2017 Breeders' Cup, the Glossary
The 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships was the 34th edition of the premier event of the North American thoroughbred horse racing year.[1]
Table of Contents
49 relations: Abel Tasman (horse), Aidan O'Brien, Anabolic steroid, Arrogate, Beholder (horse), Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Breeders' Cup Classic, Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Breeders' Cup Distaff, Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, Breeders' Cup Mile, Breeders' Cup Sprint, Breeders' Cup Turf, Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, Chad Brown (horse trainer), Churchill Downs, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, California, Drefong, Eclipse Award, Forever Unbridled, Godolphin (racing), Good Magic, Graded stakes race, Gun Runner (horse), Highland Reel, Javier Castellano, John R. Velazquez, Lady Eli, Mendelssohn (horse), Mickael Barzalona, NBC, NBC Sports, Oscar Performance, Pacific Classic Stakes, Peter Miller (horse trainer), Roy H, Santa Anita Park, Stormy Liberal, Talismanic, Thoroughbred racing, William Buick, World Approval.
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Abel Tasman (horse)
Abel Tasman (foaled March 12, 2014) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse. After finishing fifth in her first start at age two, she won her next three races including the Starlet Stakes. At age three, she finished second in both the Santa Ysabel and Santa Anita Oaks before winning the Grade I Kentucky Oaks, the female equivalent of the Kentucky Derby.
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Aidan O'Brien
Aidan Patrick O'Brien (born 16 October 1969 in County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish horse racing trainer.
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Anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), are a class of drugs that are structurally related to testosterone, the main male sex hormone, and produce effects by binding to the androgen receptor (AR).
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Arrogate
Arrogate (April 11, 2013June 2, 2020) was a Thoroughbred racehorse.
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Beholder (horse)
Beholder (foaled May 9, 2010) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and multiple Eclipse Award winner.
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Breeders' Cup
The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982.
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Breeders' Cup Challenge
The Breeders' Cup Challenge is a series of Thoroughbred horse races in which the winner earns an automatic spot in a specified Breeders' Cup race. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Challenge are Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders' Cup Classic
The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds and older run at a distance of on dirt. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Classic are Breeders' Cup.
See 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile
The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile is a Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile are Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders' Cup Distaff
The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, three years old and up. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Distaff are Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint
The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint is a 7-furlong (1408 m) Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred fillies and mares three years old and up. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint are Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for fillies and mares, three years old and up. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf are Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Juvenile are Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a -mile thoroughbred horse race on dirt (although the distance has varied, depending on the configuration of the host track) for two-year-old fillies run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships in early November. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies are Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf is a one-mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred fillies two years old. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf are Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses, run on a grass course at a distance of one mile. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf are Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders' Cup Mile
The Breeders' Cup Mile is a Grade 1 Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up, run on a grass course. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Mile are Breeders' Cup.
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Breeders' Cup Sprint
The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Sprint are Breeders' Cup.
See 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Sprint
Breeders' Cup Turf
The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Turf are Breeders' Cup.
See 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Turf
Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
The Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint is a Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint are Breeders' Cup.
See 2017 Breeders' Cup and Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
Chad Brown (horse trainer)
Chad C. Brown (born December 18, 1978) is an American racehorse trainer.
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Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby.
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Del Mar Fairgrounds
The Del Mar Fairgrounds is an event venue in Del Mar, California. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Del Mar Fairgrounds are del Mar Racetrack.
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Del Mar, California
Del Mar (Spanish for "Of the Sea") is a beach town in San Diego County, California, located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
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Drefong
Drefong (foaled February 19, 2013) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who was named the American Champion Sprint Horse at age three after winning the King's Bishop Stakes and Breeders' Cup Sprint.
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Eclipse Award
The Eclipse Award is an American Thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th-century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse.
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Forever Unbridled
Forever Unbridled (foaled April 24, 2012) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who was named the Champion Older Mare of 2017 after winning the Fleur de Lis Handicap, Personal Ensign Stakes and Breeders' Cup Distaff.
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Godolphin (racing)
Godolphin (Arabic: جودولفين) is the Maktoum family's private Thoroughbred horseracing stable and was named in honour of the Godolphin Arabian, who came from the desert to become one of the three founding stallions of the modern Thoroughbred.
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Good Magic
Good Magic (foaled March 1, 2015) is a retired Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse.
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Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a thoroughbred horse race in the United States that meets the criteria of the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA).
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Gun Runner (horse)
Gun Runner (foaled March 8, 2013) is a US Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2017 American Horse of the Year after winning four Grade I races at age four.
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Highland Reel
Highland Reel (foaled 21 February 2012) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse.
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Javier Castellano
Javier Castellano (born October 23, 1977) is a Venezuelan jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.
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John R. Velazquez
John R. Velazquez (born November 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.
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Lady Eli
Lady Eli (foaled February 2, 2012 in Kentucky) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse who was named the American Champion Female Turf Horse of 2017.
See 2017 Breeders' Cup and Lady Eli
Mendelssohn (horse)
Mendelssohn (foaled 17 May 2015) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2017 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf and 2018 UAE Derby by over 18 lengths.
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Mickael Barzalona
Mickaël Barzalona (born 3 August 1991 in Avignon, France) is a French-born Thoroughbred horse racing jockey, who is the retained jockey in France for Godolphin.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
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NBC Sports
NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast.
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Oscar Performance
Oscar Performance (foaled April 6, 2014) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at age two.
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Pacific Classic Stakes
The Pacific Classic Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older over a distance of one and one quarter miles on the dirt track scheduled annually in August or September at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. 2017 Breeders' Cup and Pacific Classic Stakes are del Mar Racetrack.
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Peter Miller (horse trainer)
Peter L. Miller (born October 2, 1966) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who is best known for back-to-back double wins at the Breeders' Cup in 2017 and 2018.
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Roy H
Roy H (foaled April 22, 2012) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who is the two time winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
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Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States.
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Stormy Liberal
Stormy Liberal (foaled April 12, 2012) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse.
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Talismanic
Talismanic (foaled February 28, 2013) is a retired British-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who achieved his greatest success in America in the 2017 Breeders' Cup Turf.
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Thoroughbred racing
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses.
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William Buick
William Buick (born 22 July 1988) is a Norwegian-British flat jockey.
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World Approval
World Approval (foaled February 23, 2012) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2017 Breeders' Cup Mile.
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See also
2017 in horse racing
- 2017 Belmont Stakes
- 2017 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
- 2017 Breeders' Cup
- 2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
- 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic
- 2017 Champion Hurdle
- 2017 Cheltenham Gold Cup
- 2017 Dubai World Cup
- 2017 Epsom Derby
- 2017 Grand National
- 2017 Kentucky Derby
- 2017 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
- 2017 Melbourne Cup
- 2017 New Zealand Derby
- 2017 Preakness Stakes
- 2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
- 2017 Road to the Kentucky Derby
- 2017 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- 2017 World's Best Racehorse Rankings
- British Flat Jockeys Championship 2017
Del Mar Racetrack
- 2017 Breeders' Cup
- 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic
- 2021 Breeders' Cup
- Best Pal Stakes
- Bing Crosby Stakes
- Bob Hope Stakes
- Cabrillo Handicap
- Cecil B. DeMille Stakes
- Clement L. Hirsch Stakes
- Cougar II Stakes
- Del Mar Antique Show
- Del Mar Debutante Stakes
- Del Mar Derby
- Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Del Mar Futurity
- Del Mar Handicap
- Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes
- Del Mar Mile Stakes
- Del Mar Oaks
- Desi Arnaz Stakes
- Eddie Read Stakes
- Graduation Stakes
- Hollywood Derby
- Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes
- Jimmy Durante Stakes
- John C. Mabee Stakes
- Junior Miss Stakes
- La Jolla Handicap
- Native Diver Stakes
- Oceanside Stakes
- Osunitas Stakes
- Pacific Classic Stakes
- Pat O'Brien Stakes
- Rancho Bernardo Handicap
- Red Carpet Stakes
- San Clemente Stakes
- San Diego Handicap
- Seabiscuit Handicap
- Shared Belief Stakes
- Sorrento Stakes
- Torrey Pines Stakes
- Wickerr Stakes
- Windy Sands Handicap
- Yellow Ribbon Handicap
November 2017 sports events in the United States
- 2017 AAA Texas 500
- 2017 ACC men's soccer tournament
- 2017 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
- 2017 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
- 2017 Big Ten men's soccer tournament
- 2017 Breeders' Cup
- 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic
- 2017 CME Group Tour Championship
- 2017 Can-Am 500
- 2017 Conference USA men's soccer tournament
- 2017 Ford EcoBoost 200
- 2017 Ford EcoBoost 300
- 2017 Ford EcoBoost 400
- 2017 Great Alaska Shootout
- 2017 Hawaii Tennis Open
- 2017 JAG Metals 350
- 2017 Lucas Oil 150
- 2017 NCAA Division I cross country championships
- 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
- 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament
- 2017 NCAA Division III cross country championships
- 2017 New York City Marathon
- 2017 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300
- 2017 Overwatch World Cup
- 2017 Skate America
- 2017 Summit League men's soccer tournament
- 2017 Ticket Galaxy 200
- 2017 United States Olympic curling trials
- 2017 World Series
- 2017 World Weightlifting Championships
- Intel Extreme Masters Season XII – Oakland
- Silicon Valley Sevens
- UFC 217
- UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis