Breeders' Cup Expands To 2 Days, 3 More Races

Post by **The Steward** » 17 years ago

The Breeders' Cup announced they added 3 new BC races for 2007, all worth $1 mil.

Hmmmmmm... they added a 1 Mile dirt race (The BC Dirt Mile, hmmmmm) and a 7f F/M Sprint (The BC Filly and Mare Sprint, hmmmmm).

They also added a 1 mile turf race for 2yos. So... guess I have to add that?

What frustrates me is that they also added 3 $250k stakes that week, which includes a 1mT race for 2yo fillies. So... colts get to run for a mil, and fillies for a quarter of a mil. That's nice.

Martin Pennington · Post by **Martin Pennington** » 17 years ago

Emily you really should sue them, i'm sure it's getting more and more like the SIM

IsaP · Post by **IsaP** » 17 years ago

It cracks me up! The SIM is modeled to be as close to real life as possible. This time, real life changes to be like the SIM.

What can we say? Em is a revolutionary!

Nikki Everdeen · Post by **Nikki Everdeen** » 17 years ago

Geez, now I'm waaaaaay too excited for words. I haven't been to a Breeders' Cup in SOOOOO long!

Emily Mitchell · Post by **Emily Mitchell** » 17 years ago

YES make a BC Juvenile Turf Mile! I would adore that. Of course, like you said, too bad fillies don't have one too...

Laura Ferguson · Post by **Laura Ferguson** » 17 years ago

Go ahead and add a BC Juvy Turf Filly stakes to the SIM, too. Real life is just sexist and ridiculous at times.

Mandy Saunders · Post by **Mandy Saunders** » 17 years ago

I'm with Laura on this one!

Brianna McKenzie · Post by **Brianna McKenzie** » 17 years ago

I wonder why it's only a mile?

I mean, I've always figured that the Juvi's should only be a mile anyway, but why should the turf horses get the break and not the dirt ones?

Martin Pennington · Post by **Martin Pennington** » 17 years ago

Erm the dirt horses have had the break for the past 20 or so years Bri. There's already a 1 1/16m Breeders Cup Juvenile on dirt and a Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies.

This race will however spell the end of the Johannesburg's, Wilko's and Arazi's going in the Juvenile when there's a race tailor made for them already. Can't see the turf Juvenile being anything more than a European benefit race (same as the Turf, Filly and Mare Turf etc). Good to get some international competition and there's no rule that says "girls can't run in the Juvenile Turf" or not that I know of anyway - might help with your Derby preps, I keep hearing about US turf horses coming to the Derby but none ever seem to make it.

Post by **The Steward** » 17 years ago

I'd have to agree with Martin on that one, we don't even run any 2yo turf races until the end of Del Mar here in So Cal... there *might* be one at Saratoga. There's never been a need for it in the US until the fall/winter of 3yo year, as far as I'm concerned.

Don't worry, was planning on adding both for the babies, just annoyed that it's not both in real life.

IsaP · Post by **IsaP** » 17 years ago

Whee! That makes Isa HAPPY!

I can run my kiddoes at the BC now!

(the pain of being a turf breeder)

Susie Rydell · Post by **Susie Rydell** » 17 years ago

The Steward wrote: we don't even run any 2yo turf races until the end of Del Mar here in So Cal... there *might* be one at Saratoga

The PG Johnson (fillies, 1 1/16) and the With Anticipation (boys, 1 1/16) are relatively new additions to the stakes schedule (2 additions of each have been run). They're at the very end of August (29th and 31st this year).

Belmont has the Pilgrim and Miss Grillo, usually closing day of the fall meet... also 1 1/16th. They used to be graded but, and this will come as a shock to the BC committee, we don't really HAVE a 2yo turf division in this country, so they're not anymore.

Laura Ferguson · Post by **Laura Ferguson** » 17 years ago

Martin, you misunderstood Bri's post - which has more to do with why is are the turf juvy races only 1 mile, while the dirt juvy races are 1 1/16 miles. It would make more sense that the distances be reversed.

In real life, the BC Juvenile races were held at 1 mile for several years (1984, 1985 and 1987), and 9 furlongs in 2002 - I've never really understood why they ended up switching to 1 1/16 miles.

Brianna McKenzie · Post by **Brianna McKenzie** » 17 years ago

Thanks Laura.. I was rambling about the distances. If they aren't going to be the same, it just seems silly.

I think the sprints all should be the same distance as well, to be perfectly honest.

Sarah Chase · Post by **Sarah Chase** » 17 years ago

Wow, this is something. What about the SIM Turf 2yo Triple? Will be interesting to see how many forego the 2yo triple for the BC. Well, this certainly changes my plans for my current 2yos.