2009 Breeders Cup Race Preview – The Mile
The 2009 Breeders’ Cup will be run on November 6th and 7th from Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, Ca. This year’s Cup features 14 races over the two day period with 6 races scheduled for Friday and 8 races slated to run on Saturday.
Here is a preview of the fifth race on Saturday’s schedule:
The Mile
Saturday November 7th
Post Time: 4:28 P.M. (EST)
What are you waiting for? Bet NOW! The Mile is a weight for age race open to Thoroughbreds age 3 and up. It is contested on a turf track at a distance of 1 mile with a total prize purse of $2,000,000. There are six automatic bids awarded from wins in a designated Challenge Race for this division and the rest of the field is determined by total points earned over the course of the racing season. The current favorites for this race are as follows:
The current favorites for this race are as follows:
- Cowboy Cal: He earned an automatic bid for the Mile with a win in the Grade 2 Oak Tree Mile at Santa Anita in mid October. He has now won three stakes races in a row at Santa Anita which should make him one of the favorites for this race.
- Court Vision: With a win in the Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland he earned a berth in the Mile. It was his first run since undergoing surgery for an ascended testicle that had hampered his past performances.
- Zacinto: This horse has never finished worse than third in his first five starts and a second place finish in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot to BC Classic hopeful Rip Van Winkle makes him a legitimate contender for the Mile.
- Gladiatorus: This horse spent the winter racing in Dubai and had three impressive wins. With a victory in the Group 1 Premio Vittorio di Capua at the San Siro course in Italy he will be one to watch in the Mile.
- Courageous Cat: With three wins in a row, including a 1 ¾ length win over Sal The Barber in the Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga in his last outing, this horse is well positioned for a strong showing in the Mile.
Predicted order of finish for The Mile:
Win– Cowboy Cal
Place– Zacinto
Show– Courageous Cat
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