Breaking News! Breeders Cup goes Feminist!

Here is a photo taken by Vanessa Ng of Honey Ryder. Honey Ryder competed in the 2007 Breeders Cup and placed! What a good competitive girl.

Yesterday, the equine industry announced that the Breeders Cup was moving to a new format with this year's October 24-25th competition at Santa Anita Race Track. Friday would be an all-female championship schedule. And the cool Breeders Cup folk are not only going to honor fillies and mares with a special day of rich racing, they are going to schedule a series of festivities to promote women's health!

How cool is that? And right when I was feeling low about women's rights too. Also, as a last note, they are renaming the G1 Breeders Cup Distaff to the G1 Breeders Cup Ladies Classic.

Tsin-Tsin!

Breaking News! Breeders' Classic Lineup Set!

This year's Breeders' Cup races will run over the course of two days and will involve 11 races, over 141 of the very best horses, $23 million in prize money, and chances to compete for the coveted Eclipse Horse of the Year Award!

They say that this year's Classic Cup is the deepest, best, most competitive ever. The eight horses registered include the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winners, the best older horse in the country, a European champion, the Kentucky Derby runner-up, and two improved 3-year-olds who might be the current best in the country!

In the picture, you see the undefeated Indian Blessing who will run in the start race of Day 2, the Juvenile Fillies. The horses you can expect to see that fabulous weekend include Curlin, Street Sense, Nobiz Like Shobiz, Cry and Catch Me, War Pass, Nashoba's Key, Dylan Thomas (winner of this year's Arc de Triomphe), Hard Spun (Derby runner up), Lawyer Ron (best older horse), Any Given Saturday, George Washington, and Awesome Gem. They expect 45,000 people to attend the October 27th card of races! The Belmont winner, Rags, won't be able to attend because of her hairline fracture. Hopefully, she has been healing well over these past weeks.
http://www.breederscup.com/