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The 2007 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings (WTRR) was released Tuesday, January 15, and past Breeders’ Cup Classic winners Curlin and Invasor are ranked among the top horses in America.
World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings
Top 10 Horses of 2007
RANK HORSE RATING TRAINED
1 Manduro (GER) 131 FR
2 Authorized (IRE) 129 GB
2 Curlin (USA) 129 USA
2 Dylan Thomas (IRE) 129 IRE
2 Invasor (ARG) 129 USA
6 Street Sense (USA) 126 USA
7 Admire Moon (JPN) 125 JPN
7 English Channel (USA) 125 USA
7 Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) 125 IRE
10 Any Given Saturday (USA) 124 USA
10 Lawyer Ron (USA) 124 USA
10 Youzmain (IRE) 124 GB
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By GREG MELIKOV
Ulysses S. Grant was president, the U.S. population was 38,558,371 and there were 37 states when Pimlico Race Course opened in Baltimore.
In 1868, Maryland Gov. Oden Bowie and his friends, prominent racing figures, agreed at a dinner party in Saratoga to commemorate the evening with a race in two years for yearlings at the time.
Both Saratoga, the first U.S. track that debuted four years earlier, and the American Jockey Club bid for the event. But Bowie pledged to build a model track in Maryland if the race was staged there.
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Horse of the Year Invasor drew # 7 post position and while undefeated colt Discreet Cat got the rail when the field was drawn Wednesday for Saturday’s $6-million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) at Nad al Sheba.
Invasor, trained by Kiaran McLaughlin for owner Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum, will be seeking to affirm his status as the world’s top racehorse when he takes on six international challengers in the 1 1/4-mile World Cup.
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By GREG MELIKOV
The Americans are coming! The Americans are coming! To Dubai for the 12th running of the world’s richest race – the Dubai World Cup worth $6 million American.
Horses from the Americas or those thoroughbreds bred in foreign lands that run in the United States are being lured across the Atlantic by the richest day in racing that exceeds $21 million for a half-dozen Grade 1 events on March 31.
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The 2007 Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, the richest day in racing, is expanding to 11 races and will run for two days, beginning with this year’s edition on October 26-27 at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. The board of directors of Breeders’ Cup Limited approved the move but it’s still to get approval from the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.
The additional three new races are: the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, which will all be held on Friday (Oct. 26).
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By GREG MELIKOV The main event of this year’s 2006 Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, without a doubt, is the Breeders Cup Classic. The 23rd renewal should live up to its name at Churchill Downs.
During five previous Breeders Cup Days at the historic Louisville track - home to the Kentucky Derby, there have been exciting Classic races: Tiznow edged Giant’s Causeway by a neck in 2000, Awesome Again defeated Silver Charm by three-quarters of a length in ‘98 and Alysheba beat Striking the Gold by a half-length in ‘89.
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TORONTO (AP) — Pat Valenzuela’s return to racing was a winning one Sunday when the jockey guided Becrux to a neck victory over Rebel Rebel in the $1 million Woodbine Mile.
Valenzuela, out for two months with a back injury, replaced Corey Nakatani, who hurt his shoulder in a training accident at Santa Anita.
Becrux, bred in Italy, overtook Remarkable News in the stretch and then held off the challenge of Rebel Rebel and won in a photo finish.
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NEWMARKET, England (AP) — Dubai World Cup winner Electrocutionist died of an apparent heart attack Saturday, several days after an abnormality was detected in the 5-year-old horse’s heart.
Electrocutionist, considered a top contender for the upcoming Breeders’ Cup Classic or the Distaff, was owned by Dubai-based Godolphin Racing Inc.
“He appeared to be responding well to treatment, […]
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The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and Emirates Airline, is again in partnership to offer the Emirates Airline Racing Around the World Sweepstakes in 2006. This year’s sweepstakes awards three VIP trips for two to the November 4 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs.
During the Breeders’ Cup, the three winners will be entered into a random drawing for a VIP trip to the 2007 Dubai World Cup at Nad al Sheba Racecourse. Emirates is the title sponsor of the Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest horse race.
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As the only legal form of gambling in Hong Kong, betting on horse racing is by far the most popular form of recreation in the country.
Taking its roots from their former UK colonizers, horse racing in Hongkong is a world-class experience complete with celebrated horse racing events like the Hong Kong International Races, which includes the final leg of the prestigious Emirates World Racing Championships.
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