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Brad H. Cox
Brad H. Cox (born March 3, 1980) is a Thoroughbred racehorse horse trainer, trainer whose most notable horses include multiple Eclipse Award winner Monomoy Girl, Knicks Go, Covfefe (horse), Covfefe, Mandaloun (horse), Mandaloun, and Essential Quality. He had four winners at the 2020 Breeders' Cup, helping Cox earn the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer that year. In 2021, he won that title again after Essential Quality won the Belmont Stakes and Knicks Go won the Breeders' Cup Classic; Mandaloun would later be awarded that year's Kentucky Derby. Background Cox was born in Louisville, Kentucky on March 30, 1980, the son of Jerry and Mary Cox. He grew up just two blocks away from Churchill Downs and his father began taking him to the track when he was four or five. Cox began studying the ''Daily Racing Form'' when he was twelve. "I felt I knew a lot about what it meant. I was intrigued by the trainers, the jockeys, the past performances themselves." He attended Iroquois High Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse Trainer
A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some of the responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals' physical needs, as well as teaching them submissive behaviors and/or coaching them for events, which may include contests and other riding purposes. The level of education and the yearly salary they can earn for this profession may differ depending on where the person is employed. History Domestication of the horse, Horse domestication by the Botai culture in Kazakhstan dates to about 3500 BC. Written records of horse training as a pursuit has been documented as early as 1350 BC, by Kikkuli, the Hurrian "master horse trainer" of the Hittite Empire. Another source of early recorded history of horse training as a discipline comes from the Ancient Greece, Greek writer Xenophon, in his treatise On Horsemanship. Writing circa 350 BC, Xenophon addressed Horse training, starting young horses, selecting older animals, and proper Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is run over 1.5 miles (2,400 m). Colts and geldings carry a weight of ; fillies carry . The race, nicknamed The Test of the Champion, The Test of Champions and The Run for the Carnations, is the traditional third and final leg of the Triple Crown. It is usually held on the first or second Saturday in June, five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes. The 1973 Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown winner Secretariat holds the track record (which is also a world record on dirt) of 2:24. The race covers one full lap of Belmont Park, known as "The Championship Track" because nearly every major American champion in racing history has competed on the racetrack. Belmont Park, with its large, wide, sweeping turns and long homestretch, is considered one of the fairest racetracks in America. Despite the distance, the race tend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essential Quality
Essential Quality (foaled April 9, 2018) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2021 Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes, and the 2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He was named the 2020 Champion Two-Year-Old and the 2021 Champion Three-Year-Old. He won eight of his ten races, finishing in the top three in every race, with his only defeats being a third-place in the Kentucky Derby after a troubled trip and finishing only a length behind the winner, and a game third in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Background Essential Quality is a gray colt who was bred in Kentucky by Godolphin Stables, for which he races as a homebred. He is by leading sire Tapit, whose earlier crops had included five Breeders' Cup winners ( Stardom Bound, Tapizar, Tapitsfly, Hansen, and Untapable), and three Belmont Stakes winners (Tonalist, Creator, and Tapwrit). He is the second foal and first winner produced by Delightful Quality, a daughter of Elusive Quality and half-sister to champion filly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covfefe (horse)
Covfefe (foaled February 22, 2016) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who won two Eclipse Awards in 2019 as the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and American Champion Female Sprint Horse. She won five of six starts that year including the Test Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. She also broke the Pimlico track record for six furlongs by over a second in the Miss Preakness. Background Covfefe is a bay filly with a large white blaze who was bred in Kentucky by Alexander-Groves Thoroughbreds. Her sire is Into Mischief, who won the Los Alamitos Futurity then developed into an outstanding sire, known primarily for his sprinters like Goldencents and Practical Joke. Covfefe was Into Mischief's top earner in 2019 when he earned the title of leading sire in North America. Covfefe is out of Antics by Unbridled. Antics is from a distinguished female family that traces to Courtly Dee, the 1983 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year. The family has produced multiple s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Idiom
British Idiom (March 23, 2017 – October 1, 2021) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Alcibiades Stakes and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2019, earning the title oChampion Two-Year-Old Filly for the year Background British Idiom is a chestnut filly who was bred in Kentucky by Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton and Silver Fern Farm. She is the first graded stakes winner for her sire Flashback, a stakes-winning son of leading sire Tapit. Her dam Rose and Shine was a stakes winner in Canada. British Idiom was sold for $40,000 at the Fasig-Tipton 2018 Yearling Sale. Her new owners, Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, Madaket Stables and Bethlehem Stables, sent her into training with Brad Cox. The same partnership campaigned Monomoy Girl, the champion three-year-old filly of 2018. Stuart Grant, one of her co-owners, said her name was inspired by some British friends of his. "Who doesn't love a great British Idiom?" he said. Racing career British Idiom made her first st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monomoy Girl
Monomoy Girl (foaled March 26, 2015) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 2018 and Champion Older Female Horse of 2020. She showed very promising form as a juvenile in 2017 when she won her first three races before being narrowly beaten in the Golden Rod Stakes. In the following spring, she took the Rachel Alexandra Stakes and the Ashland Stakes before winning the Kentucky Oaks, the filly equivalent of the Kentucky Derby. She followed this up with wins in the Acorn Stakes and Coaching Club American Oaks, but was disqualified to second for interference in the Cotillion Stakes. She then rebounded to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff while facing older horses for the first time. Monomoy Girl did not race at age four after suffering a bout of colic. In 2020, she was undefeated in four starts including the Ruffian Stakes, the La Troienne Stakes and a second Breeders' Cup Distaff. She was sold at the November 2020 Fasig-Tip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eclipse Award For Outstanding Trainer
The Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor for trainers. Created in 1971, it is part of the Eclipse Awards program and is awarded annually. Its Canadian counterpart is the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer. Records Most wins: * 7 - Todd Pletcher (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014) * 5 - Robert J. Frankel (1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) * 4 - Laz Barrera (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) * 4 - D. Wayne Lukas (1985, 1986, 1987, 1994) * 4 - Bob Baffert (1997, 1998, 1999, 2015) * 4 - Chad C. Brown (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) Past winners: * 1971 : Charlie Whittingham * 1972 : Lucien Laurin * 1973 : H. Allen Jerkens * 1974 : Sherrill W. Ward * 1975 : Stephen A. DiMauro * 1976 : Laz Barrera * 1977 : Laz Barrera * 1978 : Laz Barrera * 1979 : Laz Barrera * 1980 : Bud Delp * 1981 : Ron McAnally * 1982 : Charlie Whittingham * 1983 : Woody Stephens * 1984 : Jack Van Berg * 1985 : D. Wayne Lukas * 1986 : D. Wayne Lukas * 1987 : D. Wayne Lukas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breeders' Cup Classic
The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds and older run at a distance of on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships in late October or early November. All of the races to date have been held in the United States except for the 1996 edition held at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada. The Classic is considered by many to be the premier thoroughbred horse race of the year in the U.S., although the Kentucky Derby is more widely known among casual racing fans. Once the richest race in the world, in more recent years, only the Saudi Cup, Dubai World Cup, The Everest and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe have had consistently higher purses. Often, the winner of the Classic goes on to win U.S. Horse of the Year honors, including the four winners of the race between 2004 and 2007—respectively Ghostzapper, Saint Liam, Invasor, and Curlin. Due to the extremely high quality of hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breeders' Cup Juvenile
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually in late October or early November at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships. The current purse is US$2,000,000 making it the most valuable race for two-year-olds in North America. It is normally run at a distance of miles. The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is typically the first time that the best colts from the various racing circuits across North America (in New York, Kentucky and California in particular) meet up with each other. The winner often earns the Eclipse Award for Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse, and becomes one of the early favorites for the next year's Kentucky Derby. In 2006, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) wrote in Part 2 of their special series titled ''Spiraling To The Breeders' Cup'' that " Arazi turned in what many still consider to be the single-most spect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf is a one-mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred fillies two years old. As its name implies, it is part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the ''de facto'' year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing. The race was run for the first time in 2008 during the first day of Breeders' Cup racing at that year's host track, Santa Anita Park. Because of technical requirements, it was not eligible for classification as a graded stakes race in its first two runnings. The American Graded Stakes Committee made it a Grade II race in 2010. Effective with the 2012 edition, it became a Grade I race. Automatic berths Beginning in 2007, the Breeders' Cup developed the Breeders' Cup Challenge, a series of races in each division that allotted automatic qualifying bids to winners of defined races. Each of the fourteen divisions has multiple qualifying races. Note though that one horse may win multiple challenge races, while other challenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile
The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile is a Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up. As its name implies, it is part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the ''de facto'' year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing, and is run on a dirt course (either natural dirt or a synthetic surface such as Polytrack). This contrasts with the similar Breeders' Cup Mile, run on grass. All Breeders' Cups to date have been conducted in the United States, with the exception of the 1996 event in Canada. The race was run for the first time in 2007 during the first day of the expanded Breeders' Cup at that year's host track, Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. It became a Grade I event in 2009. Occasionally, various track configurations require minor changes in the distance of the race. The 2007 race at Monmouth Park was held at a distance of 1 mile 70 yards (1673 m) instead of the normal distance of . The 2015 Breeders' Cup was held a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint
The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint is a 7-furlong (1408 m) Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred fillies and mares three years old and up. As its name implies, it is a part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the ''de facto'' year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing, generally held in the United States (also held one time in Canada). The race is run on a dirt course (either natural dirt or a synthetic surface such as Polytrack). The race was run for the first time in 2007 during the first day of the expanded Breeders' Cup at that year's host track, Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. In 2009, the race became a Grade I event. The 2007 race was held at a distance of 6 furlongs (1207 m) instead of the normal distance of 7 furlongs because of the configuration of the dirt track at Monmouth Park. Automatic Berths Beginning in 2007, the Breeders' Cup developed the Breeders' Cup Challenge, a series of races in each division that allott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
