The 2011 Breeders' Cup World Championships was the 28th edition of thoroughbred racing's season ending premier event, and took place on November 4 and 5 at
Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Friday
The Breeders' Cup races were part of a 10 race program with post time at 2:00 pm EST for the first race. The post time of the first Breeders' Cup race was 4:12 pm EST.
The attendance was 40,677.
Saturday
The Breeders' Cup races were part of a 12 race program with post time at 12:05 pm EST for the first race. The post time of the first Breeders' Cup race was 1:20 pm EST.
The attendance was 65,143.
Highlights of the day's card was the attempt by
Goldikova
Goldikova (15 March 2005 – 5 January 2021) was a champion French Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Mile three times and was the 2010 European Horse of the Year.
She was based in France, although she also raced in the United St ...
to win a fourth consecutive
Breeders' Cup Mile
The Breeders' Cup Mile is a Grade 1 Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up, run on a grass course. It has been conducted annually as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships since the event's incepti ...
in her last race.
She was defeated into third place by 64–1 long shot Court Vision.
, son of famed Irish trainer
Aidan O'Brien
Aidan Patrick O'Brien (born 16 October 1969 in County Wexford, Ireland)[ Aidan O'Brien bio NTRA. ...](_blank)
, became the youngest jockey to win a Breeders' Cup race ''(
St Nicholas Abbey
St Nicholas Abbey is located in Saint Peter, Barbados, Saint Peter, Barbados, and is a Plantation complexes in the Southeastern United States#Plantation house, plantation house, museum and rum distillery. Colonel Benjamin Berringer built the hou ...
)'' at 18 years, 5 months, surpassing
Fernando Jara, who was 18 years, 10 months old when he won the 2006 Classic on
Invasor.
See also
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2011 Kentucky Derby
The 2011 Kentucky Derby was the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, on May 7. The race was won by Animal Kingdom, ridden by John Velazquez, trained by H. Graham Motion and owned by Team Valor.
"ESPN Animal Kingdom wins 137th Derby"
ESPN.g ...
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Breeders' Cup
The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007, ...
Breeders' Cup
The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007, ...