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• Breeders' Cup Wrap-up - An overview of the highlights, big achievements, attendance, and wagering figures for the 2009 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park.
• Breeders' Cup Saturday Results - There were 8 races Saturday highlighted by the Classic where Zenyatta wrapped up her career with an impressive win over the boys to retire undefeated. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 8 races here. New!
• Breeders' Cup Friday Results - There were 6 races Friday highlighted by the Ladies' Classic where Life Is Sweet rallied from last to win by 2 1/2 lengths. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 6 races here. New!
• Thursday Breeders' Cup Workout Photos - No timed works this close to race day, but lots of horses on the track including Zenyatta who arrived Wednesday afternoon. Get the details and photos for 20 of the Breeders' Cup horses here, all new today or favorites. New!
• Wednesday Breeders' Cup Workout Photos - Only 3 timed works, but lots of new horses with Aidan O'Brien's group out of quarantine and Todd Pletcher's horses arriving the previous afternoon. Get the details and photos for 45 of the Breeders' Cup horses, mostly different from Monday and Tuesday, here! New!
• Tuesday Breeders' Cup Workout Photos - Today there were even more horses out plus six timed works, including Desert Code and Mushka. Get the details and photos for 33 of the Breeders' Cup horses, most different from Monday, here! New!
• Monday Breeders' Cup Workout Photos - There were several timed works plus lots of horses out to gallop today at Santa Anita, including Summer Bird and Mine That Bird. Get the details and photos for 47 of the Breeders' Cup horses here! New!
• Breeders' Cup Miscellaneous photos - More photos of Zenyatta plus scenery, celebrities, and other interesting things from Breeders' Cup week. New!

• 2009 Breeders' Cup Entries and Post Positions - Final entries are up now with morning line odds and post positons for all 14 races. Zenyatta is the 5-2 favorite in the Classic and Careless Jewel is the 2-1 favorite in the Ladies Classic. New!
• Free past performances for the 2009 Breeders' Cup races can be found on the pages below. I can't link to them directly, you have to click off that page so just look for the name of the race there then you will find the link for the PPs. Sorry about that, but it is beyond my control. New!

  Saturday Races: Turf Sprint Dirt Mile Mile Juvenile Juvenile Turf Sprint Turf (none found yet) Classic

  Friday Races: Marathon Filly and Mare Sprint Juvenile Fillies Turf Juvenile Fillies Filly and Mare Turf Ladies' Classic

• Breeders' Cup Weather - What will the weather be like at Santa Anita on November 7 and 8? Here are lots of places to find out!
• The Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita - A look the history of the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita and its influence on the event.
• Review: Crushing the Cup 2009 - by Jim Mazur and Peter Mallett. An invaluable tool for trying to unlock the mysteries of handicapping the Breeders' Cup races at Santa Anita.
• Review: Betting Synthetic Surfaces - Conquering Racing's Newest Frontier By Bill Finley. Using research and statistics, this book helps educate horseplayers on angles and strategies for synthetic races.
• Free Prep Replays - listed by date in reverse chronological order
• Breeders' Cup Challenge Races - All the "Win and You're In" races for this year with results. New!
• Breeders' Cup Field Selection Rules - how they decide who gets in if a Championship race is oversubscribed at pre-entry time.
• New Breeders' Cup Saddlecloths - starting in 2009 they will use standard colored saddlecloths instead of all purple and allow 2 also eligibles for each race in case of any scratches. Here you can see the colors that will be used.

• 2008 Breeders' Cup Saturday Results - Saturday was bigger than ever with 9 championship races. The feature race was the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic where European invader Raven's Pass upset heavy favorite Curlin, who was 4th. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 9 races here.
• 2008 Breeders' Cup Friday Results - In 2008, Friday featured 5 races for fillies and mares only, headlined by the $2 million Ladies Classic (formerly the Distaff) won by heavy favorite Zenyatta. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 5 races here.
• 2008 Breeders' Cup Wrap-up - An overview of the highlights, big achievements, attendance, and wagering figures for the 2008 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park.

• 2009 Breeders' Cup Tickets - Buy seats for one or both days direct from Breeders' Cup. There will be unlimited general admission available at Santa Anita for walk-up patrons for $10.
• 2010 Breeders' Cup location announced - Churchill Downs has been selected as the host track for the 27th edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships to be run in 2010.
• Television Schedule - everything is on ESPN or ESPN2 in the US this year, and it will also be on TSN in Canada. Check out when you need to tune in.
• Breeders' Cup Preps TV Schedule - for all the preps and other programming leading up to the big day

• The Breeders' Cup Championship Day - The official page for the Breeders' Cup championship races. Just about anything you need to know about it: results, video clips, and race calls for past years, and eventually nominations, entries, and results.
• Review: Breeders' Cup World Championships: The First 25 Years DVD - by HorsePhotos. This DVD is a montage of still photos of highlights from the first 24 years of Breeders' Cup with narration which any racing fan should enjoy.
• Best of the Breeders Cup - VHS tape from NBC. This video has footage from the first 10 runnings of the Breeders' Cup including such champions as Personal Ensign and Sunday Silence. Contains the most exciting moments from all 70 races from 1984 to 1993. Out of date, but still a nice tape and cheap at under $6.
• Satellite photo of Santa Anita from Google Maps
• Breeders' Cup Points Lists - Top horses in each category plus a link to a full listing of all horses who have earned points.
• Daily Racing Form coverage - Full coverage with lots of news, stats, and other info.
• Countdown to the Breeders' Cup - The Blood Horse's special coverage of the Breeders' Cup.
• The Downey Profile Breeders' Cup Special - full analysis for lots of contenders and other info.
• BRIS Breeders' Cup News - Breeders' Cup news, updates, workout reports, and more in the daily Handicapper's Edge.
• ESPN Horse Racing Coverage - News, articles, contenders lists, video and more. Usually has a special Breeders' Cup section closer to the event.
• Los Angeles Times - sports section from the local newspaper should have lots of coverage
• European News from Sporting Life - Check out the latest on the European horses possibly headed to the Breeders' Cup.
• The British Horseracing Board - news about the European contenders
• Globeform Analysis - always has an article close to the big day analyzing the races from a foreign perspective.
• Santa Anita Park - Racing info from this year's host track.
• Directions to Santa Anita - How to get there.
• A Brief History of the Breeders' Cup - how it was started and how it has changed through the years.
• Breeders' Cup Hits and Near Misses - Who has won twice or just missed a second win plus winners who are parents of winners.
• Breeders' Cup Statistics - Lots of interesting facts and figures
• Breeders' Cup Supplemental Entries - The official policy on supplemental entries plus all the supplemental entries and how they fared. So far it has been a losing proposition for most, although they did quite well in 2007.
• Breeders' Cup Merchandise - Lots of officially licensed clothing and collectibles from the official store of the Breeders' Cup.
• Breeders' Cup Merchandise - Even more stuff from Thoroughbred Traditions.
• Breeders' Cup Postcards - Breeders' Cup theme virtual postcards to send your friends including all 14 winners from 2008 at Santa Anita and all the winners from previous years going back to 2002 at Arlington Park.
• Breeders' Cup Traditions - about the signature statue plus the trophies and flower blankets each winner receives.
• Breeders' Cup Horse Racing Mobile Game - this simulated horse racing games is new in 2008 for your cell phone. For AT&T, T-Mobile, and BlackBerry only.
• Breeders' Cup PlayStation Game - a game released in September 2005 for the PlayStation 2 is billed as the most realistic horse racing simulation ever created and the only game officially licensed by the NTRA.

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