>>> NY Times: Crist, Clancy, Smith-Baranzini invited to address issue of 'Drugs and Horses'
>>> Hialeah Park owners wants to resurrect glory days of racing
>>> Remarkable -- and unlikely to be matched -- feat! Freddy Head becomes first to have both trained and ridden back-to-back BC winners!
>>> NY: All five AQU VLT bidders meet deadline
>>> Ky Derby is the target for BC Juvie upsetter Vale of York
>>> Sulky side: If I Can Dream wins $542K Messenger at Yonkers on Sat
>>> Easy bettor? Actor Dennis Hopper a racing fan, shows concern for the game, "It would be a drag to see the industry come down. It's such a great tradition. I hope it gets well and goes on forever."
>>> Larry Jones has final race as a trainer... Trainer handing reins to wife
>>> VIDEO REPLAY: BC Classic
>>> Baffert, "If they don't reward her with Horse of the Year, it would be a travesty, or at least co-Horses of the Year.... Zenyatta made the Breeders' Cup, and the way she won! I've never seen a crowd so captivated."
>>> Drape: "Not even the once and perhaps future queen of thoroughbred racing, Rachel Alexandra, could have made a crowd of the most hard-hearted of horsemen and horseplayers swoon as Zenyatta did Saturday."
>>> Ehalt: "...promises to be one of the most heated HOY debates of all-time."
>>> Asmussen, "A very deserving horse is going to win [HOTY]. Rachel Alexandra is incredible, and she did everything asked of her. Zenyatta is incredible, and she did everything asked of her."
>>> Wilson: "The type of sensational race horse that comes along only once in a generation."
>>> Clement [Gio Ponti]: "She's a freak. What can I say? She's a freak."
>>> Horsemen's comments... Hollendorfer, "[Zenyatta's Classic win] will be a standout moment for a lot of people. I know it is for me."
>>> Harty [Colonel John]: "She beat the heck out of us. That was probably the greatest performance I've ever seen... If ever there was a year to split the award, this is it."
>>> Nahill: "Jess Jackson's gamble of not running Rachel Alexandra in the Classic, hoping she had done enough to win horse of the year, went up in flames. Zenyatta is HORSE OF THE YEAR."
>>> Jockey Mike Smith: "I think it would be a crying shame if she's not Horse of the Year."
>>> Finley: Horse of the Year? It's still Rachel
>>> Gray: "The [HOTY] title had been regarded as virtually locked up by Rachel Alexandra... but Zenyatta’s performance yesterday should prompt some to reconsider."
>>> Beyer: "The American racing world now has two ruling queens."
>>> Veitch: "It does not change my conviction that Rachel Alexandra had the better year."
>>> Brit headline: "Zenyatta joins the immortals with sensational Breeders' Cup win"
Fan forums reactions:
>>> Pace Advantage forum
"HOY is definitely plausible. She has a much a claim as Rachael does."
"They both deserve horse of the year, how about co-horse of year?"
"Both honestly deserve it."
>>> Thoroughbred Champions
"Two racehorses figuring in the race to HOY are a filly and a mare ... What a situation to celebrate ..."
"In my mind, they deserve to be co-winners of the award."
>>> Derby Trail
"Why couldn't they give it to both? Two magnificient fillies beating up the boys."
"Don't suppose they could agree to tie it?"
"The voters have a tough decision as Rachel was spectaular in her races and Zenyatta while lightly raced won the BC Classic."
>>> Official Breeders' Cup website
>>> BreedersCup360.com
>>> DRF's Breeders' Cup coverage
>>> Bloodhorse's BC coverage
>>> TTimes BC coverage
>>> Brisnet's BC coverage
SATURDAY RESULTS
>>> G1 $3mil BC Turf: Conduit repeats
>>> G1 $1mil Dirt Mile: Furthest Land surprises
>>> G1 $2mil BC Mile: Goldikova repeats
>>> G1 $2mil BC Juvenile: Vale of York upsets
>>> G1 $2mil BC Sprint: Dancing in Silks shocks
>>> $1mil BC Turf Sprint: California Flag all the way
>>> G2 $1mil BC Juv Turf: Pounced
Breeders Cup recaps/news:
>>> LA Times: "These kinds of stories happen only in the movies."
>>> VIDEO: Zenyatta cooling down in barn post-race... And the reaction of the crowd in the paddock pre-race
>>> VIDEO: Crowd reaction to Zenyatta's win -- from the grandstand
>>> Owner Moss, "I believe that this would probably have been Zenyatta's last race."
>>> Owner Moss: "The social significance is apparent. Women are as good as men... If not better on occasion."
>>> Privman: "In a spectacular performance that had fans alternately cheering and then crying tears of joy..."
>>> 58,845 attend... Two day total: 96,496, up nearly 10,000 from last year
>>> One winning Breeders' Cup P6 ticket: Worth $1.8mil
>>> Stat from San Diego Union-Trib: "Over two years of Cup racing at Santa Anita, not one horse who made its previous start on a dirt track won a race on the synthetic main track."
>>> Quality Road scratched from Classic after gate tantrum
>>> VIDEO: Quality Road's gate meltdown
>>> Longshot Sprint winner needed $100K supplemental payment to get in... Trainer, "I tried to discourage [the owner] from putting that much money up."
>>> Ahmad Ajtebi: Camel jockey who won Breeders' Cup
>>> Owner Ken Ramsey grabs first BC win with horse he claimed for $35K
>>> 19YO Joe Talamo gets first BC win, "Really unbelievable. Really, I can't even put it into words."
Photos:
>>> Photo: Zenyatta connections in the winner's circle
>>> Photo: More from the winner's circle
>>> Photo: Smith and Zenyatta on their way to the winner's circle
>>> Photo: Zenyatta making her winning move
>>> Photo: Capturing the fan experience -- too engrossed in the action, but can't ignore that chili dog!
>>> Photo: Nice shot of Zenyatta and field aftrer crossing the wire with a full grandstand in the background
>>> Photo: Bo Derek supports Zenyatta
>>> Photo gallery: Breeder's Cup 2009
>>> Photo gallery: ESPN
FRIDAY RESULTS
>>> G1 $2mil Ladies' Classic: Life Is Sweet emerges from shadow of stablemate
>>> G1 $1mil F/M Sprint: Informed Decision over Ventura
>>> G1 $2mil F/M Turf: Midday wins... Forever Together 3rd
>>> G1 $2mil Juv Fillies: She Be Wild
>>> $1mil Juv Fillies Turf: Tapitsfly catches Rose Catherine
>>> $500K Marathon: Man of Iron nips 9YO Cloudy's Knight
>>> Crist: Friday - by the numbers... Handle comparison, how the dirt-prep runner fared, etc...
>>> Hovdey: "These will be the lasting images of Breeders' Cup Friday, 2009..."
>>> Ladies' Classic - BC Classic double will pays
>>> BC Jockey Wager final odds [see 4:05pm]
>>> Breeders' Cup Friday attendance, handle up
>>> Careless Jewel's jock: "She locked onto the bridle and went as far as she could, as fast as she could. That's not her."
>>> Modesti: "How did the track play Friday? Fairly, it appeared..."
>>> Jockey Mike Smith says Breeders' Cup 'brings me to life'
>>> Godolphin looks to rebound on Saturday
Selections:
>>> Merrow [Equidaily]/Sat
>>> NY Post
>>> More from the NY Post
>>> Bossert [NY Daily News]
>>> Arnold [NTRA.com]
>>> Wing [NTRA]
>>> Kling [Troy Record]/Sat
>>> Merrow [Equidaily]/Fri races
>>> White [HRTV]
>>> Byk [Sirius satellite]
>>> Eng [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
>>> Crist [DRF]
>>> Brownell [Post-Star]
>>> Kling [Troy Record]
>>> Wilson [LA Newspaper Group]
>>> Telias [Sporting News]
>>> Rippey [Star-Ledger]
>>> Free [DRF - pdf]
>>> Siegel [HRTV]
>>> Mauntah [Sun Media]
>>> Rees [Louisville Courier-Journal]
>>> West [Star-Telegram]
>>> Daley [Lowell Sun]
>>> Finley [ESPN.com]
>>> Cronley [ESPN.com]
>>> Modesti [LA Daily News]
>>> Haskin's [Bloodhorse] Friday overlays [bottom of column]
Free PPs [pdf]
>>> Friday's BC races
>>> Saturday's BC races
