2009 Breeders' Cup Pre-Entries Saturday

166 horses have been pre-entered for next week's 26th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park. Final entries for the 14 races will be drawn on Tuesday, November 3.

CLASSIC  
HORSE             TRAINER
AWESOME GEM       Craig Dollase
BULLSBAY          H. Graham Motion
CHOCOLATE CANDY   Jerry Hollendorfer
COLONEL JOHN      Eoin G. Harty
EINSTEIN (Brz)    Helen Pitts-Blasi
GIO PONTI         Christophe Clement
GIROLAMO          Saeed bin Suroor
MASTERCRAFTSMAN   Aidan P. O'Brien
MINE THAT BIRD    Bennie L.Woolley Jr.
QUALITY ROAD      Todd A. Pletcher
REGAL RANSOM      Saeed bin Suroor
RICHARD'S KID     Bob Baffert
RIP VAN WINKLE    Aidan P. O'Brien
SUMMER BIRD       Tim A. Ice
TWICE OVER        Henry Cecil
ZENYATTA          John A. Shirreffs
  
TURF  
HORSE             TRAINER
ALLEGRE           Brian J. Koriner
CONDUIT (Ire)     Sir Michael R. Stoute
DAR RE MI (GB)    John H.M. Gosden
MONZANTE          Mike R. Mitchell
PRESIOUS PASSION  Mary E. Hartmann
RED ROCKS (Ire)   Brian Meehan
SPANISH MOON      Sir Michael R. Stoute
SUMMER BIRD       Tim A. Ice
TELLING           Steve Hobby
  
MILE  
HORSE             TRAINER
AWESOME GEM       Craig Dollase
COLONEL JOHN      Eoin G. Harty
COURAGEOUS CAT    Bill Mott
COURT VISION      Richard E. Dutrow Jr.
COWBOY CAL        Todd A. Pletcher
DELEGATOR (GB)    Saeed bin Suroor
FERNELEY (Ire)    Ben D.A. Cecil
GLADIATORUS       Saeed bin Suroor
GOLDIKOVA (Ire)   Freddy Head
JUSTENUFFHUMOR    Kiaran P. McLaughlin
KARELIAN          George R. Arnold II
MR. SIDNEY        Bill Mott
WHATSTHESCRIPT    John W. Sadler
ZACINTO           Sir Michael R. Stoute
  
SPRINT  
HORSE             TRAINER
CAPT. CANDYMAN CAN  Ian R. Wilkes
COST OF FREEDOM   John W. Sadler
CROWN OF THORNS   Richard E. Mandella
DANCING IN SILKS  Carla Gaines
FATAL BULLET      Reade Baker
FLEETING SPIRIT   Jeremy Noseda
GAYEGO            Saeed bin Suroor
JOIN IN THE DANCE Todd A. Pletcher
KODIAK KOWBOY     Steven M. Asmussen
SQUARE EDDIE      Doug F. O'Neill
ZENSATIONAL       Bob Baffert
  
JUVENILE  
HORSE             TRAINER
AIKENITE          Todd A. Pletcher
ALFRED NOBEL      Aidan P. O'Brien
ASPIRE            Eddie Kenneally
AWESOME ACT       Jeremy Noseda
BEETHOVEN (Ire)   Aidan P. O'Brien
BUZZWORD (GB)     Saeed bin Suroor
D'FUNNYBONE       Richard E. Dutrow Jr.
DAVE IN DIXIE     John W. Sadler
ESKENDEREYA       Todd A. Pletcher
FIST OF RAGE      Kenneth G. McPeek
GALLANT GENT      Craig A. Lewis
LOOKIN AT LUCKY   Bob Baffert
MINT CHIP         George R. Arnold II
NOBLE'S PROMISE   Kenneth G. McPeek
PISCITELLI        Gregory D. Sacco
POUNCED           John H.M. Gosden
PULSION           Patrick L. Biancone
RADIOHEAD         Brian Meehan
VALE OF YORK      Saeed bin Suroor
WILLIAM'S KITTEL  Michael J. Maker
  
DIRT MILE  
HORSE             TRAINER
BULLSBAY          H. Graham Motion
CHEROKEE ARTIST   H. Graham Motion
CHOCOLATE CANDY   Jerry Hollendorfer
COWBOY CAL        Todd A. Pletcher
CROWN OF THORNS   Richard E. Mandella
EL GATO MALO      Craig Dollase
FURTHEST LAND     Michael J. Maker
GIROLAMO          Saeed bin Suroor
JOIN IN THE DANCE Todd A. Pletcher
KARELIAN          George R. Arnold II
MASTERCRAFTSMAN   Aidan P. O'Brien
MAMBO MEISTER     Philip A. Gleaves
MIDSHIPMAN        Saeed bin Suroor
MONZANTE          Mike R. Mitchell
MR. SIDNEY        Bill Mott
NEKO BAY          John A. Shirreffs
PYRO              Saeed bin Suroor
QUALITY ROAD      Todd A. Pletcher
READY'S ECHO      Todd A. Pletcher
REGAL RANSOM      Saeed bin Suroor
SWEET HEARTH      Alain de Royer-Dupre
  
TURF SPRINT  
HORSE             TRAINER
CALIFORNIA FLAG   Brian J. Koriner
CANADIAN BALLET   Linda Rice
CANNONBALL        Wesley A. Ward
CHEROKEE HEAVEN   Martin F. Jones
DANCING IN SILKS  Carla Gaines
DELTA STORM       Mike R. Mitchell
DESERT CODE       David E. Hofmans
DIAMONDRELLA      Angel Penna Jr.
EL GATO MALO      Craig Dollase
FLEETING SPIRIT   Jeremy Noseda
GAME FACE         Todd A. Pletcher
GET FUNKY         John W. Sadler
GOTTA HAVE HER    Jenine Sahadi
LETHAL HEAT       Barry Abrams
LORD SHANAKILL    Richard E. Mandella
NOBLE COURT       John W. Sadler
ONLY GREEN        Freddy Head
SILVER TIMBER     Chad C. Brown
SQUARE EDDIE      Doug F. O'Neill
STRIKE THE DEAL   Jeremy Noseda
TENGA CAT         Ronald W. Ellis
YANKEE INJUNUITY  James R. McMullen
  
JUVENILE TURF  
HORSE             TRAINER
AWESOME ACT       Jeremy Noseda
BECKY'S KITTEN    Wesley A. Ward
BRIDGETOWN        Kenneth G. McPeek
BUZZWORD          Saeed bin Suroor
CODOY             Mark Hubley
DEAN'S KITTEN     Michael J. Maker
ESKENDEREYA       Todd A. Pletcher
FIST OF RAGE      Kenneth G. McPeek
GALLANT GENT      Craig A. Lewis
INTERACTIF        Todd A. Pletcher
KERA'S KITTEN     Michael J. Maker
KING LEDLEY       Darrin Miller
MINT CHIP         George R. Arnold II
OASIS DANCER      Ralph M Beckett
POUNCED           John H.M. Gosden
RAGING WIT        Bill Mott
SUMMER MOVIE      Art Sherman
VALE OF YORK      Saeed bin Suroor
VISCOUNT NELSON   Aidan P. O'Brien
ZIP QUIK          Patrick L. Biancone

2009 Breeders' Cup Pre-Entries Friday

LADIES' CLASSIC

HORSE          TRAINER
CARELESS       JEWEL Josie Carroll
COCOA BEACH    Saeed bin Suroor
LETHAL HEAT    Barry Abrams
LIFE IS SWEET  John A. Shirreffs
MUSIC NOTE     Saeed bin Suroor
PROVISO (GB)   Bobby Frankel
RAINBOW VIEW   John Gosden
MUSHKA         Bill Mott
ZENYATTA       John A. Shirreffs

FILLY & MARE TURF
HORSE              TRAINER
DAR RE MI (GB)     John H.M. Gosden
DYNAFORCE          Bill Mott
FOREVER TOGETHER   Jonathan E. Sheppard
MAGICAL FANTASY    Patrick Gallagher
MARAM              Chad C. Brown
MIDDAY (GB)        Henry Cecil
PURE CLAN          Robert E. Holthus
RAINBOW VIEW       John H.M. Gosden
RUTHERIENNE        Christophe Clement
VISIT (GB)         Bobby Frankel

JUVENILE FILLIES   
HORSE              TRAINER 
ALWAYS A PRINCESS  Bob Baffert 
BEAUTICIAN         Kenneth G. McPeek 
BICKERSONS         Kelly J. Breen 
BIOFUEL            Reade Baker 
BLIND LUCK         Jerry Hollendorfer 
CHAMPAGNE D'ORO    John Daley 
CONNIE AND MICHAEL Kenneth G. McPeek 
DEVIL MAY CARE     Todd A. Pletcher 
MS VANENZZA        Juan Vasquez 
NEGLIGEE           John P. Terranova II 
SHE BE WILD        Wayne M. Catalano 
ZILVA              H. Graham Motion

FILLY & MARE SPRINT  
HORSE              TRAINER
ALLICANSAYIS WOW   Patrick L. Biancone
EVITA ARGENTINA    John W. Sadler
FREE FLYING SOUL   Bruce Headley
GAME FACE          Todd A. Pletcher
INFORMED DECISION  Jonathan E. Sheppard
ONLY GREEN (Ire)   Freddy Head
SARA LOUISE        Saeed bin Suroor
SEVENTH STREET     Saeed bin Suroor
SILVER SWALLOW     Bruce Headley
SWEET HEARTH       Alain de Royer-Dupre
VENTURA            Bobby Frankel

JUVENILE FILLIES TURF  
HORSE              TRAINER
CHAMPAGNE D'ORO    John Daley
CONNIE AND MICHAEL Kenneth G. McPeek
DAD'S CRAZY        Todd A. Pletcher
ELUSIVE GALAXY (Ire) Ben D.A. Cecil
HATHEER            Kiaran P. McLaughlin
HOUSE OF GRACE     Kenneth G. McPeek
IN THE SLIPS       Jeff Mullins
JUNGLE TALE        Steven M. Asmussen
JUNIA TEPZIA (Ire) Peter Schiergen
LA NEZ             Eric Kruljac
LILLIE LANGTRY (Ire) Aidan P. O'Brien
LISA'S KITTEN      Michael J. Maker
POTOSINA           Mark Shuman
ROSE CATHERINE     Todd A. Pletcher
SMART SEATTLE      H. Graham Motion
TAPITSFLY          Dale L. Romans
ZILVA              H. Graham Motion

MARATHON  
HORSE              TRAINER
BLACK ASTOR        Lisa Lewis
CLOUDY'S KNIGHT    Jonathan E. Sheppard
ELDAAFER           Diane Alvarado
FATHER TIME (GB)   Henry Cecil
GANGBUSTER         Keith Desormeaux
MAN OF IRON        Aidan P. O'Brien
MASTERY (GB)       Saeed bin Suroor
MUHANNAK (Ire)     Ralph M. Beckett
NITE LIGHT         Todd A. Pletcher
ON FIRE            Barry Abrams
SIR DAVE           Jack Carava

Purses at the Oak Tree Cut by 10%

Purses at the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meeting have been cut by approximately 10 percent for the remainder of the meeting, which runs through November 8, the track announced on Wednesday.

Track management cited declining handle as the reason for the cuts. In a statement, Santa Anita officials said all-sources handle was down 12 percent compared with the 2008 Oak Tree meeting.

The reductions take effect with Saturday's races, and do not affect purses for the Breeders' Cup races on November 6-7th.

Zenyatta won Lady's Secret Stake

Zenyatta has done it again, running her record to 13-0 with a victory in the $300,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting.

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The stellar mare tied Personal Ensign’s streak of 13 consecutive wins set 20 years ago.

Ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, Zenyatta covered 1 1/16 miles on the synthetic Pro-Ride surface in 1 minute 42.89 seconds. Sent off as the 2-5 favorite, she paid $2.80, $2.40, and $2.10.

Zenyatta won the Lady’s Secret a year ago before going on to win the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic. The connections of the unbeaten Zenyatta said they would wait as long as possible before determining which Breeders' Cup race she will run in.

Sea The Stars Retired

Connections of Sea The Stars have confirmed that the recent Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner is being retired, leaving Rip Van Winkle as the new favourite for next month's Breeders' Cup Classic.

While trainer John Oxx failed to commit to whether the 2,000 Guineas champion will become a stud horse, he did confirm that the horse will run no further races.

The decision was made after talks with Sea The Stars' owner Christopher Tsui, he added.

Sea The Stars was born with many advantages, as a son of another Arc winner in Urban Sea, who had already produced a brilliant Derby winner in Galileo. But he certainly owed the fulfilment of his potential to the forbearance of his trainer, who resisted any temptation to push too many buttons during his juvenile season. In turn, Oxx felt that Sea The Stars had an uncommon sense of his own destiny. On the eve of the Arc, Oxx gave this newspaper a fascinating insight into the colt's instincts, appetite and outlook as a natural "pack leader".

Jockey Rankings by Earnings and Wins

Here are the top 10 jockeys by earnings and wins.

Jockeys' Rankings     Earnings (As of 10/05/09)
1.   R. A. Dominguez  $14,123,426
2.   Julien Leparoux  $13,252,306
3.   Garrett Gomez    $12,008,158
4.   Kent Desormeaux  $10,638,356
5.   Alan Garcia      $10,518,267
6.   John Velazquez   $10,289,684
7.   Joel Rosario      $9,744,064
8.   Rajiv Maragh      $9,246,090
9.   Rafael Bejarano   $9,214,325
10.  Robby Albarado    $7,993,247

Jockeys' Leaderboard   Wins
1.   Russell Baze      328
2.   Ramon Dominguez   314
3.   DeShawn Parker    241
4.   David Cohen       232
5.   J.D. Acosta       229
6.   Orlando Mojica    228
7.   Joel Rosario      218
8.   Leandro Goncalves 217
9.   Elvis Trujillo    203
10.  Rajiv Maragh 200

Pick Six Betting in Horse Racing

A near impossible wager to win, especially for the novice, and it demands a very large investment of capital. If you’re right, the winnings could change your life.

A pick 6 is a type of wager offered by horse racing tracks. It requires bettors to select the winners of six consecutive races. Because of the great difficulty in picking six straight winners, plus the number of betting interests involved, payoffs for successful wagers are quite high, sometimes in the millions of dollars.

The Breeders' Cup announced that an all Breeders' Cup Pick 6 wager will be offered on both days of this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships, Nov. 6-7 at Santa Anita Park.

Summer Bird won Jockey Club Gold Cup

Summer Bird added the Jockey Club Gold Cup to victories earlier in the year in the Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes, becoming just the 10th 3-year-old to capture all three races in the same year. He's the first to do it since Easy Goer in 1989. Others to do it include Temperence Hill, Arts and Letters, Damascus, One Count, Twenty Grand, Man o' War, Sword Dancer and Gallant Man.

Summer Bird's fourth victory in eight starts this year earned $450,000 for owners Kalarikkal and Vilasini Yayerman. Summer Bird will be posted to the November 7 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita.

Summer Bird paid $4.50, $2.80 and $2.10. Quality Road paid $3.80 and $3.80. Tizway, third of seven after setting the pace for most of the first mile, paid $6.30 to show.

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2009 Breeders' Cup TV Coverage

2009 Breeders' Cup Championship is only 3 weeks away. Here is the TV schedule. If you can go down to Santa Anita racetrack, you can still watch the races.

# November 6

* Breeders' Cup Friday, 3:00-7:00pm, ESPN2

# November 7

* Breeders' Cup Saturday, 1:00-3:30pm, ABC
* Breeders' Cup Saturday Part 2, 3:30-7:00pm, ESPN

2009 Breeders Cup Post Times

Check out 2009 Breeders' Cup Post times and race order.
Friday, November 6

.  Race                                Distance   Purse Post Time
3 Breeders' Cup Marathon              1 3/4 miles $500K  12:35pm
4 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf 1 mile      $1M    1:08 pm
5 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint 7 furlongs  $1M    1:45 pm
6 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies      1 1/16 miles $2M   2:23 pm
7 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf   1 ¼ miles    $2M   3:02 pm
8 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic       1 1/8 miles  $2M   3:45 pm
 

Saturday, November 4, 2006

.  Race                            Distance     Purse   Post Time
1. Ack Ack Mile H.                 1 Mile       $200K   11:15 am
2. Very Subtle H.                  6 Furlongs   $200K   11:45 am
3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies  1 1/16 Miles   $2M   12:30 pm
4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile          1 1/16 Miles   $2M    1:10 pm
5. Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf 1 3/8 Miles    $2M    1:55 pm
6. Breeders' Cup Sprint            6 Furlongs     $2M    2:35 pm
7. Breeders' Cup Mile              1 Mile         $2M    3:15 pm
8. Breeders' Cup Distaff           1 1/8 Miles    $2M    3:55 pm
9. Breeders' Cup Turf              1 1/2 Miles    $3M    4:35 pm
10. Breeders' Cup Classic          1 1/4 Miles    $5M    5:20 pm

The race order is tentative. The official race order will be released on Wednesday, October 25. Post Times will remain the same.