“Since this is Lexington’s first Breeders’ Cup, there’s no crystal ball to look into for that event”.
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The race’s self-styled billing as the sport’s “world championships” appears set to carry a few credibility this year as the two top-ranked thoroughbreds on the planet are due to appear at Keeneland.
“I’m happy with the post”, Baffert said by phone.
American Pharoah is a racehorse first and foremost.
Southern California-based American Pharoah was vanned to the Keeneland backstretch from the nearby Blue Grass Airport where he arrived on a Tex Sutton Charter that originated from Ontario worldwide Airport in Ontario, Calif. this morning.
More than 17 million patrons have wagered on races at the greyhound track since it opened in 1957. Beholder drew the far outside No.10 post for her second start against males.
As of right now, Korska says those “several contenders” are Triple Crown victor American Pharoah, the champion mare Beholder, American Pharoah’s foil in the Travers Keen Ice, and Tonalist, the horse who previous year upset California Chrome’s Triple Crown bid in the Belmont Stakes.
The drill here was the same as it was before the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, the Belmont on Long Island, the Haskell in New Jersey and the Travers in Saratoga. Baffert got a little choked up as he talked about the Classic and watching Pharoah run for the last time.
Baffert suggested it was the ear plugs that kept the water out, but then said: “He’s got a great a mind”. There are other stories in the Classic as well, including a European 3-year-old invader by the name of Gleneagles, who boasted a seven-race win streak before losing in his last effort under less-than-ideal conditions.
“(Racing) was waiting 37 years for a moment like that, and we just happened to be the breeders and owners of the horse”.
American Pharoah is rated a 6/5 favourite to end his career with a Classic success but the English-trained superstar Golden Horn is an even shorter 4/5 market leader in local betting for the $3 million (€2.7 million) Turf.
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Gaines died ten years ago, more than two decades after the first Breeders Cup. Watching the colt’s final workout for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland was bittersweet for his fans and for his trainer.
