Top 30

[maclr11]

For a blog I write I was asked to list the top 30 Breeders Cup Moments in honor of the 30 years of Breeders Cup
I haven't ranked my list yet but here's kind of my group of contenders
Any ideas, or suggestions are welcome if I missed any races
45 races, have to rank them and eliminate some

1984 Wild Again Breeders Cup Classic
1984 Royal Heroine beats the boys
1984 Chiefs Crown in 1st race
1985 Pebbles sneaks up the rail in the Turf
1986 Skywalker holds off Turkoman
1986 Lady's Secret caps off her HOY campaign with dominating win
1987 Ferdinand beats Alysheba
1988 Miesque wins her second BC Mile
1988 Personal Ensign and Winning Colors
1988 Alysheba wins the Classic
1989 Sunday Silence beats Easy Goer
1991 Dance Smartly wins one for Canada
1991 Arazi makes a power move
1993 Lure wins his second BC Mile
1993 Arcangues shocks the world
1994 Flanders and Serena's Song 1-2 for D. Wayne
1995 Inside Information dominates
1995 Cigar wins another
1997 Skip Away in a romp
1997 Favorite Trick wins for HOY
1998 Da Hoss comes back to win his second Mile
1998 Awesome Again wins one of the deepest classics
2000 Macho Uno and Point Given hit the wire together
2000 Tiznow holds off Giant's Causeway
2000 Kona Gold finally wins one
2001 Squirtle Squirt gives Frankel his first
2001 Tiznow beats Sakhee
2002 Domedriver holds off Rock of Gibraltar
2002 Azeri asserts her title
2002 Storm Flag Flying makes it three generations of winners
2003 Johar and High Chapparal dead heat
2003 Pleasantly Perfect gives Mandella 4 on the Day
2003 Halfbridled makes Julie Krone first female jock to win a BC race
2004 Ghostzapper freaks
2006 Invasor over Bernardini
2006 Ouija Board wins her second
2007 Curlin awes
2008 Midnight Lute wins his second
2008 Zenyatta stays unbeaten
2009 Zenyatta wins the Classic
2010 Blame holds off Zenyatta
2010 Goldikova wins her third
2012 Wise Dan
2012 Royal Delta wins her second

[Grits]

The #1 moment in Breeders' Cup history?

2001 Tiznow beats Sakhee

Easy. Hands down. No other horse has won the Classic twice. If this isn't reason enough, then go with him based on heart, alone.

Some things are unforgettable. This moment, this horse race was celebrated worldwide.

[Stillriledup]

Zenyatta just missing the BC Win at Churchill was a pretty dramatic moment. The Wild Again BC was also up there since it was the first ever race with all the drama and whatnut.

Goldy winning her 3rd was also very special.

[devilsbag]

2007 Arthur Fonzarelli gets first BC win on Jump the Shark as event expands to two days

[sammy the sage]

Sunday Silence finally shut up the 'goer' crowd!!!

[Valuist]

1987 Turf as Manila prevails over a field that included future turf champion Theatrical, European champ Dancing Brave, and Arlington Million winner Estrapade.

[wiffleball whizz]

Unbridled song juvenile?

[maclr11]

1986 was Manila's win

[TheEdge07]

Silence beating New Yorks Easy Goer...again.

[Doza]

Sunday Silence
Ferdinand / Alysheba
Zenyatta
Blame / Zenyatta
Goldikova threepeat
Arazi
Personal Ensign

[HuggingTheRail]

I am still in shock every time I watch Arazi make that move....the shock in the voice of the announcer is amazing...

[LottaKash]

So many great horses and so much great racing gone bye....

So hard to pick, still, I pick Goldikova's hat trick, as my favorite of all of the BC moments...:jump:

And I truly believe that, on another day, with just a step or two quicker earlier in the contest, Zenyatta would've won the day....She was right there tho at the end tho, and it was then that I became a true believer in her greatness from thereon...

[nearco]

Arazi in the Juvenile was one the most breathtaking moments in horseracing.
Pity he never panned out.

Arcangues winning the Classic is still one of my fav though.... the defeaning silence of 50k odd people watching one of the biggest races in the world was eerie.

[precocity]

The #1 moment in Breeders' Cup history?



Easy. Hands down. No other horse has won the Classic twice. If this isn't reason enough, then go with him based on heart, alone.

Some things are unforgettable. This moment, this horse race was celebrated worldwide.

had that tri forgot what it paid but it paid good, remember albert the great had the lead and then tired but held on for third.

[Big Sal]

Good job.

However, Manila in '86 and Princess Rooney in '84 were both exclusions that I very much disagree with.

[precocity]

true story I know you guys and girls probably have better but me and my friend were at lonestar pavilion and it was packed for the breeders cup. and the juvenile was coming up about 8- min to post. and the lines were long so I went to the 50$ window and this guy in front of me I say about 35 and about 6 foot 8 huge guy thats why he stood out? so with about 3 min to post he said I want 5000 to win on the 6 Answer Lively? and i thought to myself damn!!!! forgot the tri we had put together so I said give me 40 to win and 20 to place on the 6. barely got the bet off but couldn't believe he won and the guy had all that money on his nose.well of course we won a little bit too think he went off 6-1 forgot saw him about 45 min later at the main bar and bought him a beer, and then congratulated him he said did you bet on him? I said yep because of you, I was behind you at the window and barely got it off. I asked him why he bet him he said because he is related to my favorite horse littlebitlively? :ThmbUp: good ole times....

[sandpit]

War Chant's 2000 BC Mile - his stretch run was as incredible as any I've seen, passed a dozen horses after a slow first half-mile should have left him with no chance. Durkin's call was great, he seemed amazed the horse was even in the picture.

Tikkanen's 1994 Turf - set a track record and another who came from last to first. Still to this day I've never seen a horse train as good as he did in the mornings leading up to the race.

Honorable mention:

"Concern from out of the Clouds" - still my all-time favorite finish line call that I heard in person. Plus it didn't hurt that all my Tikkanen-Hatoof exacta money got wheeled back on him http://paceadvantage.com/forum/images/smilies/43.gif

[thespaah]

War Chant's 2000 BC Mile - his stretch run was as incredible as any I've seen, passed a dozen horses after a slow first half-mile should have left him with no chance. Durkin's call was great, he seemed amazed the horse was even in the picture.

Tikkanen's 1994 Turf - set a track record and another who came from last to first. Still to this day I've never seen a horse train as good as he did in the mornings leading up to the race.

Honorable mention:

"Concern from out of the Clouds" - still my all-time favorite finish line call that I heard in person. Plus it didn't hurt that all my Tikkanen-Hatoof exacta money got wheeled back on him http://paceadvantage.com/forum/images/smilies/43.gif
I had Concern that day because I was convinced they could have made him start in the parking lot and he still would have won...
It was my only hit of the day but the bet still left me slightly ahead..WHEW!!!!

[PhantomOnTour]

DaHoss coming back on Hawksley Hill in 1998 after being headed in the lane.
One prep off a year layoff