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2012 Breeders' Cup
Thoroughbred horse racing event
Thoroughbred horse racing event
The 2012 Breeders' Cup World Championships was the 29th edition of the premier event of the North American thoroughbred horse racing year, which took place November 2 and 3 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The winners were bred in the United States except where indicated. The Breeders' Cup is generally regarded as the end of the North American racing season, although a few Grade I events take place in later November and December. The 2012 Breeders' Cup results were highly influential in the Eclipse Award divisional championship voting.
Breeders' Cup Challenge series
Main article: 2012 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
The Breeders' Cup Challenge provides winners of the designated races with an automatic "Win and You're In" Berth in the Breeders' Cup. Races are chosen by the Breeders' Cup organization and included key prep races in the various Breeders' Cup divisions from around the world.
For 2012, the series consisted of 73 races in 10 countries, 52 of which were Grade / Group One events. Forty-five horses entered in the 2012 Breeders' Cup races qualified via the challenge series, including seven of the winners. These were:
- Fort Larned, who qualified for the Classic by winning the Whitney
- Royal Delta, who won both the Delaware Handicap and Beldame to qualify for the Ladies' Classic
- Little Mike, who qualified for the Turf by winning the Arlington Million
- Wise Dan, who won both the Woodbine Mile and Shadwell Turf Mile to quality for the Breeders' Cup Mile
- Groupie Doll, who qualified for the Filly & Mare Sprint by winning the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes
- Shanghai Bobby, who earned his berth in the Juvenile by winning both the Hopeful and Champagne
- Calidoscopio, who qualified for the Marathon by winning the Clasico Belgrano
Results
The highlight of the 2012 event was generally considered to be Wise Dan's victory in the Mile, completed in an "eye-popping" 1:31.78, a new track record.
Game On Dude came into the Classic as the favorite after a brilliant campaign that included wins in the Hollywood Gold Cup and Awesome Again Stakes. A win would likely have earned him Horse of the Year honors but he was sluggish and finished seventh. Longshot Fort Larned won in a front running performance, just holding off Mucho Macho Man at the wire.
Rosie Napravnik became just the second female jockey to win a Breeders' Cup race after guiding Shanghai Bobby to a win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. After the early leader tired, Shanghai Bobby inherited the lead, then lost his concentration and slowed down. He's Had Enough drew even before Shanghai Bobby responded to urging from Napravnik to prevail by a head.
After capturing the Marathon, Calidoscopio became both the oldest horse to ever win a Breeders' Cup race and the first one trained in South America.
The biggest controversy of the 2012 Breeders' Cup related to the use of the anti-bleeding medication Furosemide (Lasix), commonly used in North America but not permitted elsewhere. To move towards international standards, the Breeders' Cup decided to eliminate the use of Lasix in the Juvenile races, with the intention of extending the ban to other races in subsequent years. However, there was considerable push back from a majority of American owners, trainers and bettors, who feared the form of American horses would be disrupted by the withdrawal of the drug. The raceday ban on Lasix would eventually be removed for the 2014 event.
In the 2012 Eclipse Award voting, nine of the eleven flat racing categories were awarded to horses who won at the Breeders' Cup. Wise Dan won three Eclipse Awards (Horse of the Year, Champion Turf Male and Champion Older Male), becoming the first horse since John Henry in 1981 to do so. The other winners were Shanghai Bobby (Champion 2-year-old Male), Beholder (Champion 2-year-old Female), Royal Delta (Champion Older Female), Zagora (Champion Turf Female), Trinniberg (Champion Male Sprinter) and Groupie Doll (Champion Female Sprinter).
Friday
| Race name | Sponsor | Distance/Surface | Restrictions | Purse | Winner (Bred) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juvenile Sprint | 3/4 mi | 2-year-olds | $500,000 | Hightail | |
| Marathon | 1+3/4 mi | 3 yrs+ | $500,000 | Calidoscopio (ARG) | |
| Juvenile Fillies Turf | 1 mile | 2-year-old fillies | $1 million | Flotilla (FRA) | |
| Juvenile Fillies | Grey Goose | 1+1/16 mi | 2-year-old fillies | $2 million | Beholder |
| Filly & Mare Turf | 1+1/4 mi | Fillies & mares | $2 million | Zagora (FRA) | |
| Ladies' Classic | 1+1/8 mi | 3 yrs+ fillies & mares | $2 million | Royal Delta |
Saturday
The Breeders' Cup races were part of a 12 race program with post time at 10:05 am PST for the first race. The post time of the first Breeders' Cup race was 11:51 am PST.{{cite web|title=2011 Breeders' Cup Charts – November 3rd, 2012
| Race Name | Sponsor | Distance/Surface | Restrictions | Purse | Winner (Bred) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juvenile Turf | 1 mile (Turf) | 2-year-old colts & geldings | $1 million | George Vancouver | |
| Filly & Mare Sprint | 7/8 mi | 3 yrs+ fillies & mares | $1 million | Groupie Doll | |
| Dirt Mile | 1 mile (one turn) | 3 yrs+ | $1 million | Tapizar | |
| Turf Sprint | About 6+1/2 mi (Turf) | 3 yrs+ | $1 million | Mizdirection | |
| Juvenile Dirt | Grey Goose | 1+1/16 mi | 2-year-old colts & geldings | $2 million | Shanghai Bobby |
| Turf | 1+1/2 mi (Turf) | 3 yrs+ | $3 million | Little Mike | |
| Dirt Sprint | Xpressbet | 3/4 mi | 3 yrs+ | $1,500,000 | Trinniberg |
| Turf Mile | 1 mile (Turf) | 3 yrs+ | $2 million | Wise Dan | |
| Classic | 1+1/4 mi | 3 yrs+ | $5 million | Fort Larned |
References
References
- "Breeders' Cup makes changes to Challenge schedule – Handicappers' Edge".
- (3 November 2012). "Breeders' Cup 2012, day two — as it happened".
- (November 3, 2012). "2012 Breeders’ Cup: Game on Dude flops while Wise Dan proves worthy of horse of the year".
- (3 November 2012). "Shanghai Bobby and Rosie Napravnik Add Breeders’ Cup Wins to Records".
- "9-Year-Old Calidoscopio Becomes Oldest Horse To Win Breeders Cup Race".
- "Breeders' Cup 2012: Friday results, video replays".
- (November 2, 2012). "2012 Breeders’ Cup: Lasix ban on 2-year-olds distracts from opening day of racing".
- "Lasix to be allowed in all 2014 Breeders' Cup races".
- "2012 Eclipse Award winners".
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