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Breeders' Cup Distaff Top Three Finishers
This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Breeders' Cup Distaff, a Graded stakes race, Grade I race for fillies and mares, three years old and up. An annual race run on the dirt, it was the final race of the first-day (Friday) card of the Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships since 2008. In 2018, it was returned to the Saturday card. The race, which has been run in every Breeders' Cup since the first event in 1984, was known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic between 2008 and 2012. References External links Breeders' Cup official website {{BreedersCup Breeders' Cup, Distaff/Ladies Classic Lists of horse racing results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breeders' Cup Distaff
The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic between 2008 and 2012, it is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships. It is the top ranked race for fillies and mares in North America, and often decides the title for champion three-year-old and / or champion older filly or mare. Starting with the 2008 Breeders' Cup, the Distaff was the final race on the first day (Friday) of the two-day event. In 2018, it was returned to the Saturday card. Distance : 1 miles (1984–1987); 1 miles (1988 to present). Automatic berths In 2007, the Breeders' Cup developed the Breeders' Cup Challenge, a series of races in each division that allots 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Miss Aurelia
My Miss Aurelia (foaled 16 March 2009) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2011, she was unbeaten in four races including the Adirondack Stakes, Frizette Stakes and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly at the Eclipse Award. After missing the early part of the following season through injury she took her winning run to six with two more victories including a win over Questing in the Cotillion Stakes. She sustained her first defeat when second to Royal Delta in the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic and was beaten in her only subsequent race that year. She finished third on her only appearance as a four-year-old and was retired in September 2014 to Stonestreet Farm. Background My Miss Aurelia is a bay mare with an irregularly-shaped white star bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings. She was sired by Smart Strike, a Canadian stallion who was Leading sire in North America in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Her dam, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashado
Ashado (foaled February 4, 2001 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racemare whose seven Grade I wins included the 2004 Breeders' Cup Distaff. She won Eclipse Awards as the Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 2004 and Champion Older Female of 2005, and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2014. At the end of the 2005 racing season, her owners sold her at the Keeneland Sales November auction for $9 million, a world-record price for a broodmare/broodmare prospect. Background Ashado was bred by Aaron & Marie Jones in Kentucky. She was by Saint Ballado and out of Goulash, by Mari's Book. Goulash was a stakes winning Florida-bred mare who later produced two stakes-winning full brothers to Ashado, Sun River and Saint Stephen. Saint Ballado was a full brother to champion two-year-old colt Devil's Bag. Though less successful than his brother on the racetrack, Saint Ballado proved the superior sire. His other leading offspring included Saint Liam, the 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleasant Home (horse)
Pleasant Home, also known as the John Farson House, is a historic home located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The large, Prairie style mansion was designed by architect George Washington Maher and completed in 1897. The house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1972. Exactly 24 years later, in 1996, it was declared a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior.. History Pleasant Home, historically known as the John Farson House, derives its common name from its location, at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Home Avenue in Oak Park. It was built and designed by prominent Prairie School architect George W. Maher in 1897. The house was constructed for John Farson, who lived in the house from 1897 until 1908. In 1908 the home's most recent private owner, Herbert S. Mills, bought the house and stayed there until he sold it to the Park District of Oak Park in 1939. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round Pond (horse)
Round Pond (foaled May 21, 2002) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse. A two-time Eclipse Award finalist, she is best known for winning the 2006 Breeders' Cup Distaff. Background Round Pond was bred in Kentucky by Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan. The bay filly is a daughter of 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Awesome Again and the Trempolino mare Gift of Dance. Her damsire, the French-bred Trempolino, is best known for winning the 1987 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. John Servis, best known as the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones, bought Round Pond for $105,000 as a yearling at the 2003 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, on behalf of Rick Porter. Servis trained the filly during the beginning of her career. In 2006 Round Pond was trained by Michael R. Matz, who is also known as the trainer of Barbaro and Union Rags, winners of the 2006 Kentucky Derby and 2012 Belmont Stakes, respectively. Round Pond was owned by Rick Porter during her racing career, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
