TV Schedule: ESPN
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009
Grade: 1
Purse: $5 Million
Distance: 1 1/4 miles (turf)
Age: 3+
The grand finale of the Breeders' Cup World Championships is the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, a weight-for-age thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and up run at a distance of 1 1/4 miles on dirt - and again this year on a synthetic surface for just the second time in the 25-year history of the Breeders' Cup. Going into the race Curlin was the heavy favorite, but at 13/1 odds to win it was Raven's Pass, a European thoroughbred, that surprised a crowd of 51,331 horse racing fans to take the lion's share of the purse. Henrythenavigator placed second while Tiago finished third. Curlin came in at fourth.
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| Contenders | Last Updated: Nov 5, 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Position | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
| 1 | Mine That Bird | Bennie L. Woolley | Calvin Borel |
| 2 | Colonel John | G. Harty | Garrett Gomez |
| 3 | Summer Bird | Tim A. Ice | Kent Desormeaux |
| 4 | Zenyatta | John A. Shirreffs | Mike Smith |
| 5 | Twice Over(GB) | Henry Cecil | Thomas Queally |
| 6 | Richard's Kid | Baffert Racing Stables | Alex Solis |
| 7 | Gio Ponti | Christophe Clement | Ramon Dominguez |
| 8 | Einstein(BRZ) | Helen Pitts-Blasi | Julien Leparoux |
| 9 | Girolamo | Saeed bin Suroor | Alan Garcia |
| 10 | Rip Van Winkle | Aidan P. O'Brien | John Murtagh |
| 11 | Regal Ransom | Saeed bin Suroor | Richard Migliore |
| 12 | Quality Road | Todd A. Pletcher | John Velazquez |
| 13 | Awesome Gem | Craig Dollase | David Flores |
| **Challenge winner | |||
| Off The Trail | Last Updated: Nov 5, 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Horse | Trainer | 2009 Earnings |
| Macho Again | Dallas Stewart | $998,628 | |
| **Challenge winner; DM Moved to Dirt Mile | |||
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