Breeders' Cup The Big Daddies Of The Breeders’ Cup November 1, 2021 More Than Ready Breeders' Cup The Big Daddies Of The Breeders’ Cup November 1, 2021 By: Nick Costa email Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article For the second time in five years, Del Mar Racetrack in California will host the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The 2021 running is the 38th edition and will be conducted on November 5 and 6. The Breeders’ Cup, first run in 1984 as a single-day affair offering up 7 races, has now evolved into a 2-day spectacle featuring 14 races. Although thoroughbred racing is conducted year-round in the United States, the Breeders’ Cup generally is regarded as the conclusion of the North American racing season and factors heavily into determining year-end champions in several of the Eclipse Award categories. Over the 37-year history of the Breeders’ Cup, 361 races have produced a total of 362 winners (there was a dead-heat in the 2003 Turf between High Chaparral and Johar). A total of 223 sires are responsible for producing the 362 Breeders’ Cup winners. So, how can we use this historical data to better handicap this year’s Breeders’ Cup? CASH IN BIG AT THE BREEDERS’ CUP! Did you know active subscribers receive our Betting Bibles absolutely FREE? Subscribe today and be the first to receive our upcoming MONSTER 2023 Breeders’ Cup Betting Bible! Get Racing Dudes Premium Before we get into the full breakdown, here is a fascinating statistic: two former top European racehorses, now both deceased – Sadler’s Wells and his son Galileo – have each sired 4 winners in the same event (the Turf). The latter sire could make it 5, with a quartet of runners pre-entered in this year’s edition. Of those aforementioned 223 sires, 144 produced a single Breeders’ Cup winner. Forty-four sires claim a pair of winners, while 18 proud fathers boast a trio to their credit. Six sires have managed 4 winners. Remove them from this discussion and we are now left with the elite of the Breeders’ Cup sires. Seven sires have won with 5 of their progenies, while 3 sires have produced 6 winners, but only 1 horse stands alone at the top with a record 7 Breeders’ Cup wins by his offspring. Who are they? Five Breeders’ Cup Winners City Zip Work All Week – 2014 Sprint Dayatthespa – 2014 Filly/Mare Turf Catch a Glimpse – 2015 Juvenile Fillies Turf Finest City – 2016 Filly/Mare Sprint Bulletin – 2018 Juvenile Turf Sprint Danzig Chief’s Crown – 1984 Juvenile Dance Smartly – 1991 Distaff Lure – 1992 & 1993 Mile War Chant – 2000 Mile Galileo Red Rocks (IRE) – 2006 Turf Magician (IRE) – 2013 Turf Found (IRE) – 2015 Turf Highland Reel (IRE) – 2016 Turf Line of Duty (IRE) – 2018 Juvenile Turf into mischief Goldencents – 2013 & 2014 Dirt Mile Covfefe – 2019 Filly/Mare Sprint Gamine – 2020 Filly/Mare Sprint Authentic – 2020 Classic kris s. Prized – 1989 Turf Hollywood Wildcat – 1993 Distaff Brocco – 1993 Juvenile Soaring Softly – 1999 Filly/Mare Turf Action This Day – 2003 Juvenile smart strike Curlin – 2007 Classic English Channel – 2007 Turf Furthest Land – 2009 Dirt Mile My Miss Aurelia – 2011 Juvenile Fillies Battle of Midway – 2017 Dirt Mile storm cat Desert Stormer – 1995 Sprint Cat Thief – 1999 Classic Storm Flag Flying – 2002 Juvenile Fillies Sweet Catomine – 2004 Juvenile Fillies Life Is Sweet – 2009 Distaff Six Breeders’ Cup Winners sadler’s wells In The Wings (GB) – 1990 Turf Barathea (IRE) – 1994 Mile Northern Spur (IRE) – 1995 Turf High Chaparral (IRE) – 2002 and 2003 Turf Islington (IRE) – 2003 Filly/Mare Turf Tapit Stardom Bound – 2008 Juvenile Fillies Tapitsfly – 2009 Juvenile Fillies Turf Hansen – 2011 Juvenile Tapizar – 2012 Dirt Mile Untapable – 2014 Distaff Essential Quality – 2020 Juvenile unbridled’s song (winner: 1996 juvenile) Unbridled Elaine – 2001 Distaff Midshipman – 2008 Juvenile Unrivaled Belle – 2010 Distaff Liam’s Map – 2015 Dirt Mile Arrogate – 2016 Classic Forever Unbridled – 2017 Distaff Seven Breeders’ Cup Winners The lone sire to have 7 Breeders’ Cup winners is More Than Ready. A winner of his first 5 starts as a juvenile in 1999, the son of Southern Halo then won the 2000 King’s Bishop Stakes (G1) as a 3-year old and finished fifth in that year’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint before retiring. More Than Ready finished in the top 3 in 12 of his 17 lifetime starts, including 7 wins, and has had an equally prolific career in the breeding shed. More Than Real – 2010 Juvenile Fillies Turf Pluck – 2010 Juvenile Turf Regally Ready – 2011 Turf Sprint Rushing Fall – 2017 Juvenile Fillies Turf Roy H (2x) – 2017 and 2018 Sprint Uni – 2019 Mile With sons Hit the Road (Mile) and Slipstream (Juvenile Turf), as well as daughters Bubble Rock, Consumer Spending, and Koala Princess (all in the Juvenile Fillies Turf), More Than Ready has more than a fair chance to add to his total at this year’s Breeders’ Cup. Which one do you think has the best chance to do it? Let us know in the comments!
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