{"id":23376,"date":"2018-10-22T08:08:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T06:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=23376"},"modified":"2018-10-22T08:15:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T06:15:36","slug":"top-contenders-for-the-breeders-cup-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/top-contenders-for-the-breeders-cup-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Contenders for The Breeders\u2019 Cup Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The voices of neighing horses can be feel through the air. This sweet storm is just less than two weeks from now. This year <\/span>Breeder\u2019s Cup<\/b><\/a> world championship is marked on 2-3 November ,2018 where you will get to catch best thoroughbred coming from the each corner of the earth. The championship will be held at Churchill Hills, Kentucky, Louisville offering $30 million to horse lovers across the globe. <\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Breeder\u2019s Cup Classic<\/b> is the best race spreading $6,000,000 for the people chasing the thrill. This grade 1 race with 1 \u00bc \u00a0miles distance is held for 3+ years Thoroughbred horses and limited to 14 starters. Here are the best contenders out of 18 defenders participating in this race:<\/span><\/p>\n

Accelerate: <\/b><\/p>\n

This contender owned by Hronis Racing LLC is the one of the topmost Thoroughbreds for Classic. Its trainer John Sadler ranked 33rd by earnings in year 2017. It is the reason why Accelerate has earned $2,492,480 since yet. Accelerate has marked its valuable presence after winning 2016 Breeders Cup Classic in his 19-race career. This superfast horse was sold at $380,000 in the 2014 Keeneland September yearling sale. Everyone is aware of this muscle from the Grade 1 race named <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Awesome Again Stakes held at Santa Anita Park following $1 million TVG Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar. Maybe this year will be prosperous for Accelerate whose maternal uncle Awesome Again showed back to competitors in 1998 held Breeder\u2019s Cup Classic at Churchill Hill. <\/span><\/p>\n

Discreet Lover:<\/b><\/p>\n

This Classic division contender has earned $1,374,685 with 7 wins at 7 places and 7 show under 44 starters in his career. Its trainer Uriah St. Lewis has already prepared him for defeating others like he did in 2018 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes. This Thoroughbred with 20 graded stakes point is the second most challenging contendent for this year\u2019s Classic. His trainer Lewis has earned $1,347,521 since yet in his 2018 racing career. Maybe this year\u2019s Classic will add $6,000,000 to his pocket. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mckinzie:<\/b><\/p>\n

This beast has earned $906,000 in 5 starts with 4 wins in its career. He was among the top contenders in early preps for 2018 Kentucky Derby where it earned 3 wins in 4 starts loosing up the victory after a hind leg injury losing Triple Crown. His trainer Bob Baffert was ranked 59th in 2017 top 100 rankings. He was reputed with the Eclipse Award Outstanding Trainer 2015,1997,98,99, Hall of Fame 2009 like achievements. In his career he has won 2,891 firsts out of 12,814 starts. This Thoroughbred was sold out for $170,000 at Keeneland September sale in 2016 and named after the belated friend of Baffert. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mind Your Biscuits:<\/b><\/p>\n

This superfast demon was very close to get title of Breeder\u2019s Cup in last two seasons. He finished third in Twinspire Breeder\u2019s Cup Sprint of Santa Anita in 2016. Again last year he was third at Del Mar. This Posse son has earned $4,279,566 since yet winning 8 times in the 24 starts. People are already familiar with this fast beast since Dubai Golden Shaheen of March 2018. His trainer Chad Summers has track record of 18 firsts out of 163 starts in his whole career. Maybe this time he will not lose his luck and get the crown of this Breeder\u2019s Cup Classic championship. <\/span><\/p>\n

Final Words to Take Home:<\/b><\/p>\n

This is the game of destiny. You will never know who will be the winner. But, everyone is preparing for their best. I hope you will enjoy this season. One more thing- you can also watch the live streaming of this championship on the TV. Enjoy. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The voices of neighing horses can be feel through the air. This sweet storm is just less than two weeks from now. This year Breeder\u2019s Cup world championship is marked on 2-3 November ,2018 where you will get to catch best thoroughbred coming from the each corner of the earth. The championship will be held […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3754,3755,3756,3753,3757,3758],"class_list":["post-23376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sport","tag-breeders-cup","tag-breeders-world-cup","tag-churchill-hills","tag-horse-racing","tag-kentucky","tag-louisville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}