Breeders Cup 2013 - Juvenile

New Year's Day comes from off the pace to win the $2M Juvenile.

1) New Year's Day (USA) - great great grandson through Dixieland Band
2) Havana (USA) - no relation to Northern Dancer
3) Strong Mandate (USA) - great great grandson x3 through Vice Regent/Deputy Minister


video of race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQyAseuQsLU

Breeders Cup 2013 - Turf Sprint

Mizdirection wins back to back Turf Sprints (the second repeat winner on the day so far). It was a dead heat for second between Reneesgotzip and Tightend Touchdown and guess what Mizdirection is not a Northern Dancer descendant. The girls showed up the boys in the $1M Turf Sprint.

1) Mizdirection (USA) - mare no relation to Northern Dancer
2) Reneesgotzip (USA) - great great great granddaughter x2 through Danzig
2) Tightend Touchdown (USA) - great great great grandson x2 through Vice Regent


video of race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NL5Znu8x3Y

Breeders Cup 2013 - Filly and Mare Sprint

Groupie Doll defended her title as Filly and Mare champ in the $1M race. There will be 4 more horses trying to repeat their Breeders Cup wins later in the day. It was a Canadian bred Judy the Beauty in second and Dance Card third. All 3 are descendants of another Canadian - Northern Dancer.

1) Groupie Doll (USA) - great granddaughter x3 through Dixieland Band/Bowman's Band
2) Judy the Beauty (CAN) - great great great granddaughter through Vice Regent/Deputy Minister
3) Dance Card (USA) - great great great granddaughter through Nijinsky

photos from www.breederscup.com - click on any to enlarge them

video of the race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgLsCJIQchc

Breeders Cup 2013 - Filly and Mare Turf

It was an all European top 3 with the British bred Dank showing her class in the $2M Filly and Mare Turf and of course an all Dancer granddaughter top three.

1) Dank (GB) - great great granddaughter through Danzig/Danehill
2) Romantica (GB) great granddaughter x2 through Sadlers Wells/Galileo
3) Alterite (FR) great great granddaughter x3 through Sadlers Wells

video of the race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_cmhLpcmOY

Breeders Cup 2013 - Juvenile Fillies

Well it was an auspicious start to the day in the $2M Juvenile Fillies. Bob Baffert's Secret Compass went down with a broken ankle. The winner She's A Tiger was disqualified and placed second for a bump late in the stretch. It opened up the race for a 30-1 shot Ria Antonia to win it. She was purchased for just $9,000 as a yearling. Rosalind finished third. All three girls were great great granddaughters of Northern dancer.

1) Ria Antonia (USA) - great great great granddaughter through Danzig
2) She's A Tiger (USA) - great great granddaughter through Storm Bird/Storm Cat
3) Rosalind (USA) - great great granddaughter through Nijinsky and Nureyev.


video of the race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31N5AJktBoY

Breeders Cup 2013 - Distaff

Beholder made it look easy in the $2M Distaff with Gary Stevens in the saddle. The top 3 were all great granddaughters of Northern Dancer. It's been a great first day with Northern Dancer grandkids taking all 15 top 3 finishes despite being bred in 5 different countries on 3 different continents.

1) Beholder (USA) - great great great granddaughter x3 through Storm Bird/Storm Cat/Hennessy
2) Close Hatches (USA) - great great granddaughter x3 through a Storm Bird/Storm Cat mare
3) Authenticity (USA) - great great granddaughter x2 through a Vice Regent/Deputy Minister mare

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video of race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZCTt0qWy64

Breeders Cup 2013 - Juvenile Fillies Turf

It was the Irish bred Chriselliam over the French bred Testa Rossi in the $1M Juvenile Fillies Turf. Once again the top 3 Internationals were all descendants of our little Dancer.

1) Chriselliam (IRE) - great great granddaughter x3 through a Danzig/Danheill mare
2) Testa Rossi (FR) - great great granddaughter through Nijinsky
3) Colonel Joan (USA) - great granddaughter x3 through a Dixieland Band mare

video of race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3VmbkqQG_g

Breeders Cup 2013 - Dirt Mile

Goldencents wired the field to win the $1M Dirt Mile. It was another 1-2-3 finish for the grandkids.

1) Goldencents (USA) - great great great grandson x2 through Storm Cat/Harlan
2) Golden Ticket (USA) - great great grandson x2 through a Vice Regent/Deputy Minister mare
3) Brujo De Olleros (BRZ) - great great grandson through a Northfields mare

video of race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MjvStXf15U

Breeders Cup 2013 - Juvenile Turf

It was another big finish for Mike Smith aboard the GB bred Outstrip as he wins his second Cup race in a row. Of course all 3 are descendants of the Dancer.

1) Outsrip (GB) - great great grandson x3 through Danzig/Danehill/Exceed and Excel who was bred this year to Black Caviar
2) Giovanni Boldini (USA) - great grandson x2 through Danzig/War Front
3) Bobby's Kitten (USA) - great great grandson x4 through Sadlers Wells/ El Prado he is also a descendant of the Dancer's kidnapped daughter Franfreleuche.

video of race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlrwhcbi2WU

Breeders Cup 2013 - Marathon

This year's Breeders Cup is under way. It was 1-2-3 finish for US breds and all three were great great grandsons of Northern Dancer in the 1-3/4 mile race on the dirt.

1) London Bridge (USA) - great great grandson through a Danzig mare
2) Blueskiesnrainbows (USA) - great great grandson x3 through Vice Regent/Deputy Minister
3) Worldly (USA) - great great grandson through Dixieland Band


You can watch it live here
http://www.breederscup.com/

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video of The Marathon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If2wexUV8MY