2019/11/01 13:37
Nov. 5 & 6 | Del Mar
  • Future Sites
  • Wager
  • Horsemen
  • Sponsors
  • Media
  • Shop
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Tickets

  • Races

    Longines Classic

    The Breeders' Cup Classic, run at 1 1/4 miles, draws the top international Thoroughbreds year after year.

    Saturday, November 6

    • Longines Classic
    • Longines Turf
    • Longines Distaff
    • FanDuel Mile presented by PDJF
    • Sprint
    • Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf
    • Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile
    • Turf Sprint
    • Filly & Mare Sprint

    Future Stars Friday, November 5

    • TVG Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance
    • Juvenile Fillies Turf
    • Juvenile Fillies
    • Juvenile Turf presented by Coolmore America
    • Juvenile Turf Sprint

    More Links

    • 2020 Race Recaps
    • Breeders' Cup Challenge Series
    • Future Stars Friday
    • How it Works
    • Safety & Integrity
    • Longines Classic
    • Longines Turf
    • Longines Distaff
    • FanDuel Mile presented by PDJF
    • Sprint
    • Maker’s Mark Filly & Mare Turf
    • Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile
    • Turf Sprint
    • Filly & Mare Sprint
    • TVG Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance
    • Juvenile Fillies Turf
    • Juvenile Fillies
    • Juvenile Turf presented by Coolmore America
    • Juvenile Turf Sprint
    • Challenge Series
  • Results
  • BCBC

    Leaderboard

    View the 2020 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge Leaderboard.

    Online Qualifiers

    View online qualifiers for the 2021 BCBC.

    Past BCBC Winners

    View the Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge hall of champions.

    More Links

    • 2020 BCBC Wagers by Player
    • Leaderboard
    • Qualify Online
    • Past BCBC Winners
    • 2020 BCBC Wagers By Player
    • Official Rules
  • History & Tradition

    Hall of Champions

    Since 1984, the world's finest thoroughbreds have competed in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships for a place in history.

    Event by Year

    See everything from race replays to handle and weather from every Championship since 1984.

    Breeding & Nominations

    The breeding industry is the cornerstone of the Breeders’ Cup program, the very foundation of our Championships and Challenge series.

    More Links

    • 2020 Results
    • Trophy History
    • Official Cocktails
    • Flower Garland
    • Celebrity Ambassadors
    • Fashion
    • Hall of Champions
    • Event by Year
    • Breeding & Nominations
    • All In: The Road to the Classic
    • Trophy History
    • Flower Garland
    • Celebrities
    • Fashion
  • Tickets
  • Tickets
  • About

    What is Breeders' Cup?

    Each racing season ends with just one finish line: the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

    Global Competition

    The Breeders' Cup attracts competition from around the globe including the top talent from 6 continents and over 16 countries.

    Father of the Cup

    Thirty seven years ago the visionary John Gaines hatched a plan. His vision? The Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

    More Links

    • Charity For Champions
    • Nominations
    • Future Host Sites
    • Board, Members and Staff
    • Corporate Partners
    • What is Breeders' Cup?
    • Global Competition
    • Father of the Cup
    • Board Members and Staff
    • Future Host Sites
    • Nominations
    • Corporate Partners
    • Donate to COVID-19 Relief
  • News
HALL OF CHAMPIONS

Vino Rosso

  • Jockey
    Irad Ortiz Jr.
  • Trainer
    Todd Pletcher
  • Owner
    Repole Stable, St. Elias Stable LLC
  • Breeder
    John D. Gunther
  • Sire
    Curlin
  • Dam
    Mythical Bride

Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s 4-year-old Vino Rosso swept past favored McKinzie in the upper stretch and drew off to a 4 ¼-length victory in the 2019 $6 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park.

Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Vino Rosso covered the 1 ¼ miles over a fast main track in 2:02.80. It is the first win in the Classic for Pletcher and Ortiz. It is Pletcher’s 11th Breeders’ Cup victory and the ninth for Ortiz, who picked up four victories this weekend.

Preakness winner War of Will set the pace with McKinzie in closest pursuit and Vino Rosso in the fourth. Going into the far turn, War of Will dropped off the pace leaving McKinzie in front as they hit the top of the stretch with Vino Rosso sweeping three-wide to quickly blow past  McKinzie to the victory as the 9-2 third choice in the field of 11. McKinzie finished 4 ¼ lengths in front of Higher Power who was another 2 ¼ lengths ahead of the mare Elate.

“This is unbelievable. Indescribable,” said jubilant co-owner Mike Repole. “We’ve won so many graded stakes, but this one feels different. Winning with Uncle Mo (Juvenile) was amazing and I knew it would take a special race to get a feeling even bigger than that. This is the one. This is the pinnacle.”

“I was confident the whole way but you always have doubts until you cross the wire,” Repole continued. “With a half mile to go maybe I thought he was a little too far back, but Irad can walk on water today. He’s done everything right so I just felt really good. This is so special.”

“He was moving in the turn so, so good,” said Oritz, who also won the Bill Shoemaker Award for the Most Outstanding Jockey of the 2019 Breeders’ Cup. “Going onto the backside I said, ‘I’ve got a good chance if McKinzie is going to come back to me at the distance.’ That worked out good, he came back to me and my horse responded to me the way I expected him to and he won off on his own at the end.”

In his start prior to the Classic, Vino Rosso crossed the wire first in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Sept. 28, but was disqualified and placed second for interference with Code of Honor, who finished seventh in the Classic as the 7-2 second choice.

Commenting on the Classic win,  Pletcher said, “We just felt like the last five weeks the horse has been training unbelievably well. I’ve been anxious for the race to get here and just nervous about it. It’s been a while since I came into a race of the magnitude with a horse doing this well. Every indication in his works, the way he shipped in, the way he galloped over the track. Everything was there indicating he was sitting on a lifetime best performance. So you always worry, did we ship in at the right time, but every indication was he was sitting on a big one and when it actually happens it’s very rewarding, very fulfilling, very emotional.”

Vino Rosso, a Kentucky-bred chestnut son of 2007 Classic winner Curlin out of the Street Cry mare Mythical Bride, was bred by John D. Gunther. The victory was worth $3,300,000 and increased Vino Rosso’s earnings to $4,803,125 with a record of 15-6-1-3 that included a Grade 1 victory in the Gold Cup at Santa Anita in May of 2019.

Following the Breeders’ Cup win, Vino Rosso was retired to stud at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky, and was later voted the Eclipse Award for Champion Older Dirt Male of 2019.

Breeders’ Cup Record
2019 Longines Classic
$ 3,300,000

Breeders’ Cup Earnings

1 Start
0 Places
1 Win
0 Shows
Lifetime Stats

Lifetime

15 Starts 6 Wins 1 Place 3 Show

$4,803,125 Earnings

2019

6 Starts 3 Wins 1 Place 1 Show

$3,960,625 Earnings

2018

7 Starts 1 Wins 0 Place 2 Show

$794,500 Earnings

2017

2 Starts 2 Wins 0 Place 0 Show

$48,000 Earnings

Previous Races

2019
2018
2017
ReplayDateRaceTrackGradeFinish
November 02, 2019Longines Breeders' Cup ClassicSANTA ANITA PARK11
September 28, 2019Jockey Club Gold Cup S.BELMONT PARK12
August 03, 2019Whitney S.SARATOGA13
May 27, 2019Gold Cup at Santa Anita S.SANTA ANITA PARK11
April 06, 2019Carter H.AQUEDUCT14
March 09, 2019Stymie S.AQUEDUCT 1
ReplayDateRaceTrackGradeFinish
August 25, 2018Runhappy Travers S. Presented by NYRA BetsSARATOGA15
July 28, 2018Jim Dandy S. presented by NYRA BetsSARATOGA23
June 09, 2018Belmont S. Presented by NYRA BetsBELMONT PARK14
May 05, 2018Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford ReserveCHURCHILL DOWNS19
April 07, 2018Wood Memorial S. presented by NYRA BetsAQUEDUCT21
March 10, 2018Lambholm South Tampa Bay DerbyTAMPA BAY DOWNS24
February 10, 2018Sam F. Davis S.TAMPA BAY DOWNS33
ReplayDateRaceTrackGradeFinish
December 22, 2017 TAMPA BAY DOWNS 1
November 11, 2017 AQUEDUCT 1
Breeders' Cup World Championships

Official Wagering Partners

Footer menu

  • Media
  • Horsemen
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • News/Blog
  • Charity
  • Contact Us

Stay Connected

Follow us

  • @BreedersCup
  • @BreedersCup
  • @BreedersCup
  • @BreedersCup