NOTEBOOK: CHURCHILL DOWNS GETS 2000 BREEDERS' CUP.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services The 17th 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. , once ticketed for Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
The announcement came two months after the Oak Tree Racing Association The Oak Tree Racing Association is an American not-for-profit corporation that exists to conduct live thoroughbred horse racing in Southern California. History In 1968, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club the operators of Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California decided to , which operates the autumn season at Santa Anita, withdrew its bid for 2000 because the Arcadia facility is scheduled for renovations this year and next. Breeders' Cup Ltd. president D.G. Van Clief indicated the organization's ``preference'' to go to Santa Anita for the third time in 2002. New York's Belmont Park Noun 1. Belmont Park - a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island; site of the Belmont Stakes Belmont Elmont - a town on Long Island in New York; site of Belmont Park missed out on 2000 because of an NBC-TV scheduling conflict but will be the subject of negotiations for 2001, Van Clief said. The 2000 running will mark the fifth time Churchill Downs, site of the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. , hosts the Breeders' Cup, more than any other racetrack. The 1999 Breeders' Cup will be held Nov. 6 at Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino is a racetrack and county-approved racino in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in the United States. During its annual meet, which spans January through March, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in America. near Miami. - Daily News Silverbulletday set for Belmont: Silverbulletday will try to foil Charismatic's Triple Crown bid in the Belmont Stakes and become the first filly to win the race in 132 years. ``She's in the Belmont,'' trainer Bob Baffert said by telephone Wednesday from Churchill Downs. ``She's a pure athlete, and athletes sometimes do things they are not supposed to do,'' owner Mike Pegram said of the decision to have Silverbulletday make her debut against colts in the testing 1-1/2-mile Belmont on June 5. ``We have absolutely nothing to lose.'' Silverbulletday, winner of 11 of 12 starts and unbeaten in five races this year, will be only the 21st filly to start in the Belmont. The only winner was Ruthless, in the first Belmont in 1867. Baffert said the decision to run Silverbulletday was made after she worked six furlongs in 1:10 4/5 Tuesday at Churchill Downs. ``She cooled out great after a good, hard work,'' Baffert said. ``She was playing and bucking.'' Baffert said Silverbulletday will be flown from Kentucky 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 on June 2, the day entries are taken for the Belmont. Jerry Bailey will ride her for the second time in her career. Charismatic, bidding to become the 12th Triple Crown champion and first since Affirmed in 1978, also is scheduled to be flown on Wednesday from Churchill Downs to New York. Real Quiet favored: Real Quiet, winner of the 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, drew post position two in a field of six and was installed as the 4-to-5 favorite for Saturday's 60th running of the Grade II $600,000 Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs in Boston. Completing the field for the 1-1/8-mile race, the fifth leg in the National Throughbred Racing Association Champions on FOX are: Running Stag, Behrens, Galloping Gael, Personal Moon and Brushing Up. |
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