{"id":30081,"date":"2017-09-11T07:26:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T11:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=30081"},"modified":"2017-09-11T07:26:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T11:26:37","slug":"horses-jockeys-participate-saratoga-horse-racing-season-eye-breeders-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2017\/09\/horses-jockeys-participate-saratoga-horse-racing-season-eye-breeders-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Horses, Jockeys, That Participate In Saratoga Horse Racing Season, Eye The Breeders Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30083\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30083 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/09\/breeders-cup-vc-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/09\/breeders-cup-vc-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/09\/breeders-cup-vc-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/09\/breeders-cup-vc.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gun Runner races to an impressive victory in the Woodward Stakes on Sept. 2. Courtesy NYRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By Maureen Werther<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">As thoroughbred racing fans leave the 2017 Saratoga Race Course season behind,the Breeders Cup Association continues to gear up for its own two-day event being held this year in Del Mar racetrack in California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Breeders Cup, slated for Nov. 3 and 4, is the culmination of grade one stakes races held at tracks across the country and around the world. It\u2019s the equivalent of the Super Bowl for the thoroughbred industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Peter Rotondo, vice president of the Breeders\u2019 Cup, was a very busy man during the running of the 2017 Whitney Stakes in Saratoga Springs. The race became part of the Breeders\u2019 Cup Challenge series in 2007. The race winner\u2014Gun Runner this year\u2014gets an automatic bid to the racing\u2019s big event in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Rotondo\u2019s activities in and around the track<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>continued throughout the course of the meet, with appearances on panel groups and sponsorship of Equestricon, the first trade show of its kind in the world of thoroughbred racing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Rotondo said when people think of the Breeders\u2019 Cup, they usually think of just one race, the Classic, which is has a $6 million purse and is the marquis event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><!--more-->But the Breeders\u2019 Cup is a 13-race event, whose entries are winners of 81 different Grade One races run around the world. Horses that run in Saratoga, as well as many of the jockeys who work at the local track each summer, appear routinely at the Breeders Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Whitney became one of those 81 races for the first time in 2007 and Rotondo said that NYRA and the Breeders\u2019 Cup Association have a great and continually growing relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThere are a lot of horses here in Saratoga that will be running in November in Del Mar \u2013 not just in the 1\u00bc mile Classic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Keen Ice is one of those horses and Rotondo said that his trainer\u2019s main goal will be to get Keen Ice into that rarified air. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Saratoga is fertile ground for other possible Breeders\u2019 Cup contenders, with winners of the Jim Dandy, Whitney and Travers becoming contenders for post positions against winners from Dubai, Ireland and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Breeders\u2019 Cup will have the red carpet rolled out and lined with celebrities, extraordinary events and an open wallet in November. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Entry fees for the Classic are $50 thousand, and Breeders\u2019 Cup Association will pick up that tab for Gun Runner, winner of this year\u2019s Whitney.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The horse also won the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga on Sept. 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">According to Rotondo, in total, Breeders\u2019 Cup Association will spend $3 million in entry fees for the challenge in November. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maureen Werther As thoroughbred racing fans leave the 2017 Saratoga Race Course season behind,the Breeders Cup Association continues to gear up for its own two-day event being held this year in Del Mar racetrack in California. 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