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BREEDERS’ CUP 2020

Jerry & Suzee Bailey

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Join our COFFEEBREAKWITHFRIENDS

“Table of Discussion,” with

Hall of Fame Jockey Jerry Bailey,

who will share his favorite picks on these exciting two days of

 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Thoroughbred Horse Racing. 

In 1982 a group of prominent thoroughbred breeders from central Kentucky,

led by the visionary John Gaines, hatched a plan. Their idea was to create

a year-end, culminating championship for their sport. An event where the top horses

from across the world could meet to settle the age old question, who is the best.

An event that celebrated the champions of horse racing. They put it on a national platform

 to help  build a market for thoroughbred horse racing and breeding.

Their vision – The Breeders’ Cup.

Check out the schedule below.

And don’t forget to share your favorite picks or questions

on this two day event where the best meet the best!

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The Breeders’ Cup is horse racing’s last hurrah of the year. Horses from around the globe will compete in 14 races over two days, with the Breeders’ Cup Classic closing out the weekend. Friday will see some of the most promising young horses run in 5 juvenile (2 year old) races. On Saturday, many of the richest horses, trainers and jockeys face off in 9 championship races, including the weekend’s marquee race, the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.

The Breeders’ Cup originated in 1984 as a year-end championship where the best meet the best, for North American Thoroughbred horses and their breeders. The brainchild of the late John Gaines, the former owner of Gainesway Farm, the Breeders’ Cup was built by Thoroughbred breeders, for Thoroughbred breeders.

The Breeders’ Cup changes tracks every year, with Keeneland hosting for the second time in Lexington, Ky., just down the road from where many of the horses competing in the event were bred.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Breeders’ Cup will run without fans in the stands. Keeneland will also host again in 2022.

The Breeders’ Cup runs from November 6-7. Friday’s coverage runs from 2 to 5:30 p.m. ET, and Saturday’s coverage runs from 12 to 5:30 p.m. Post time for the Breeders’ Cup Classic is set for 5:13 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 6 schedule

• Juvenile Turf Sprint (Post time: 2:30 p.m. ET) – $1 million purse
• Juvenile Fillies Turf (Post time: 3:10 p.m. ET) – $1 million purse
• Juvenile Fillies (Post time: 3:50 p.m. ET) – $2 million purse
• Juvenile Turf (Post time: 4:30 p.m. ET) – $1 million purse
• Juvenile (Post time: 5:10 p.m. ET) – $2 million purse

Saturday, Nov. 7 schedule 

• Filly and Mare Sprint (Post time: 12:02 p.m. ET) – $1 million purse
• Turf Sprint (Post time: 12:39 p.m. ET) – $1 million purse
• Dirt Mile (Post time: 1:18 p.m. ET) – $1 million purse
• Filly and Mare Turf (Post time: 1:57 p.m. ET) – $2 million purse
• Sprint (Post time: 2:36 p.m. ET) – $2 million purse
• Mile (Post time: 3:15 p.m. ET) – $2 million purse
• Distaff (Post time: 3:54 p.m. ET) – $2 million purse
• Turf (Post time: 4:33 p.m. ET) – $4 million purse
• Classic (Post time: 5:13 p.m. ET) – $6 million purse

Watch NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2020 Breeders’ Cup starting with Future Stars

Friday on Nov. 6 – 2-5:30 p.m. ET (NBCSN)

Saturday on Nov. 7 –  12-2:30. ET (NBCSN )

NBC – ( 2:30-5:30). 

     Breeder’s Cup 2020

SATURDAY

 

Jerry’s Top Picks !

Filly & Mare Sprint

1-Belle’s the One

2-Sconsin

3-Gamine

4-Sarengeti Empress

5-Speech

 

Turf Sprint

Got Stormy

Imprimis

Leinster

Oleksandra

Dirt Mile

Sharp Samuari

Knicks Go

Complexity

Art Collector

 

Filly & Mare Turf

Audara

Rushing Fall

Mean Mary

Peaceful

Cayanne Pepper

 

Sprint

Yaupon

Diamond Oops

Ferinze Fire

CZ Rockette

 

 

Mile

Kameko

Ivar

Siskin

Uni

Distaff

Monomoy Girl

Swiss Skydiver

Valiance

Harvest Moon

 

Turf

Magical

Mogul

Tarnawa

United

Classic

Improbable

Authentic

Tiz the Law

Tom’s D’Etat

Maximum Security

 

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Juvenile Turf Sprint–

1-Golden Pal

2-After Five

3-Ubettabelieveit

 

Juveniule Turf

1-Cadillac

2-Outadore

3-Battleground

4-Sealiway

Juvenile Filly

1-Dayuoutoftheoffice

2-Princess Noor

3-Simply Ravishing

4- Vequist

Juvenile Filly Turf

1-Campenelle

2-Plum Ali

3-Aunt Pearl

4-Oodnadatta

 

Juvenile Colts

1-Jackies Warrior

2-Essential Quality

3-Sittin on Go

4-Reinvestment Risk

Suzee’s Favorites!

Juvenile Turf Sprint

1-Golden Pal

2-Momos

3-Cowan

4-Lipizzaner

Juvenile Turf presented by Coolmore America

1-Sealiway

2-New Mandate

3-Battleground

4-Outadore

 

Juvenile Fillies

1-Princess Noor

2-Simply Ravishing

3-Dayoutoftheoffice

 

Juvenile Fillies Turf

1-Aunt Pearl

2-Campanelle

3-Plum Ali

4-Alda

 

Juvenile

1-Jackie’s Warrior

2-Essential Quality

3-Sittin On Go

4-Reinvestment Risk

5-Camp Hope

 

 

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Kentucky Derby:

Tiz the Law tries to impose order in year of chaos

Marty McGeeSep 03, 2020

Kentucky Derby:

Art Collector out with minor foot ailment

Marty McGeeSep 01, 2020

Kentucky Derby and Oaks Preview

Jerry’s top Choices!

           

THE OAKS

To me this is all about three fillies. Gamine, Swiss Skydiver and Speech.

1- GAMINE

She has clearly been the fastest of all the fillies(and the colts for that matter) using her brilliant speed to open up insurmountable leads and hasn’t been challenged much in her last two wins by a combined total of 25 lengths but both of those races were at considerably shorter distances so the question is can she be as effective at this longer distance of a mile and an eighth?

2-SWISS SKYDIVER 

LIke Gamine she has plenty of early speed but unlike Gamine she has the ability to settle just off the early pace if necessary and win doing it. The distance is no problem for her and if she can be close enough to Gamine turning for home think she will win

3- SPEECH

Has come the closest to beating Gamine this spring when coming within a head at Oaklawn park earlier this spring. Since then she was beaten by Swiss Skydiver in California but bounced back to win the Ashland in Lexington very impressively.

 

 

 

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THE DERBY

1-TIZ THE LAW–

He’s the 3/5 morning line favorite and deservedly so. He’s won more races, more money, and run considerably faster than any other horse in the race. Tactically he has no weaknesses because be breaks fast from the gate, has tactical speed to get a good early stalking position and he has a high cruising speed. Lifetime he has won six of his 7seven races but the only defeat came here at Churchill Downs last fall when he was third. That race was on a muddy track and with the weather forecasted to be sunny and 80, he should get the fast track we know he likes.

2-HONOR AP

Is the clear second choice in this race. His record of two wins in five starts doesn’t sound that impressive but he’s the second fastest horse behind Tiz the Law and he’s bred to like this longer distance.

3-AUTHENTIC

Trained by Bob Baffert he is most likely the controlling speed of the race and is four for five lifetime. The biggest question with him is the distance. His last win was in the Haskell stakes at Monmouth at one mile and an eighth and after leading the entire race he was life and death to hang on by a nose so the extra eighth of a mile is a concern.

4-NY TRAFFIC

 My fourth choice in the race. He’s been second in his last three races but the most recent was a fast closing miss to Authentic in the Haskell. He has tactical speed and shouldn’t have to contend with much “Kentucky traffic” in terms of horses in this race.

 

Suzee’s Top Choices 

THE OAKS

1-SWISS SKY DIVER

2-GAMINE

3-SPEECH

TEMPERS RISING – PANDEMIC LONGSHOT 😉

THE DERBY

1-TIZ THE LAW

2-HONOR AP

3-SOLE VOLANTE

LONG SHOT – SOUTH BEND -MOTT TRAINED-AND IT’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Secretariat and jockey Ron Turcotte near victory during the Belmont Stakes on June 9, 1973.

(Focus On Sport/Getty Images)

1. Sir Barton was the first Triple Crown winner in 1919.

Even though he was the grandson of 1893 English Triple Crown winner Isinglass, Sir Barton was a most unlikely thoroughbred to become the first to win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont. Sir Barton was entered in the 1919 Kentucky Derby to set the pace for his more famous stable mate, Billy Kelly, but he ended up winning the Run for the Roses by five lengths. Just four days later in Baltimore, Sir Barton won the Preakness. (Present-day thoroughbreds have two weeks between the two races.) On June 11, 1919, the equine set an American record in defeating two other horses in the Belmont. It wasn’t until the 1930s, however, that the sweep of the three races was widely referred to as the “Triple Crown.”

2. There have been 13 Triple Crown winners.

Thirty horses have won the first two legs of the Triple Crown, but 19 of them failed to win the Belmont. In addition to Sir Barton, the other Triple Crown winners have been Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), American Pharoah (2015) and Justify (2018).

3. The longest gap in Triple Crown winners was 35 years.

After Affirmed’s Triple Crown in 1978, the longest drought in Triple Crown history began in 1979 with Spectacular Bid‘s failed Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes, and lasted until American Pharoah won in 2015. There were plenty of near misses, however. Between 1979 and 2014 13 horses, including I’ll Have Another, won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, but not the Belmont Stakes.

4. There were seven years in which it was impossible to have a Triple Crown winner.

Winning a Triple Crown is a tough enough task, but there were years when it was simply impossible. In 1890, the Belmont and the Preakness were held on the same day, while in 1917 and 1922 the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness coincided on the calendar. The Preakness was not run between 1891 and 1893, while the Belmont was cancelled in 1911 and 1912 after New York State passed anti-gambling laws that failed to exempt horse racing. (While horse racing was suspended at Belmont Park, the Wright Brothers brought airplane races to the track for a 10-day event in October 1910. The highlight was a race to the Statue of Liberty, which drew a crowd of 150,000 to watch the start and finish.)

5. No filly has ever won the Triple Crown.

The filly Ruthless won the very first Triple Crown race, the 1867 Belmont. Only two female thoroughbreds have captured the Belmont since, however. (In fact, only 22 fillies have ever competed in the event.) Three fillies have won the Kentucky Derby, and five, the most recent being Rachel Alexandra in 2009, have won the Preakness.

6. No horse was faster than Secretariat.

On June 9, 1973, Secretariat didn’t just become the first horse in 25 years to win the Triple Crown—he may also have blazed the single greatest performance in horse racing history. After winning the Kentucky Derby in a record time that still stands, “Big Red,” as he was known, set a world record for a mile-and-a-half distance on a dirt track at 2 minutes, 24 seconds. The overwhelming favorite, at 1-10 odds, crossed Belmont’s finish line an unfathomable 31 lengths in front of the field. Secretariat was such a star that he was the only non-human on ESPN’s 100 Greatest Athletes of the Twentieth Century.

7. African-American jockeys dominated the early history of the Triple Crown.

While there are few African-American jockeys in horse racing today, that was not the case in the early years of the Triple Crown races. In the inaugural Kentucky Derby in 1875, 13 of the 15 jockeys—including Oliver Lewis, who rode Aristides to victory—were black. Fifteen of the first 28 Derby-winning jockeys were African-Americans, including three-time victor Isaac Murphy. During the course of the 1890s, Willie Simms became the only black rider to win all three of the Triple Crown races.

8. The Belmont Stakes is the oldest and longest Triple Crown event.

New York banker August Belmont established the Belmont Stakes, which was first run at Jerome Park in the present-day Bronx, in 1867. The race predates the Preakness (first run in 1873) and the Kentucky Derby (first run in 1875). At a distance of a mile and a half, it is the longest of the three races.

9. On five occasions, betting on the Belmont Stakes was as easy as flipping a coin.

While a field of 12 will race in the 2012 Belmont, there were five times when the race had only two horses in the field: 1887, 1888, 1892, 1910 and 1920.

10. The Belmont Stakes favors inside-post horses and favorites.

Looking to put a sawbuck or two on the Belmont? Here’s some history. Since 1905, the most winners, 23, have come out of the No. 1 post. Street Life will have the inside post for the 2012 Belmont. Also, the race often goes to form. Of the 143 previous runnings of the Belmont, the betting favorite has won 61 times, nearly 42 percent of the races.

Racing from Home

with

Jerry Bailey and Randy Moss

Bob Baffert talks Kentucky Derby 2020 prospects 

 NBC Sports

The country’s most famous horse race is the latest sports event to be impacted by concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday, Churchill Downs Incorporated CEO Bill Carstanjen announced the 2020 Kentucky Derby—which was originally scheduled for May 2—has been postponed to Sept. 5:

“Throughout the rapid development of the COVID-19 pandemic, our first priority has been how to best protect the safety and health of our guests, team members and community. As the situation evolved, we steadily made all necessary operational adjustments to provide the safest experience and environment. The most recent developments have led us to make some very difficult, but we believe, necessary decisions and our hearts are with those who have been or continue to be affected by this pandemic. 

“Our team is united in our commitment to holding the very best Kentucky Derby ever and certainly the most unique in any of our lifetimes. While we are always respectful of the time-honored traditions of the Kentucky Derby, our Company’s true legacy is one of resilience, the embracing of change and unshakeable resolve.”

The 2020 Longines Kentucky Oaks has also been pushed back until Sept. 4.

Jason Frakes of the Louisville Courier Journal reported on March 16 that Churchill Downs was “likely” going to postpone the race from May 2 to Sept. 5.

This year’s race is set to be the 146th edition of the annual event that serves as the defining competition on the sport’s calendar and sets the stage for a Triple Crown pursuit as the first of three legs alongside the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.

It is just the latest marquee sports event to react to the coronavirus, as the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments were both canceled and the NBA, MLS and NHL seasons were all suspended, among other developments.

This decision comes after Grace Schneider of the Louisville Courier Journal reported on March 12 that Churchill Downs planned on waiting until closer to race day to choose whether it would postpone the event or hold it without fans.

The track said at the time preparations “are still moving forward. With the event still seven weeks away, a decision will be made closer to that date.”

Schneider and Alfred Miller noted the Kentucky Derby has been postponed just once in 145 years—in 1945 when the United States government suspended horse racing during World War II. That year’s race eventually happened June 9.

In terms of the actual racing, last year’s Kentucky Derby was among the most memorable in recent history.

Country House was awarded the win when Maximum Security was disqualified for blocking the paths of other horses by changing lanes without clearance.

 

 

 

Jerry’s Top 10!

 Kentucky Derby Top Ten 2020

1.Tiz the Law

2.Nadal

3.Authentic

4.Charlaton

5.Honor A.P.

6.Ete Indian

7.Sole Volante

8.Thousand Words

9.King Guiermo

10.Independence Hall