To participate is an honor, to triumph in it a consecration.
With the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the Breeders' Cup is a championship, created in 1984, just as prestigious.
This unmissable equestrian event brings together the best American flat horses as well as a very selective list of European competitors, in particular.
It takes place every year on a different American racetrack.
$ 28,000,000 in allowances in two days
For the second time, this popular meeting will take place on the great breeding ground of Kentucky, within the grounds of Keeneland racecourse.
Composed of fourteen races, spread between this Friday November 6 and Saturday November 7, this event offers the dizzying sum of 28,000,000 dollars in allowances, or 23,877,501, 38 €.
The most richly endowed event with an allocation of $ 6,000,000 has fallen only once, since its inception, into the hands of a tricolor galloper.
It dates back to 1993, when
Arcangues took
the top step of the Breeders' Cup Classic podium, under the training of André Fabre, ranked among the best gallopers in the world.
This Cantilian trainer started his American series in 1990 with
In the Wings
in the Breeders' Cup Turf before repeating in this same race in 2005 with
Shirocco
then
Talismatic
in 2017. The latter ridden that year by Mickaël Barzalona, brought to the jockey tricolor his first victory at this level.
If we add the triumph of
Banks Hill
in 2001 in the Breeders' Cup Filly Turf, the Cantilian developer holds, to date, five trophies on the occasion of this meeting across the Atlantic.
A Breeders' Cup with the support of the turfists
Before becoming the trainer we know, Freddy Head, also left his mark on American equestrian history as a jockey.
The six-time Golden Whip won two years in a row (1987 and 1988) the Breeders' Cup Mile in the saddle on the champion
Miesque
.
An event that has smiled on French professionals fourteen times in thirty-five years.
At the sight of their names, the opposition is cause for concern, if it especially remembers the feat of champion
Goldikova
.
Associated with Olivier Peslier, the bay hen left little room for competition by winning this prestigious event from 2008 to 2010.
And, under training, this time, from that same Freddy Head.
Played behind closed doors as is the case for the majority of sporting events, the 2020 edition of the Breeders' Cup is no exception.
This will not prevent the racers of France from looking into the chances of our pilots during these two meetings with the possibility of betting from Friday evening, given the time difference, and in common mass.
Which does not spoil anything.
The tricolor jockeys in the running
Mickaël Barzalona, Christophe Soumillon, Pierre-Charles Boudot and Aurélien Lemaitre left France a few days ago and will meet there their compatriots, Flavien Prat, Florent Géroux and Julien Leparoux who have chosen to pursue their careers in the United States, as well than Clément Lecoeuvre.
Friday November 6
7th JUVENILE TURF BREEDERS'CUP
Mickaël Barzalona
(F. Rossi):
Sealiway
Aurélien Lemaitre
(Ph. Decouz):
Go Athletico
Flavien Prat
(P. Miller):
Ebeko
9th BREEDERS'CUP JUVENILE FILLIES TURF
Flavien Prat
(S. Callaghan):
Madonna
Julien Leparoux
(KJ. Condon):
Miss Amulet
Florent Geroux
(BH. Cox):
Aunt Pearl
10th JUVENILE BREEDERS'CUP
Florent Geroux
(B. Baffert):
Classier
Saturday November 7
5th BREEDERS'CUP TURF SPRINT
Flavien Prat
(RE. Mandella):
Bombard
Umberto Rispoli
(BP. Walsh):
Extravagant
Florent Geroux
(P. Miller):
Texas Wedge
6th BREEDERs CUP DIRT MILE
Florent Gero
ux (BH. Cox):
Owendale
7th BREEDERS'CUP FILLY & MARE TURF
Pierre-Charles Boudot
(JR. Fanshawe):
Audarya
Flavien Prat
(T. Yatkeen):
Mucho Unusual
Florent Geroux
(K. Attard):
Starship Jubilee
8th BREEDERS'CUP SPRINT
Flavien Prat
(M. Glatt):
Collusion Illusion
Florent Geroux
(PL. Biancone):
Diamond Oops
9th BREEDERS'CUP MILE
Pierre-Charles Boudot
(WJ. Haggas):
One Master
Florent Geroux
(BH. Cox):
Factor This
10th LONGINES BREEDERS'CUP DISTAFF
Flavien Prat
(S. Callaghan):
Harvest Moon
Florent Geroux
(BH. Cox):
Monomoy Girl
11th LONGINES BREEDERS'CUP TURF
Christophe Soumillon
(DK. Weld):
Tanawa
Pierre-Charles Boudot
(AP. O'Brien):
Mogul
Flavien Prat
(RE. Mandella):
United
Umberto Rispoli
(P. D'Amato):
Red King
Florent Geroux
(BH. Cox):
Arklow
Clément Lecoeuvre
(H. Grewe):
Donjah
12th LONGINES BREEDERS'CUP CLASSIC
Flavien Prat
(JW. Sadler):
Higher Power
