BREEDERS CUP NOTEBOOK: SHAKESPEARE GOES FOR TEST RUN.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer ELMONT, N.Y. - A day before Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982 by a consortium of North American racing organizations, led by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. entries are due, stormy weather at Belmont Park caused the trainer of a top contender to express doubts about his horse's chances and washed out some exercise runs on Tuesday. Shakespeare, perhaps the best U.S. horse in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Turf The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. The race's current title sponsor is John Deere. on Saturday, is undefeated in five starts but never has raced on wet grass. Trainer Bill Mott noted that offspring of Shakespeare's sire, Theatrical, generally don't take to ``soft'' turf. ``He worked (out) on it Monday - it probably would have been rated 'yielding' - and he worked well,'' Mott said. ``But historically, Theatricals don't like soft ground.'' Lineups will be set this morning for the eight-race card headed by the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. . Brother Derek, the Norfolk Stakes winner shooting for the $1.5 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. , was kept in the barn here Tuesday. ``Those wind gusts are a bit too much,'' said trainer Dan Hendricks, who's Santa Anita-based. ``He's not used to this kind of weather, and I'd hate to send him out there and get him spooked if things start flying around him.'' --On the way: Breeders' Cup Classic contender Rock Hard Ten, re-shod on Monday after bruising his left forefoot forefoot /fore·foot/ (-foot) 1. one of the front feet of a quadruped. 2. the fore part of the foot. in a workout Thursday, did ``great'' in a 1 1/2-mile gallop on Tuesday at Santa Anita and is scheduled for a flight to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of today, trainer Richard Mandella said. The Associated Press contributed to this story. |
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