THE 2016 BREEDERS’ CUP
Santa Anita Park
November 4 to& 5, 2016
The 2016 Breeders’ Cup World Championships will long be remembered as an event that lived up to its giant expectations. For a record ninth time the Breeders’ Cup was held under the majestic San Gabriel Mountains of Santa Anita Park and before a Breeders’ Cup record two-day crowd of 118,484 spectators. The first Breeders’ Cup race on Friday, the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, fittingly had a Hollywood theme, as the 2-year-old Oscar Performance scored a 1 ¼ length victory. Tamarkuz made a big impression winning the $1 million Las Vegas Dirt Mile with a three-length victory at odds of nearly 12-1. Trainer Chad Brown and jockey Javier Castellano teamed up to win the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf as New Money Honey surged in the stretch to win by a half-length. The Longines Distaff followed, and it proved to be a race for the ages as the 6-year-old Beholder, a two-time Breeders’ cup winner, squared off against the undefeated 3-year-old filly Songbird, who won the Juvenile Fillies the year before, ridden by Mike Smith. In an epic stretch battle, Beholder, under Gary Stevens prevailed over Songbird by a nose. Saturday’s highlights began with day’s biggest upset as 31-1 Champagne Room held off the fast-closing Valadorna by three-quarters of a length to win the 14 Hands Winery Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. The Europeans won their first Breeders’ Cup race of 2016 in the $2 million Filly & Mare Turf when Queen’s Trust, from the United Kingdom, thundered from last at the three-quarter pole to first by a nose over 2014 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Lady Eli. The 8-year-old gelding Obviously won his first Breeders’ Cup race on his fifth try, taking the $1 million Turf Sprint over Om by a nose. The following race, the $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, resulted in another close finish as Classic Empire held off Not This Time by a neck. Highland Reel from Ireland led the 1 ½ mile $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf from start to finish. Tourist gave trainer Bill Mott his 10th Breeders’ Cup win as the 12-1 shot beat 2015 Mile champion Tepin by a half-length. Like the Distaff on Friday, the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic was a tremendous battle between the 3-year-old Travers winner Arrogate and the favored 5-year-old California Chrome, North America’s richest racehorse. California Chrome held the lead into the stretch when Arrogate made up sixth lengths and surpassed his rival at the wire. The victory gave Mike Smith his 25th Breeders’ Cup win. The 2017 Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, just north of San Diego, on November 3-4.
2016 Breeders’ Cup Results
Replay | Race | Winning Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
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Race
Longines Classic |
Winning Horse
Arrogate |
Jockey
Mike Smith |
Trainer
Bob Baffert |
Owner
Juddmonte Farms, Inc. |
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Race
Longines Distaff |
Winning Horse
Beholder |
Jockey
Gary Stevens |
Trainer
Richard Mandella |
Owner
Spendthrift Farm LLC |
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Race
Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile |
Winning Horse
Tamarkuz |
Jockey
Mike Smith |
Trainer
Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
Owner
Shadwell Stable |
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Race
Juvenile Fillies Turf |
Winning Horse
New Money Honey |
Jockey
Javier Castellano |
Trainer
Chad Brown |
Owner
e Five Racing Thoroughbreds |
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Race
FanDuel Mile presented by PDJF |
Winning Horse
Tourist |
Jockey
Joel Rosario |
Trainer
William I. Mott |
Owner
WinStar Farm LLC, Wachtel Stable and Barber, Gary |
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Race
TVG Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance |
Winning Horse
Classic Empire |
Jockey
Julien R. Leparoux |
Trainer
Mark E. Casse |
Owner
John C. Oxley |
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Race
Maker’s Mark Filly & Mare Turf |
Winning Horse
Queen's Trust (GB) |
Jockey
Lanfranco Dettori |
Trainer
Sir Michael R Stoute |
Owner
Cheveley Park Stud LLC |
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Race
Juvenile Fillies |
Winning Horse
Champagne Room |
Jockey
Mario Gutierrez |
Trainer
Peter Eurton |
Owner
Ciaglia, Exline-Border, Gulliver Racing, Christensen, R., Legan D., Alesia, S. |
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Race
Longines Turf |
Winning Horse
Highland Reel (IRE) |
Jockey
Seamus Heffernan |
Trainer
Aidan P. O'Brien |
Owner
Tabor, Michael B., Magnier, Mrs. John, and Smith, Derrick |
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Race
Turf Sprint |
Winning Horse
Obviously (IRE) |
Jockey
Flavien Prat |
Trainer
Philip D'Amato |
Owner
Fanticola, Anthony and Scardino, Joseph |
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Race
Sprint |
Winning Horse
Drefong |
Jockey
Martin Garcia |
Trainer
Bob Baffert |
Owner
Baoma Corporation |
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Race
Filly & Mare Sprint |
Winning Horse
Finest City |
Jockey
Mike Smith |
Trainer
Ian Kruljac |
Owner
Seltzer Thoroughbreds |
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Race
Juvenile Turf presented by Coolmore America |
Winning Horse
Oscar Performance |
Jockey
Jose L. Ortiz |
Trainer
Brian A. Lynch |
Owner
Amerman Racing LLC |