Zenyatta 09 Classic, Great Communicator in 88 turf , & Precisionist in 85 sprint. Plus the most unforgettable Go For Wand going down while beating Bayakoa in 90 Races I will Never Forget!
Whever compiled this wasn't in Florida in 1989. The whole city of Ft. Lauderdale was talking about the race between Easy Goer and Sunday Silence. You'd get on a bus and the driver would say, "Who do you like?" Standing in a line at a drug store somebody would ask the same thing. There were banners everywhere and when Easy Goer began to make his move like Neil Diamond sang, "the whole valley would shake." It was by far the most-anticipated B.C. race in the events history. But, again, if you weren't there you have no idea of what it was like--and I've been to a bunch of these things. Hell, even Pebbles winning the turf race in 1985 at Aqueduct was more exciting and remarkable than some of these.
Its crazy how Arazi could not be number 1 on this list.No 2 year old in the history of the breeders cup,or in the history of Thoroughbred racing ever produced such a devastating run.
1989 Classic was such a Great Race...Easy Goer had absolutely "Everything" going against him Heading into the race and during the race...Closed to only miss by a "Neck" at the Wire was Very impressive under all the Circumstances...He was the "Best" Horse in the race...Easy Goer is probably the Most Unlucky Great Horse in History...Only "13" days rest heading into Derby and caught a Muddy Surface on same Track he disliked...Pinned on rail Entire stretch in Preakness to come up short a "Nose"...Easy Goer had the Natural Talent to be a Top 5 all time Horse...That Belmont Stakes Performance was just Electrifying...NY was the only state in the Country that did not allow race days drugs also...Connections also Entered him in the Met Mile off only a little over "10" days rest while giving a Ton of weight to rest of Field...Connections were Greedy with Easy Goer trying to Win every NY race possible including a "12" Furlong" event the race before the Classic...They should have Skipped that Race and just let the Horse rest up more heading into Classic...He suffered through career ankle problems...Easy Goer...What could have been...Still had a Great brilliant career though...1989 Gotham Performance should be in a Video Museum somewhere
Secretariat never ran in the Breeders' Cup since they started when he was retired. Considering this video is about the best Breeders' Cup moments, there is a legit reason why he isn't in it.
One got me a winner, one lost me a probable one. I had safely kept, enough said. Silver Charm was in front, more importantly, in the good part of the track, then Stevens steers Silver Charm out to follow Swain, then, most importantly, opened the hole up for the winner. I had $400 to win at 5/2 yes, it still stings a little bit..
I think my favorite breeders cup moment would be either the Classic in 89 with Sunday Silence or 2001 with Tiznow , but I really like the one with Personal Ensign. She was a freak
Being an American bred is great! We,in Europe love American racing stars;AP Indy was a great favourite of mine and so was Unbridled,which is even more fashionable now after Orb`s win.
EVERYTHING was against Easy Goer coming into the 89 Classic and During the 89 Classic and EVERYTHING was in Sunday Silences favor...All the Circumstances and on that Speed favoring track and only coming up Short a Neck at the Wire Closing was very Disappointing...Easy Goer was The Best Horse in that race...He was also training so poorly that the connections debated scratching him as his ankles were flaring up...But how could they ever scratch in such a Big race...Easy Goer was a Very unlucky and unfortunate Horse with all the Talent in the world
Old Friends is a nonprofit equine retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky. It is the only thoroughbred retirement facility in the United States that accepts stallions. The facility was inspired by the death of 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand, and created in 2002 by Michael Blowen who runs it almost entirely from donations and also Exceller fund was inspired by Exceller, anyway i thought of telling you the whole story. RIP Eceller and Ferdinand forever in the memory of many!
I remember the 2003 Turf -- but to be fair, the most amazing part of it, for me, was how freakin long it took for them to finally declare the dead heat. I think Johar and High Chaparral had to walk around in circles (to cool down and not cramp up) while awaiting the results for ten or fifteen minutes. It was absurd. And Falbrav came sooooo close to making it a triple dead heat, too.
One of my favourites is Tiznow v Giant's Causeway. I couldn't believe GC was beaten in a head to head, but Tiznow became as much a favourite. Two great battlers.
This top ten list is spot on, with one exception. I would remove the Arazi race and replace it with the 1990 Breeders Cup Distaff. The duel between Bayakoa and Go For Wand was breathtaking, with a tragic ending.
I remember screaming for Personal Ensign (at home, in front of the tv, no less) till my voice went all hoarse and scratchy. One of my favorite moments.
Oh remember when the Breeder's Cup was meant to be a meeting of champions? Remember when they had to overcome a new track or mud or cold? Remember when they didn't run nearly every year at Santa Anita.... So many of these moments took place over off tracks, champions are meant to overcome all odds not just win because it's what is expected. A depressing end to what could have been the scene of some of the greatest racing the world has ever seen.
I think we just had 2 yrs. Churchill, 1 Keenland, with a Santa Anita, somewhere in between. Funny Keenland was a gorgeous warm day last year, had a cold winter storm in the west. But just BV the time of year, it shod be out west 3 of 4. Monmouth was a swamp, so was lone stars turf course. Churchill muddy about 50%
I so totally agree with you! I would be so great to see the original, the magnificent seven plus the F&M Turf on Saturday, the seven relative 'newbies' on Friday
This video is the top ten BREEDERS CUP moments. The Breeders Cup races began in 1984. Phar Lap was long ago dead. Citation was dead. Spectacular Bid was retired. Secretariat was retired. Phar Lap was a great horse, nonetheless. Not very many Americans know about Phar Lap, unless they saw the movie.
Are you kidding me??? The Queen Zenyatta the only mare to win the classic coming from last to first, and the only horse to win 2 different breeders cup races
@Lloyd Bonafide Horses don't know what phony means. Only people can be phony. And Andrew Beyer is a first class phony . She won every race she enterred but one, and most people, including me, believe she would have beaten Blame in 99 out of 100 races. She had very unfortunate luck in her race. Remember Man O' War lost a race because he was facing backward when the race began.
@Lloyd Bonafide Pretty excited, huh? She raced against weak horses even though she defeated the best in the world at the Breeders Cup. Andrew Beyers is a horse's ass.
On July 11, 2011, thoroughbred Deputy Broad ran his last race at the Mountaineer track in W. Virginia. He came in last, and labored throughout. Two days later, he was sold to a kill middleman at Mountaineer by his owner/trainer Danny Bird for a few dollars. Then taken to a kill buyer who had a contract with Richelieu slaughterhouse in Canada. A few days later, Deputy Broad was slaughtered at Richelieu. He was only six years old and never had a second chance. From track to plate in a week
Great job...I agree with your choice,good job editing and the music just added to it. I thought I was going to have to disagree with you until the last segment. One of the most memorable BC races was between Personal Ensign and Winning Colors prior to Zenyata's run in the classic.
It amazes me how little race fans like you know.Arazi should be number one on several grounds.He had the worst draw,which gave the yanks an advantage.He was the widest margin winner,he travelled from Europe,which gave the yanks an advantage.He was sired by the great Blushing Groom but most pertinent;he was tiny! He was around two hands smaller than Bertrando but gave that horse around 20 pound beating.Clever people bet on big horses because they're at a distinct advantage.Arazi defied physics !
This video dates from November of 2008, and I'd bet the vote that it's based on was taken prior to the 2008 Breeders' Cup races--in other words, pre-Goldi.
The video is wonderful and the races were amazing, if you don't like the sport don't watch, but leave those of us who actually appreciate the animals to it. Tell me how terrible life after racing is for horses like those at Claiborne or Three Chimneys in Lexington, I wish I could live somewhere that beautiful when I retire.
McCarron said the 1989 Classic was the 1 Race over all others in his career that he felt "he" Won the Race by using "Tactics" aboard Sunday Silence to get to the Wire 1st...Watching that Race most would agree...Pat Day however thought Easy Goer was going to Win no matter how he rode him and McCarron taught him a very valueable lesson...Pat Day was always Spoiled aboard Easy Goer and never respected any other Horse or Field
McCarrons " tactics" on Souvenir Copy, in the DM Futurity, Shure won me a bundle. Same kind of sitting in the pocket, patient ride that won him probably 1k races he's long forgotten. Chris McCarron, maybe the best ever!
Aiden O`Brien is quite unconventional.In the old days an unbeaten record was protected but he has no problem placing his horses in races they can`t win.In any other stable George Vancouver,Mars and Christopher Columbus would each be a mini superstar but hes happy running all 3 in 2000 Guineas.G.Washington was special and, as well as a good looker,his form with Sir Percy stands up to scrutiny.Percy`s career was ended by habitual back problems.So You Think was a stunning looker too.Take a look!
Reportedly, such clauses were included for Kentucky Derby winner Silver Charm and Dubai World Cup winner Roses in May, both of whom were sent to Japan.
Worst was the 1989 Classic...Worst is because Easy Goer should have won that race as the heavy 1-2 favorite...Pat Day moved up on the back stretch to sit right behind Sunday Silence...Jock under Sunday Silence knows he has to move around the turn with such a short Gulfstream stretch...He makes his move and Pat Day just SITS there aboard Easy Goer and waits and waits instead of moving when Sunday Silence moved...Easy Goer should have been right at Sunday Silences throat latch heading in the stretch...instead Pat Day leaves Easy Goer with so much to do and so much ground to make up in the short stretch and loses by a NECK...Hard to forgive that ride
Everyone I agree that some great champions were left out of this video however the champions that were left out either never raced in the breeders cup classic or the did after this video was made.
So nice to see the gorgeous animals running. Soo sad to see the wonderful Ferdinand who as we know was sold to Japan and when his breeding days were done, was slaughtered and the main course at a fancy dinner with headline 'a Kentucky Derby' winner meal. Those awful people. 😭😭😭😭
"Sunday Silence holds on and he wins by a desperate neck." Seriously? This comment bothers me every single goddamned time I hear it. Had he held on by a desperate neck, he would've crossed the finish line being whipped until he reached the finish line, really giving his all. It's obvious that SS's jockey just let him go home in a hand ride and Easy Goer plainly and simply couldn't get to him.
Easy Goer passed him after the wire. Therefore, you could say that the lead was "desperate" because Easy Goer would have won if the line was moved back 30 feet.
Tim Gregory Of course Easy Goer would have passed him eventually, but Sunday Silence's jockey didn't push him to any more than that neck. He could have held on by - let's say - a length or so, too. It's not just a "desperate neck", it's more a "desperate whatsoever the jockey knows he's got it, but a couple meters more and they fade".
+C-Fox SS officially won driving - officially by DRF (Racing Form). Driving in the DRF glossary defintions means strong urging by the rider. The official margin was a neck in this race. Clearly, it was a very rapidly diminishing neck, as Easy Goer blew by at the wire. The official DRF chart notes SS won "driving" (strong urging). McCarron was told not to hit the horse by his trainer due to his disdain for being whipped (as well as weaving tendencies) - though in some races like the Preakness & Belmont SS handled being whipped ok. But what did he do for it to be driving (strong urging)? He was repeatedly & continuously asking him (driving - strong urging) to run by throwing crosses (flicking & swooping with the reins, cross reining), and poking him (as McCarron said in the Blood Horse Nov. 11, 1989 and LA Times Nov. 5, 1989 articles) on his shoulder, and showing him the whip with his left hand. McCarron stated the horse was running all out at his top speed and doing the best he could & he was just trying to keep him straight as well - because he was lugging in a bit as well. McCarron said, "He was running FULL OUT for the last three sixteenths of a mile (which in the entire home stretch at Gulfstream). Easy Goer was really flying the last eighth." Hence, as he said, the poking him on the left shoulder, the showing him the whip on the left side, and the throwing crosses, cross reining, and the flicking and swooping with the reins. In the 1989 Belmont, Day actually did whip EG a few times at the top of the stretch, then hand rode him the entire last eighth of a mile while widening to win by 8 lengths. The chart noted he won ridden out in the Belmont. Ridden out (1989 Belmont) is much less vigorous riding than the strong urging of driving (1989 BCC). I am not even going to get into the ride by Pat Day in the BCC, which was very similar to Pat Day rides on Forty Niner (1988 Derby), Seeking the Gold (1988 Travers, BCC, & Haskell), Menifee (1999 Derby), Timber Country (1995 Derby), Turkoman (1986 BCC), Surfside (1999 BC Juv Fillies), Heavenly Prize (1994 BC Distaff), Java Gold (1987 JCGC) , and many others.
+C-Fox It's very easy to say that 25+ years later. As a spectator/commentator, in the heat of the moment, seeing Easy Goer gaining, what would you call it?
yeah hard to argue any of these, im sure everyone has their personal favorites, being from Canada, seeing Dance Smartly, Sky Classic, Chief Bearhart, even Regal Classic in the juvenile finishing second or maybe our most underrated horse With Approval just getting beat in the Turf....I do think that Inside Informations Distaff win goes under the radar for some reason, she CRUSHED a great group of mares the like of which never happens, if Arazis crush is there so should Inside Infos, imo.
In the summer of 2006, the New York Owners and Breeders' Association, based in Saratoga Springs, New York, initiated the small voluntary per-race charge (collected from owners of NY Breeds) called the "Ferdinand Fee" that will funnel the revenue to Bluegrass Charities and the Thoroughbred Charities of America, two organizations that help fund race horse rescue and retirement groups. Another small step in maintaining the safety of Thoroughbreds sent to breeding sheds around the world:
Arazi's amazing race is a Breeder's Cup classic. I am not trying to downplay Arazi at all. He was a great 2-year-old who had some physical problems as a 3-year-old, and yes he was small just like his grandsire, Northern Dancer. Arazi was also bred in the USA.
definitely personal ensign's distaff was the best, but i think inside infromation's 1995 distaff should have been included too. Tom Durkin make the races sound much more exciting
I have a great appreciation of overseas racing. My all-time favorite was "George Washington", who was perhaps the most beautiful thoroughbred I have ever seen (hence his nickname of "Gorgeous George"). When he broke down during the Breeder's Cup Classic back in 2007, it shocked me to my core. I still wonder why Aiden O'Brien ran GW on a sloppy dirt track that day. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that GW had been previously retired, was found to be infertile, and was then un-retired?
And Joe Louis was forced to work as a door greeter in his later life because he had become poor despite his great career and philanthropy, its sad that terrible things happen, but they do, its not a tribute to the sport its just a segment of our population.
No doubt about it the race with Sunday silence and Easy Goer the race of the decade. The first Classic is a close second. Please don't mention Personal Ensign race as top race, they labored home .
@TicinoParadise yeah the only reason I love with approval is he race better than Izvestia down south....same with Peteski, Peteski beat the Belmont winner and the Derby winner (sea hero) in the same race at woodbine..but with approval set a track record at belmont i think in the bowling green (maybe wrong)...but anyway nice chatting with you and bringing back the great canadian memories :)
in 2002 Ferdinand was sent to slaughter in Japan with no fanfare or notice to previous owners. He likely became either pet food or steaks for human consumption, another gr8t champion horse that had the same horrific end was Exceller he was taken to a slaughterhouse and killed for meat.
Good vid although I was sorry to see excluded (especially) the '96 Classic and the 1994 Juvenile Fillies which seems to have made nobody's list yet produced one of the greatest races ever. I would use them to replace the '84 Classic (exciting as hell but poorly run) and the 95 Classic (I understand a need to honor Cigar, but his winning that race was not big deal). But thanks for the memories
3600 horses since 2009 have died in racing or training incidents. Yet in that same time period (three years), it's estimated that 60,000 thoroughbreds from the U.S. have gone to slaughter. I
Only Pat Day would keep his 1-2 favorite horse 10+ behind on the far turn on such a speed/pace favoring racetrack like gulfstream with such a short stretch...Easy Goer should have won this race easily...Missing by a neck is disgusting...
if not for the superior talents of Randy Paul Romero, the great mare doesn't win that race....RP gets her going even though she was NOT handling the surface at all...you could see Personal Ensign struggling with the footing.....Romero's brilliance won this race
#4 was about as fiddled as it gets, clear winner was High Chaparral....People have long argued this but never mind. Lester Piggott's victory in the 1990 Breeders Cup Mile on Royal Academy should have made the list, the man was 54 at the time & it was a scintillating ride. Poor music but good watch.
@TicinoParadise The Ladies could be very itneresting if both Blind Luck and Havre de Grace run. The Classic could be interesting if either or both of the ladies run there. Like you, I am looking forward to Goldi #4.
Zenyatta 09 Classic, Great Communicator in 88 turf , & Precisionist in 85 sprint.
Plus the most unforgettable Go For Wand going down while beating Bayakoa in 90
Races I will Never Forget!
Whever compiled this wasn't in Florida in 1989. The whole city of Ft. Lauderdale was talking about the race between Easy Goer and Sunday Silence. You'd get on a bus and the driver would say, "Who do you like?" Standing in a line at a drug store somebody would ask the same thing. There were banners everywhere and when Easy Goer began to make his move like Neil Diamond sang, "the whole valley would shake."
It was by far the most-anticipated B.C. race in the events history. But, again, if you weren't there you have no idea of what it was like--and I've been to a bunch of these things.
Hell, even Pebbles winning the turf race in 1985 at Aqueduct was more exciting and remarkable than some of these.
i was there in 89....the most anticipated bc race ever. not even close...
I was there and I agree that particular race was very much anticipated.
"...Greatest comeback since Lazarus!..." Love that quote from Tom Durkin! I agree that Z's Classic will have to be added too!
Its crazy how Arazi could not be number 1 on this list.No 2 year old in the history of the breeders cup,or in the history of Thoroughbred racing ever produced such a devastating run.
They forgot Pebbles beating the boys in the 1985 Turf, needs to be in the top 10.
Kotashsan and Bien Bien throwing down, pretty good too
1989 Classic was such a Great Race...Easy Goer had absolutely "Everything" going against him Heading into the race and during the race...Closed to only miss by a "Neck" at the Wire was Very impressive under all the Circumstances...He was the "Best" Horse in the race...Easy Goer is probably the Most Unlucky Great Horse in History...Only "13" days rest heading into Derby and caught a Muddy Surface on same Track he disliked...Pinned on rail Entire stretch in Preakness to come up short a "Nose"...Easy Goer had the Natural Talent to be a Top 5 all time Horse...That Belmont Stakes Performance was just Electrifying...NY was the only state in the Country that did not allow race days drugs also...Connections also Entered him in the Met Mile off only a little over "10" days rest while giving a Ton of weight to rest of Field...Connections were Greedy with Easy Goer trying to Win every NY race possible including a "12" Furlong" event the race before the Classic...They should have Skipped that Race and just let the Horse rest up more heading into Classic...He suffered through career ankle problems...Easy Goer...What could have been...Still had a Great brilliant career though...1989 Gotham Performance should be in a Video Museum somewhere
Nowadays, laying off for a month, is normal going into the BC, forgot that they ran Easy in the Jockey Club, and then it was 1 1/2 mi..
Secretariat never ran in the Breeders' Cup since they started when he was retired. Considering this video is about the best Breeders' Cup moments, there is a legit reason why he isn't in it.
I think the Arazi race was the most dominent but how could you agrue with Personal Ensign's race. The fact Arazi was only 2 is just amazing.
I can't believe people think Personal Ensign race was so great, Winning Colors was a shell of her self. They labored home in the slop.
If they're talking moments, then I'd have thought Dayjur's jump, and Swain going walkabout should be included.
One got me a winner, one lost me a probable one. I had safely kept, enough said. Silver Charm was in front, more importantly, in the good part of the track, then Stevens steers Silver Charm out to follow Swain, then, most importantly, opened the hole up for the winner. I had $400 to win at 5/2 yes, it still stings a little bit..
Da Hoss. Great comeback since Lazarus. hahaha
I think my favorite breeders cup moment would be either the Classic in 89 with Sunday Silence or 2001 with Tiznow , but I really like the one with Personal Ensign. She was a freak
Being an American bred is great! We,in Europe love American racing stars;AP Indy was a great favourite of mine and so was Unbridled,which is even more fashionable now after Orb`s win.
Yep when Flanders came back on to win that was spectacular. Lure winning his first BC was pretty good as well.
I was hoping PE was first and deservedly so you have her there. Still gets my eyes all foggy after all these years
EVERYTHING was against Easy Goer coming into the 89 Classic and During the 89 Classic and EVERYTHING was in Sunday Silences favor...All the Circumstances and on that Speed favoring track and only coming up Short a Neck at the Wire Closing was very Disappointing...Easy Goer was The Best Horse in that race...He was also training so poorly that the connections debated scratching him as his ankles were flaring up...But how could they ever scratch in such a Big race...Easy Goer was a Very unlucky and unfortunate Horse with all the Talent in the world
Wow, Great video. I have a feeling the 09 and 10 classics will be on this list some day
Old Friends is a nonprofit equine retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky. It is the only thoroughbred retirement facility in the United States that accepts stallions.
The facility was inspired by the death of 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand, and created in 2002 by Michael Blowen who runs it almost entirely from donations and also Exceller fund was inspired by Exceller, anyway i thought of telling you the whole story. RIP Eceller and Ferdinand forever in the memory of many!
Very nice video. Not the best quality , but I enjoyed every thing else about it. Nice job!
RIP Ferdinand you shouldnt have died that way.
:'(
Personal Ensign's incredibly timed run through the field was my favourite as well.
Tiznow 2000 win should also be there. Both of his wins should be 1 and 1A.
I remember the 2003 Turf -- but to be fair, the most amazing part of it, for me, was how freakin long it took for them to finally declare the dead heat. I think Johar and High Chaparral had to walk around in circles (to cool down and not cramp up) while awaiting the results for ten or fifteen minutes. It was absurd. And Falbrav came sooooo close to making it a triple dead heat, too.
One of my favourites is Tiznow v Giant's Causeway. I couldn't believe GC was beaten in a head to head, but Tiznow became as much a favourite. Two great battlers.
This top ten list is spot on, with one exception. I would remove the Arazi race and replace it with the 1990 Breeders Cup Distaff. The duel between Bayakoa and Go For Wand was breathtaking, with a tragic ending.
Duel between Hollywood wildcat, an Paseana pretty good too!.
Nah,Arazi's move from twelve back like a missile definitely deserves a place imo.
Nice list awesome again winning the classic is my #1
This was made before Zenyatta ever ran in the Classic.
Zenyatta/Blame Upset? come on you gotta have that one
I remember screaming for Personal Ensign (at home, in front of the tv, no less) till my voice went all hoarse and scratchy. One of my favorite moments.
Crazy goosebumps right now and I don't think it's because it's chilly in here.
Oh remember when the Breeder's Cup was meant to be a meeting of champions? Remember when they had to overcome a new track or mud or cold? Remember when they didn't run nearly every year at Santa Anita.... So many of these moments took place over off tracks, champions are meant to overcome all odds not just win because it's what is expected. A depressing end to what could have been the scene of some of the greatest racing the world has ever seen.
I think we just had 2 yrs. Churchill, 1 Keenland, with a Santa Anita, somewhere in between. Funny Keenland was a gorgeous warm day last year, had a cold winter storm in the west. But just BV the time of year, it shod be out west 3 of 4. Monmouth was a swamp, so was lone stars turf course. Churchill muddy about 50%
I so totally agree with you! I would be so great to see the original, the magnificent seven plus the F&M Turf on Saturday, the seven relative 'newbies' on Friday
Lady's Secret Breeder's Cup Distaff back in the day when it was still 1 1/4 miles.
This video is the top ten BREEDERS CUP moments. The Breeders Cup races began in 1984.
Phar Lap was long ago dead. Citation was dead. Spectacular Bid was retired.
Secretariat was retired.
Phar Lap was a great horse, nonetheless. Not very many Americans know about Phar Lap, unless they saw the movie.
Are you kidding me??? The Queen Zenyatta the only mare to win the classic coming from last to first, and the only horse to win 2 different breeders cup races
Then along came Zenyatta....
yay really. she was in the ladys classic the this was uploaded
entonces llego blame jajajajjaa
@Lloyd Bonafide You're out of your mind, Zenyatta would have destroyed both Go for Wand and Personal Ensign without breaking a sweat.
@Lloyd Bonafide Horses don't know what phony means. Only people can be phony. And Andrew Beyer is a first class phony . She won every race she enterred but one, and most people, including me, believe she would have beaten Blame in 99 out of 100 races. She had very unfortunate luck in her race. Remember Man O' War lost a race because he was facing backward when the race began.
@Lloyd Bonafide Pretty excited, huh? She raced against weak horses even though she defeated the best in the world at the Breeders Cup. Andrew Beyers is a horse's ass.
On July 11, 2011, thoroughbred Deputy Broad ran his last race at the Mountaineer track in W. Virginia. He came in last, and labored throughout. Two days later, he was sold to a kill middleman at Mountaineer by his owner/trainer Danny Bird for a few dollars. Then taken to a kill buyer who had a contract with Richelieu slaughterhouse in Canada. A few days later, Deputy Broad was slaughtered at Richelieu. He was only six years old and never had a second chance. From track to plate in a week
Music gets in the way, alas...
Great job...I agree with your choice,good job editing and the music just added to it. I thought I was going to have to disagree with you until the last segment. One of the most memorable BC races was between Personal Ensign and Winning Colors prior to Zenyata's run in the classic.
It amazes me how little race fans like you know.Arazi should be number one on several grounds.He had the worst draw,which gave the yanks an advantage.He was the widest margin winner,he travelled from Europe,which gave the yanks an advantage.He was sired by the great Blushing Groom but most pertinent;he was tiny! He was around two hands smaller than Bertrando but gave that horse around 20 pound beating.Clever people bet on big horses because they're at a distinct advantage.Arazi defied physics !
The first Breeders Cup was run 11 years after Secretariat retired.
If you look, the video was uploaded in 2008, so they wouldn't have had the knowledge of it.
This is a great video!!
a brilliant video!!
I loved this. There needs to be a new vote though. I bet Zenyatta's classic win and her second to blame would make the list. :)
I see,yes.This was pre-Zenyatta.You make such a list now,Queen Z belongs on it.
Can't wait for tommorow and I'm from United kingdom. Best meeting in the world were they all CLASH for for the title of a world beater.
This video dates from November of 2008, and I'd bet the vote that it's based on was taken prior to the 2008 Breeders' Cup races--in other words, pre-Goldi.
The video is wonderful and the races were amazing, if you don't like the sport don't watch, but leave those of us who actually appreciate the animals to it. Tell me how terrible life after racing is for horses like those at Claiborne or Three Chimneys in Lexington, I wish I could live somewhere that beautiful when I retire.
McCarron said the 1989 Classic was the 1 Race over all others in his career that he felt "he" Won the Race by using "Tactics" aboard Sunday Silence to get to the Wire 1st...Watching that Race most would agree...Pat Day however thought Easy Goer was going to Win no matter how he rode him and McCarron taught him a very valueable lesson...Pat Day was always Spoiled aboard Easy Goer and never respected any other Horse or Field
McCarrons " tactics" on Souvenir Copy, in the DM Futurity, Shure won me a bundle. Same kind of sitting in the pocket, patient ride that won him probably 1k races he's long forgotten. Chris McCarron, maybe the best ever!
Good music too
What about "Concern From Out of the Clouds!!!"
Aiden O`Brien is quite unconventional.In the old days an unbeaten record was protected but he has no problem placing his horses in races they can`t win.In any other stable George Vancouver,Mars and Christopher Columbus would each be a mini superstar but hes happy running all 3 in 2000 Guineas.G.Washington was special and, as well as a good looker,his form with Sir Percy stands up to scrutiny.Percy`s career was ended by habitual back problems.So You Think was a stunning looker too.Take a look!
Wow...nice compilation! Thoroughly enjoyed watching this! And they say people only have the Internet for email and porn...lol
Reportedly, such clauses were included for Kentucky Derby winner Silver Charm and Dubai World Cup winner Roses in May, both of whom were sent to Japan.
Worst was the 1989 Classic...Worst is because Easy Goer should have won that race as the heavy 1-2 favorite...Pat Day moved up on the back stretch to sit right behind Sunday Silence...Jock under Sunday Silence knows he has to move around the turn with such a short Gulfstream stretch...He makes his move and Pat Day just SITS there aboard Easy Goer and waits and waits instead of moving when Sunday Silence moved...Easy Goer should have been right at Sunday Silences throat latch heading in the stretch...instead Pat Day leaves Easy Goer with so much to do and so much ground to make up in the short stretch and loses by a NECK...Hard to forgive that ride
You should update this clip and add Zenyatta's 2009 run. :) The only female race horse to win the Breeder's Cup Classic.
Everyone I agree that some great champions were left out of this video however the champions that were left out either never raced in the breeders cup classic or the did after this video was made.
This is great! The music just adds to the whole thing, and what is the name of the piece of music in the background?
totally agree!
awesome video : D ***** 5 Stars!!! lol
So nice to see the gorgeous animals running. Soo sad to see the wonderful Ferdinand who as we know was sold to Japan and when his breeding days were done, was slaughtered and the main course at a fancy dinner with headline 'a Kentucky Derby' winner meal. Those awful people. 😭😭😭😭
@TicinoParadise I loved Izvestia, I cried when he broke down.....although IMO With Approval was the best....
"Sunday Silence holds on and he wins by a desperate neck."
Seriously? This comment bothers me every single goddamned time I hear it. Had he held on by a desperate neck, he would've crossed the finish line being whipped until he reached the finish line, really giving his all. It's obvious that SS's jockey just let him go home in a hand ride and Easy Goer plainly and simply couldn't get to him.
Easy Goer passed him after the wire. Therefore, you could say that the lead was "desperate" because Easy Goer would have won if the line was moved back 30 feet.
Tim Gregory Of course Easy Goer would have passed him eventually, but Sunday Silence's jockey didn't push him to any more than that neck. He could have held on by - let's say - a length or so, too. It's not just a "desperate neck", it's more a "desperate whatsoever the jockey knows he's got it, but a couple meters more and they fade".
+C-Fox SS officially won driving - officially by DRF (Racing Form). Driving in the DRF glossary defintions means strong urging by the rider. The official margin was a neck in this race. Clearly, it was a very rapidly diminishing neck, as Easy Goer blew by at the wire. The official DRF chart notes SS won "driving" (strong urging). McCarron was told not to hit the horse by his trainer due to his disdain for being whipped (as well as weaving tendencies) - though in some races like the Preakness & Belmont SS handled being whipped ok. But what did he do for it to be driving (strong urging)? He was repeatedly & continuously asking him (driving - strong urging) to run by throwing crosses (flicking & swooping with the reins, cross reining), and poking him (as McCarron said in the Blood Horse Nov. 11, 1989 and LA Times Nov. 5, 1989 articles) on his shoulder, and showing him the whip with his left hand. McCarron stated the horse was running all out at his top speed and doing the best he could & he was just trying to keep him straight as well - because he was lugging in a bit as well. McCarron said, "He was running FULL OUT for the last three sixteenths of a mile (which in the entire home stretch at Gulfstream). Easy Goer was really flying the last eighth." Hence, as he said, the poking him on the left shoulder, the showing him the whip on the left side, and the throwing crosses, cross reining, and the flicking and swooping with the reins. In the 1989 Belmont, Day actually did whip EG a few times at the top of the stretch, then hand rode him the entire last eighth of a mile while widening to win by 8 lengths. The chart noted he won ridden out in the Belmont. Ridden out (1989 Belmont) is much less vigorous riding than the strong urging of driving (1989 BCC). I am not even going to get into the ride by Pat Day in the BCC, which was very similar to Pat Day rides on Forty Niner (1988 Derby), Seeking the Gold (1988 Travers, BCC, & Haskell), Menifee (1999 Derby), Timber Country (1995 Derby), Turkoman (1986 BCC), Surfside (1999 BC Juv Fillies), Heavenly Prize (1994 BC Distaff), Java Gold (1987 JCGC) , and many others.
Breathe. :)
+C-Fox It's very easy to say that 25+ years later. As a spectator/commentator, in the heat of the moment, seeing Easy Goer gaining, what would you call it?
yeah hard to argue any of these, im sure everyone has their personal favorites, being from Canada, seeing Dance Smartly, Sky Classic, Chief Bearhart, even Regal Classic in the juvenile finishing second or maybe our most underrated horse With Approval just getting beat in the Turf....I do think that Inside Informations Distaff win goes under the radar for some reason, she CRUSHED a great group of mares the like of which never happens, if Arazis crush is there so should Inside Infos, imo.
In the summer of 2006, the New York Owners and Breeders' Association, based in Saratoga Springs, New York, initiated the small voluntary per-race charge (collected from owners of NY Breeds) called the "Ferdinand Fee" that will funnel the revenue to Bluegrass Charities and the Thoroughbred Charities of America, two organizations that help fund race horse rescue and retirement groups. Another small step in maintaining the safety of Thoroughbreds sent to breeding sheds around the world:
It was also the only race where the noun"Superstar" was used.Goldikova is also absent,which suggests this all has an American bias.
first one could have been the 2010 replay.
Arazi's amazing race is a Breeder's Cup classic. I am not trying to downplay Arazi at all. He was a great 2-year-old who had some physical problems as a 3-year-old, and yes he was small just like his grandsire, Northern Dancer. Arazi was also bred in the USA.
definitely personal ensign's distaff was the best, but i think inside infromation's 1995 distaff should have been included too. Tom Durkin make the races sound much more exciting
I have a great appreciation of overseas racing. My all-time favorite was "George Washington", who was perhaps the most beautiful thoroughbred I have ever seen (hence his nickname of "Gorgeous George"). When he broke down during the Breeder's Cup Classic back in 2007, it shocked me to my core. I still wonder why Aiden O'Brien ran GW on a sloppy dirt track that day. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that GW had been previously retired, was found to be infertile, and was then un-retired?
And Joe Louis was forced to work as a door greeter in his later life because he had become poor despite his great career and philanthropy, its sad that terrible things happen, but they do, its not a tribute to the sport its just a segment of our population.
FIRST OFF THE NUMBER ONE WWAS NUMBER 10
Most of the owners just dont give a puck about the horse, they just want the money
No doubt about it the race with Sunday silence and Easy Goer the race of the decade. The first Classic is a close second. Please don't mention Personal Ensign race as top race, they labored home .
@TicinoParadise yeah the only reason I love with approval is he race better than Izvestia down south....same with Peteski, Peteski beat the Belmont winner and the Derby winner (sea hero) in the same race at woodbine..but with approval set a track record at belmont i think in the bowling green (maybe wrong)...but anyway nice chatting with you and bringing back the great canadian memories :)
maybe Inside Information's romp in the 94 Distaff should be included
in 2002 Ferdinand was sent to slaughter in Japan with no fanfare or notice to previous owners. He likely became either pet food or steaks for human consumption, another gr8t champion horse that had the same horrific end was Exceller he was taken to a slaughterhouse and killed for meat.
i'm sorry but zennyatta should be on this top.
I never saw a horse sitting on the back of the race like she did
@TheJjr272 The montage is from 2008, after her first win but before her legendary second and third victories.
Good vid although I was sorry to see excluded (especially) the '96 Classic and the 1994 Juvenile Fillies which seems to have made nobody's list yet produced one of the greatest races ever. I would use them to replace the '84 Classic (exciting as hell but poorly run) and the 95 Classic (I understand a need to honor Cigar, but his winning that race was not big deal).
But thanks for the memories
what about Miesque and Goldikova?
Bei SUnday Silence hatte ich Gänsehaut!
would be better without the music....the commentators voice is over shadowed
3600 horses since 2009 have died in racing or training incidents. Yet in that same time period (three years), it's estimated that 60,000 thoroughbreds from the U.S. have gone to slaughter. I
It's too bad this list wasn't made a year later. Zenyetta in the 09 Classic would have made it easily.
fair comment Laura
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Only Pat Day would keep his 1-2 favorite horse 10+ behind on the far turn on such a speed/pace favoring racetrack like gulfstream with such a short stretch...Easy Goer should have won this race easily...Missing by a neck is disgusting...
amen
The vid was uploaded in 2008 so goldikova and the 2009 classic arent in it
Also... Serena's Song and Flanders must be included!
How is Zenyatta not on this list?
if not for the superior talents of Randy Paul Romero, the great mare doesn't win that race....RP gets her going even though she was NOT handling the surface at all...you could see Personal Ensign struggling with the footing.....Romero's brilliance won this race
No, no, no -- Number one has to be Arcangues.
#4 was about as fiddled as it gets, clear winner was High Chaparral....People have long argued this but never mind. Lester Piggott's victory in the 1990 Breeders Cup Mile on Royal Academy should have made the list, the man was 54 at the time & it was a scintillating ride. Poor music but good watch.
@TicinoParadise The Ladies could be very itneresting if both Blind Luck and Havre de Grace run. The Classic could be interesting if either or both of the ladies run there. Like you, I am looking forward to Goldi #4.
No place for Piggott on Royal Academy or for England's super filly, Pebbles?
i cant be civil with someone who eats that magnificent animal after using it for entertainment .
i didn't noticed that