| The primary goal of Breeders' Cup Limited
| |
| | back-to-back editions of the Breeders'
|
| is to build positive public awareness of
| |
| | Cup Mile? Or an obscure French-based
|
| Thoroughbred racing and to expand
| |
| | runner named Arcangues pulling the
|
| opportunities for enhancement of the
| |
| | biggest upset in Breeders' Cup history,
|
| Thoroughbred industry. These objectives
| |
| | winning the 1993 Classic and paying
|
| are first accomplished through the
| |
| | $269.20 to win?Horses have journeyed from
|
| Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred
| |
| | as far away as Japan to compete in the
|
| Championships, a year-end international
| |
| | Breeders' Cup. It truly has become the
|
| showcase of the sport's greatest stars.
| |
| | foremost international racing event. "The
|
| Additionally, the Breeders' Cup supports
| |
| | program was looked at as a revolutionary
|
| these goals through the funding of a
| |
| | step when it started, but now it is
|
| year-round series of stakes races,
| |
| | considered part of the fabric of American
|
| consumer marketing programs and
| |
| | racing," says Breeders' Cup president D.
|
| nationally televised races.The Breeders'
| |
| | G. Van Clief, Jr.The Breeders' Cup
|
| Cup World Thoroughbred Championships
| |
| | continues to grow in popularity because
|
| culminates the racing season and crowns
| |
| | of its prestige and keen level of
|
| the fleetest sprinters, the most
| |
| | competition. Churchill Downs in
|
| promising two-year-olds, the best turf
| |
| | Louisville, Kentucky, holds the records
|
| horses. The right to be called the best
| |
| | for both attendance and total wagering.
|
| of the best belongs, many would argue, to
| |
| | The renowned racecourse attracted 80,452
|
| the winner of the day's final and richest
| |
| | spectators in 1998 and when Breeders' Cup
|
| race: the $4 million Breeders' Cup
| |
| | came back to Louisville in 2000, over
|
| Classic.
| |
| | $108 million was wagered.But the
|
| The Breeders' Cup is non-stop action
| |
| | Breeders' Cup is known beyond the borders
|
| from the moment the horses step onto the
| |
| | of the particular host track. NBC has
|
| track for the first race, the Distaff,
| |
| | televised the event since its inception,
|
| until the garland is draped across the
| |
| | providing a degree of air time
|
| shoulders of the Classic winner at dusk.
| |
| | unprecedented in Thoroughbred racing. The
|
| Heart-stopping finishes, stunning upsets,
| |
| | network's coverage has won Eclipse Awards
|
| international glamour, old-fashioned fun
| |
| | for National Television Achievement and
|
| - Breeders' Cup has it all.Racing's
| |
| | the Outstanding Live Sports Special of
|
| richest event is truly a movable feast.
| |
| | 1992 at the 14th Emmy Awards for Sports
|
| Each fall, a different North American
| |
| | annual ceremony.The buildup to the
|
| track plays host to the Breeders' Cup in
| |
| | Breeders' Cup begins well in advance of
|
| a unique and special way. One year finds
| |
| | the Championship day. NTRA's "Racing to
|
| it at Churchill Downs with its rich trove
| |
| | the Breeders' Cup" on ESPN gets the
|
| of history, another at stately Belmont
| |
| | momentum started in early summer and
|
| Park, the next at panoramic Santa Anita
| |
| | continues through mid-October. The
|
| in the foothills of the San Gabriel
| |
| | nationally televised series consists of
|
| Mountains. Major tracks compete
| |
| | dozens of stakes races at major tracks
|
| aggressively for the right to stage the
| |
| | across the country and serves as racing's
|
| championship program and each year's
| |
| | version of the playoffs.
|
| selection is eagerly awaited. At the same
| |
| | In addition to television, simulcasting
|
| time, the revolving nature of the
| |
| | - the transmission by satellite of actual
|
| Breeders' Cup ensures that it belongs to
| |
| | races - has helped further the
|
| all of racing.That's just what its
| |
| | recognition of the Breeders' Cup. At the
|
| founders envisioned when the concept of
| |
| | same time, the quality of the races on
|
| the Breeders' Cup took root in 1982.
| |
| | Championship day has made simulcast
|
| Racing's leaders wanted a vehicle to
| |
| | outlets eager to carry the program.The
|
| promote the sport, a showcase for its
| |
| | number of outlets showing the telecast is
|
| finest elements, and a grand finale to
| |
| | growing by leaps and bounds. In 1984, the
|
| the racing season. The Championship races
| |
| | seven races were beamed to 19 North
|
| became the cornerstone of a year-round
| |
| | American outlets, where patrons wagered
|
| program which has allocated more than
| |
| | $8 million. Today, over 1000 outlets
|
| $380 million to owners and breeders since
| |
| | handle in excess of $108 million.
|
| the inaugural 1984 event. The first
| |
| | Expanding its recognition, the actual
|
| Breeders' Cup, at glitzy Hollywood Park,
| |
| | race signal is transmitted by satellite
|
| was an instant hit.Since then, the
| |
| | to simulcast outlets in over 25
|
| Breeders' Cup has redefined the racing
| |
| | countries, throughout the Western
|
| calendar - becoming the season-ending
| |
| | Hemisphere, Europe and Australia. The
|
| goal for the best horses - and given the
| |
| | continued expansion of the Breeders' Cup
|
| sport a championship event much like the
| |
| | simulcast across the world is a primary
|
| World Series or the Super Bowl. Most
| |
| | goal of the Breeders' Cup.Major corporate
|
| divisional champions crowned since 1984
| |
| | sponsors also have helped boost
|
| have participated in a Breeders' Cup
| |
| | recognition of the Breeders' Cup.
|
| race. In addition to the Classic, the
| |
| | Sponsors have included Buick,
|
| other races are the Juvenile and the
| |
| | Alberto-Culver, Budweiser, Delta Air
|
| Juvenile Fillies, the Distaff and the
| |
| | Lines, Emirates Airline, Mobil, National
|
| Filly & Mare Turf for females ages three
| |
| | Car Rental, Visa and Sears.While sponsors
|
| and up; the Sprint, the Mile, and the
| |
| | have brought added name recognition to
|
| Turf. The latter three are open to horses
| |
| | the Breeders' Cup, Thoroughbred owners
|
| of both sexes, as is the Classic.The
| |
| | and breeders have been its backbone since
|
| Breeders' Cup has provided racing with
| |
| | the beginning. They not only supply the
|
| some of its finest moments. Images like
| |
| | horses which compete in Breeders' Cup
|
| these are indelibly etched in its rich
| |
| | events, they pay the nominations from
|
| chronicles: the great Cigar ending his
| |
| | which the organization derives its major
|
| perfect 1995 season with a thrilling
| |
| | source of funding.Stallion owners
|
| victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic;
| |
| | annually pay a nomination fee that is the
|
| Personal Ensign courageously inching past
| |
| | equivalent of a stallion's advertised
|
| Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors to
| |
| | stud fee, or a minimum of $1,000.
|
| retire undefeated in 1988; Arazi swooping
| |
| | Breeders pay a nomination fee of $500 for
|
| in from France and stunning all who saw
| |
| | each foal. Nominated horses are eligible
|
| him in the 1991 Breeders' Cup
| |
| | to compete for millions in both the
|
| Juvenile."Championship day is
| |
| | Breeders' Cup Stakes program and the
|
| unquestionably racing's finest hour,"
| |
| | Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred
|
| says John R. Gaines, founding father of
| |
| | Championships events.As an international
|
| the Breeders' Cup and former owner of
| |
| | program, the Breeders' Cup has instituted
|
| Gainesway Farm near Lexington, Kentucky.
| |
| | a nomination process to breeders around
|
| "It defines our reason for being and
| |
| | the world. Annual nominations from all
|
| elevates the spirit of an entire
| |
| | over the world have made the Breeders'
|
| industry."Each year is special. Each year
| |
| | Cup a global institution.In a short time,
|
| is better. One of the event's most
| |
| | the Breeders' Cup has been firmly
|
| exciting elements is the intense rivalry
| |
| | established as Thoroughbred racing's most
|
| between North American and European
| |
| | prestigious event. Nothing can rival its
|
| contenders. In almost every race,
| |
| | millions in prize money or its
|
| national pride is on the line. Owners and
| |
| | international cast of talent. No other
|
| trainers from England, Ireland, France,
| |
| | day of racing can match the Breeders' Cup
|
| Japan, and Germany now circle the
| |
| | World Thoroughbred Championships for
|
| Breeders' Cup on their calendars and plan
| |
| | non-stop excitement.The Breeders' Cup has
|
| their horses' schedules
| |
| | accomplished what its founders set out to
|
| accordingly.Dozens of European horses
| |
| | do - and more. It remains the definitive
|
| board cargo planes each fall and cross
| |
| | test of champions and has become racing's
|
| the Atlantic in search of the Breeders'
| |
| | most recognizable and successful
|
| Cup's rich spoils. Their success in many
| |
| | showpiece. It only promises to improve in
|
| of these races has ensured that foreign
| |
| | the years to come.Matthew Bass on behalf
|
| horses keep coming back. Who can forget
| |
| | of Doug Dearen owner of a premiere
|
| the gallant French filly Miesque winning
| |
| | thoroughbred racing package company.
|
