s the real deal,” said Blasi, the assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen.
November 5, 2011
Caleb's Posse mows 'em down in Dirt Mile
Donnie Von Hemel has won almost 1,900 races in his 27-year training career, but none bigger than Saturday afternoon when Caleb's Posse stormed down the center of the Churchill Downs stretch to win the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile by four lengths.
November 5, 2011
Hansen upsets Union Rags in Juvenile
Saturday’s Grade 1, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile wasn’t decided until the wire, with the speedy Hansen outlasting favored Union Rags by a head. But the race was won around the Juvenile’s two turns.
November 5, 2011
O'Brien, 18, rides 'Abbey' to historic Turf win
The baby-faced gene runs strong through the O’Brien family. Trainer Aidan has always looked much younger than his actual age, and his son, 18-year-old Joseph, could pass for 14 in a pinch.
November 5, 2011
Court Vision denies Goldikova in Mile
Court Vision, the second-most unlikely winner in Breeders' Cup history, won a desperate photo finish with Turallure in the Breeders' Cup Mile and sent Mile legend Goldikova into retirement with her first Breeders' Cup loss.
November 5, 2011
Drosselmeyer comes flying to take Classic
A jockey who suffered the most-crushing loss of his career in the same race a year ago, a trainer with whom he had won many major races in years past, and a horse who had been long forgotten since his Belmont Stakes victory 17 months earlier combined to win the richest race of the year on Saturday at Churchill Downs, when Drosselmeyer stormed down the center of the track to take the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.
November 5, 2011
Breeders' Cup Sprint Quotes
Bill Spawr (trainer, Amazombie, 1st) – “I feel very fortunate and very lucky. After he won the Ancient Title (at Santa Anita), we decided to send him here. That’s a ‘Win and You’re In’ race, and if it weren’t for the Ancient Title, we wouldn’t be here.
November 5, 2011
Irish shipper Wrote scores Juv. Turf for O'Brien
Big prices continue to roll in on the second day of the Breeders' Cup as 11-1 Wrote notched a victory for the Euro shippers, coming out of the pack down the stretch to win the Grade 1, $1 million BC Juvenile Turf on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
November 5, 2011
Afleet Again takes Marathon at 41-1
Longshot Afleet Again made a late charge after the final turn to win the Grade 2, $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon at 41-1 odds on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
