Tom Pedulla presents five takeaways from the three Breeders’ Cup Challenge races this weekend at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto as well as developments leading to the Oct. 3 Preakness Stakes at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course:
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A Genuine Star Filly Well Worth the Risk
In a way, you can argue Bert and Diana Firestone took a “genuine risk” when they elected to enter star filly Genuine Risk in the 1980 Kentucky Derby.
Starship Jubilee Beats the Boys to Win Woodbine Mile
Canadian Horse of the Year Starship Jubilee extended her legend Sept. 19 and beat the boys in the Grade 1 Ricoh Woodbine Mile at Woodbine, punching her ticket to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
Breeders’ Cup Fantastic Finishes: 2001 Classic a Momentary Escape From Reality
Every year on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, old wounds open as the country remembers a horrific day in U.S. history when a coordinated attack by al-Qaeda killed 2,977 people. Terrorists flew planes into both towers of the World Trade Center in New York City as well as the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., while another hijacked plane, Flight 93, crashed in Shanksville, Pa., after it is believed the crew and passengers attempted to regain control of the airplane.
