Legends of the Track: Enable, 8 facts about the fabulous filly - "And Arazi runs right by him!" - Angel Cordero Jr

Thursday Edition - March 7th, 2024 (Edition 23)

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Mar 07, 2024

IN TODAY’S EMAIL

Horse of the Day: Enable (UK) – 8 facts about the fabulous filly.
Classic Races: Arazi (Fr) - "And Arazi runs right by him!"
Legends of the Sport: Angel Cordero Jr (Puerto Rico)

HORSE OF THE DAY

Enable (UK)

Enable – 8 facts about the fabulous filly!

How much do you know about the wonder mare Enable? We’ve uncovered a few random facts about the superstar that may surprise you.

1) Enable won 11 Group 1 races throughout her career that’s one more the legendary Frankel.

2) Her career prize money totals at £10.7 million which puts her as third in the highest earning mares of all-time (Gentildonna second and Winx first).

3) When Enable and Frankie Dettori won their first Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 2017, Dettori broke the record number of wins in the race for a jockey with five.

4) Although she’s synonymous with Frankie Dettori, she was ridden by Robert Havlin and William Buick in her first two starts.

Read the full article on GreatBritishRacing.com

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Watch ENABLE win the Longines Turf Breeders' Cup 2018

Enable becomes the first horse in history to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Breeders' Cup Turf in the same season as Frankie Dettori beats Ryan Moore on Magical in a classic race.

Arazi (Fr)

Arazi wins the 1991 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs

The chestnut with three white socks and a recognizable crooked blaze produced a memorable display in the Juvenile (G1) at Churchill Downs in 1991, capping an eight-race campaign at 2 with seven wins.

Commentator Tom Durkin called "And Arazi runs right by him!" in almost disbelief as the champion 2-year-old breezed by main rival Bertrando on the turn into the home straight on his way to a five-length rout.

When owner Allen Paulson, who sold a 50% share in Arazi to Sheikh Mohammed for $9 million, was asked whether the then 2-year-old was the best horse he had ever owned, he said: "Arazi is not just the best horse I have ever owned—he's the best horse anyone has ever owned."

Trained by Francois Boutin, Arazi landed three other top-level wins in France as a juvenile in the Prix Morny Agence Francaise (G1), Prix de la Salamandre (G1), and the Ciga Grand Criterium (G1) and was the first winner of the Cartier Horse of the Year award that year.

Arazi never quite scaled such heights at 3, winning at a group 2 and listed level, finishing fifth in the St. James's Palace Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot and down the field in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T).

Brief Truce won the St. James's Palace in 1992 and the pair were eventually reunited at Stockwell Thoroughbreds on the outskirts of Melbourne, with Arazi arriving after stints at stud in England, the United States, Japan, and Switzerland.

Read the full article at Bloodhorse.com

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"And Arazi runs right by him!"

Watch Arazi run away from the field to take the 1991 Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

LEGENDS OF THE SPORT

Angel Cordero, Jr. (Puerto Rico)

fierce competitor and one of the most popular figures in the history of thoroughbred racing, Angel Cordero, Jr. won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 1982 and 1983.

A fierce competitor and one of the most popular figures in the history of thoroughbred racing, Angel Cordero, Jr. won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 1982 and 1983.

A winner of six Triple Crown races — including three editions of the Kentucky Derby — Cordero came to the United States from his native Puerto Rico in 1962, and after early struggles went on to become North America’s leading rider in earnings three times (1976, 1982, 1983) and finished his career with 7,057 wins. He led all North American riders in wins in 1968.

Cordero won the Kentucky Derby with Cannonade (1974), Bold Forbes (1976), and Spend a Buck (1985); the Preakness with Codex (1980) and Gate Dancer (1984); and the Belmont with Bold Forbes (1976). He won four Breeders’ Cup races and was tremendously successful at Saratoga, where he won 14 riding titles and became known as the “King of Saratoga.”

Read the Full Article at the racingmuseum.org

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Watch the controversial 1980 Preakness Stakes: Angel Cordero Jr wins on board Codex