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Breeder's Cup World Championships 2008
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Gather 'Round the Old Oak Tree
The Oak Tree Racing Association at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California will host the 25th running of the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25, 2008. With the California sun beaming down on the two-day event, this will definitely be a horseracing event for the ages.
What's New and Exciting?
The introduction of a brand new one-mile synthetic racing surface has given everyone in horse racing something to talk about, and combining this with the dramatic events of the Breeders' Cup Championships calls for even more electrifying storylines. Who will run away with a million? What trainer will be crowned champion this year? And who will be the Arcangues of 2008?
There will also be three new races added to the Breeders' Cup World Championships for 2008. With the increased number of contenders and more purses up for grabs, this year's event gives horseracing enthusiasts more to think about, more to debate and more to bet on.
The 2008 Breeders' Cup is by far the most important, richest racing event on the American racing calendar. Without question it ranks alongside any racing event for racing series in the world. Bodog and I will be there covering all the action.
A look back at 2007
The 2007 Breeders' Cup World Championships were held on October 26th and 27th at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey It was the first Breeders' Cup to be conducted over two days. Friday's program was the debut of three new $1 million Breeders' Cup races. The event concluded on Saturday with the eight traditional Breeders' Cup races. You can find 2007 Breeders' Cup race results at Bodog Racebook.
great breeders' cup moments at santa anita
Oak Tree Racing Association hosted the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park in 1986, 1993 and 2003. In each of these years, the crowds on hand witnessed at least one great moment in Breeders' Cup history. In 1986, Lady's Secret finished off an amazing year of racing with a gate-to-wire victory in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. In 1993, 133-1 longshot Arcangues won the Breeders' Cup Classic by two lengths. His $269.20 payoff for a $2 wager still stands as the highest payoff in Breeders' Cup history. In 2003, Richard Mandella became the first trainer to win four Breeders' Cup races in a single day, capturing the Juvenile Fillies, the Juvenile, the Turf and the Classic. The 2003 Breeders' Cup was also memorable for the one and only dead-heat win in a Breeders' Cup race, when Johar made a late run in the Breeders' Cup Turf and finished on even terms with High Chaparral.
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