THE 2003 BREEDERS’ CUP
Santa Anita Park
October 25, 2003
Ten years earlier at Santa Anita, trainer Richard Mandella won two races at the Breeders’ Cup, but on this day he would experience the greatest success of his racing life. Julie Krone became the first female rider to win a Breeders’ Cup race aboard the Mandella -trained Halfbridled in the Juvenile Fillies. Action This Day garnered the Juvenile for Mandella’s second win. Mandella’s third win of the day was another Breeders’ Cup first. After 1 ½ miles in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Mandella’s Johar and defending champion High Chaparral hit the wire together. It took 12 minutes for the stewards to declare the race a dead heat, the first tie in Breeders’ Cup history. As if destined, Mandella’s 14-1 shot, Pleasantly Perfect, won the Classic by 1 ½ lengths. Mandella broke D. Wayne Lukas’s record of three Breeders’ Cup wins set in 1988 with his fourth triumph of the day.
2003 Breeders’ Cup Results
Replay | Race | Winning Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
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Race
Longines Classic |
Winning Horse
Pleasantly Perfect |
Jockey
A. Solis |
Trainer
R. Mandella |
Owner
Diamond A Racing Corp. |
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Race
TVG Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance |
Winning Horse
Action This Day |
Jockey
D. Flores |
Trainer
R. Mandella |
Owner
B. Wayne Hughes |
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Race
Longines Distaff |
Winning Horse
Adoration |
Jockey
P. Valenzuela |
Trainer
D. Hofmans |
Owner
Amerman Racing (John & Jerry Amerman) |
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Race
Longines Turf |
Winning Horse
Johar |
Jockey
A. Solis |
Trainer
R. Mandella |
Owner
The Thoroughbred Corporation (Ahmed bin Salman) |
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Race
Longines Turf |
Winning Horse
High Chaparral (IRE) |
Jockey
M. Kinane |
Trainer
A. O'Brien |
Owner
Michael Tabor & Mrs. John Magnier |
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Race
Maker’s Mark Filly & Mare Turf |
Winning Horse
Islington (IRE) |
Jockey
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Trainer
S. Stoute |
Owner
Exors of Lord Weinstock |
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Race
Juvenile Fillies |
Winning Horse
Halfbridled |
Jockey
J. Krone |
Trainer
R. Mandella |
Owner
Wertheimer Farm |
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Race
FanDuel Mile presented by PDJF |
Winning Horse
Six Perfections (FR) |
Jockey
J. Bailey |
Trainer
P. Bary |
Owner
Flaxman Holdings Ltd. |
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Race
Sprint |
Winning Horse
Cajun Beat |
Jockey
C. Velasquez |
Trainer
S. Margolis |
Owner
Padua Stable, John Iracane & Joseph Iracane |