For more than 30 years, the equestrian community of our country has brought horses from all worlds (and distances) to converge at a fabulous race track every year on the cusp of October to November. The Breeder’s Cup races have grown from a specialized meet for relatively few entries of the sport of horse racing to the mass festival it now has become–a spectacle equal to the Kentucky Derby and its ilk!
Comes now American Pharoah (misspelled purposely), hero of this year’s Triple Crown: The Derby, The Preakness and The Belmont. When this issue hits the street, the Breeder’s Cup will have been run. My pre-race and pre-issue prediction: Pharoah and jockey Victor Espinosa prevail at the outrageous odds of 5:1. Second-place finisher? Impossible to say. But, the champion’s new ownership syndicate will easily be able to put “The New Secretariat” out to stud for well more than $1.5 million!
