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Breeders' Cup: Celebrating 40 Years of the Breeders' Cup
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3/19/2025
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The American Horse of the Year and the Arc Winner are heads apart with a fair long to
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go in the Classic.
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On the outside Saki, Tisnow fights on.
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Here's the wire.
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Desperately close.
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Tisnow wins it for America.
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Zenyatta coming flying on the grandstand side.
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Gio Conti on the inside.
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Summer Bird is right there.
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This is unbelievable.
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Zenyatta.
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What a performance.
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One we'll never forget.
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Behold the Red Song Bird.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tissow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisaw.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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Tisnow.
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The Breeders' Cup 40 project began as a special tribute, looking back at 40 individual
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winners in the 40 days leading up the 40th anniversary of Racing's Championship Day.
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It grew into more than that.
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Of course, it's beyond wonderful to reawaken the excitement of those championship wins
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and revisit these amazing horses today through brand new photos.
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We thought we would simply catch up with these Breeders' Cup horses through some gorgeous
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images, but it really ended up as a celebration of how these living champions have impacted
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the lives of the people who care for them.
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What we have learned is that although each race each year has just one winner, well except
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for that dead heat in the 2003 turf, so many people go along for the ride.
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It's impossible to count how many people each individual horse touches, whether it's someone
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like Vicki Van Camp at Darley, who sneaks mid-shipment apple slices, or Price Bell at
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Mill Ridge, who shared how much a winner inspired a tour guest from his childhood cancer hospital
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bed, or Larry McGinnis at Windstar, whose affection for Tisnow is palpable, or Veronica
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Reed at Three Chimneys, who so eloquently said Gunrunner reminds us that this industry
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is about the horse.
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What became clear throughout this project is it's not just the public faces associated
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with these horses when they win the Breeders' Cup who are impacted, it's all the people
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ever associated with a Breeders' Cup winner.
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From the foaling person who helps pull them out of their dam, to the exercise rider on
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the racetrack, to the grooms and handlers and watchmen and administrative staff who
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care for them today, and even their fans.
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Often we have fixed images in our minds of these horses during their racing days, when
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they're at peak fitness, in racing shape, and young and fiery, but as the years pass,
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the stallions fill out, the broodmares get permanent bellies, the greys become white,
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and quiet time on the farm often mellows even the fiercest of competitors.
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Knowing nothing but a lifetime of top care, these horses positively glow with good health,
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the assurance of having every need met, and the confidence they are champions.
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What struck us as we saw each horse and spoke with their connections, is the love and adoration
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each one has inspired.
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It is often said that a rising tide lifts all boats, well that's what these Breeders'
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Cup winning horses are, an unstoppable swell that elevates everyone around them.
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This 40 years and 40 days of Breeders' Cup Winners project may have started as a way
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to celebrate Breeders' Cup horses, but it's also about how the lives of all the people
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connected with a Breeders' Cup winner are impacted by these remarkable horses.
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We've seen that in the memories connections have shared with us that we've published alongside
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their photos, and we can see that in the pride their handlers take when presenting them for
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photos.
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We're so thrilled we were able to showcase more than 40 former Breeders' Cup winners
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in the TDN in the 40 days leading up to this year's event.
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It was through the lens of photographer Sarah Andrew that we all got the privilege of seeing
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this tremendous collection of Breeders' Cup winners as they appear today.
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We hope you've enjoyed seeing them as much as we've enjoyed sharing them.
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More Breeders' Cup winners will be added to racing's annals this year.
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In the meantime, as we appreciate these magnificent athletes, may they also remind us of the hard
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working people behind them, and how lucky we all are to love these horses and this sport.
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