This is the third edition of Breeders’ Cup “what if” dream races, as researched and prepared by Patrick M. Premo. Patrick is an avid racing fan with a special interest in the history of the sport. In his former day job, Patrick spent 37 years as an accounting professor at St. Bonaventure University–a fine school academically, south of Buffalo, New York near the Pennsylvania border–before retiring three years ago.
Patrick has selected 20 horses per Breeders’ Cup race and has used the rule that no horse can be entered in more than one race (Secretariat, for instance, would be in the Breeders’ Cup Classic rather than the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, even though he was American Horse of the Year as both a 2-year-old and 3-year-0ld). Other than that, any racehorse in history could qualify and the objective is to seed the field with the best 20 horses that meet the conditions. Each entrant selected is listed by the year that he or she was foaled and in what nation he/she did most of its racing.
Each racehorse was evaluated for a specific race rather than over his or her entire career.
Today’s races are three sprint races.
Sprint, dirt or synthetic
1901 Roseben USA
1908 Iron Mask USA
1946 Olympia USA
1947 Sheilas Reward USA
1953 Decathlon USA
1979 Chinook Pass USA
1980 Eillo USA
1983 Groovy USA
1984 Gulch USA
1994 Smoke Glacken USA
1995 Artax USA
1995 Reraise USA
1997 Caller One USA
1998 Orientate USA
1998 Speightstown USA
2002 Lost in the Fog USA
2003 Midnight Lute USA
Sprint, turf
1843 The Hero ENG
1869 Prince Charlie ENG
1901 Delauney ENG
1908 Hornet’s Beauty IRE
1914 Diadem (filly) ENG
1915 Irish Elegance ENG
1921 Mumtaz Mahal (filly) ENG
1922 Doimedes ENG
1943 The Bug IRE
1946 Abernant ENG
1951 Princely Gift ENG
1952 Pappa Fourway ENG
1954 Right Boy ENG
1966 Vain ENG
1977 Moorestyle ENG
1978 Co-Tack ENG
1987 Dayjur
1999 Silent Witness HKG
1999 Takeover Target AUS
2003 Sacred Kingdon HKG
Filly & Mare Sprint, dirt or synthetic
1902 Artful USA
1910 Pan Zareta USA
1931 Mata Hari USA
1932 Myrtlewood USA
1946 Two Lea USA
1960 Affectionately USA
1961 Tosmah USA
1966 Ta Wee USA
1968 Chou Croute USA
1972 My Juliet USA
1973 Dearly Precious USA
1973 What a Summer USA
1979 Gold Beauty USA
1982 Pine Tree Lane
1983 Melair USA
1986 Safely Kept USA
1989 Meafara USA
1989 Very Subtle USA
1998 Xtra Heat USA
2002 Dubai Escapade USA
Next week’s races will be the mile on dirt/synthetic and turf.
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