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Mongolian Groom suffered a severe injury to his left hind leg during the stretch run and was later euthanized. Santa Anita had instigated a number of changes to enhance equine safety after a troubling number of deaths during its winter/spring meeting. "It's something we were all very concerned about
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War of Will went to the early lead and set moderate fractions, pressed by Mongolian Groom and McKinzie, who had to check strides a few times along the rail. Vino Rosso was a few lengths further back in fourth, then began his move on the far turn while racing three wide. McKinzie had also started his
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Pletcher felt that the colt's earlier win in the Gold Cup at Santa Anita, run over the same course and distance, was pivotal to his success in the Classic. "It gave us confidence that the horse handled the track", he said. "We had a blueprint in place that worked. So we tried to follow that pattern
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The 2019 Classic was considered to be wide open, given that the major races in the division for both three-year-olds and older male horses were split between many contenders. The favorite was
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drive, moving to the lead at the head of the stretch. Vino Rosso gradually closed the gap to McKinzie, then pulled away in the final sixteenth of a mile to win by
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Pre-entries for the 2019 Classic were announced on October 21 with the post position draw held on October 28.
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The Classic is run on dirt at one mile and one-quarter (approximately 2000 m). It is run under
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It was the first Breeders' Cup Classic win for all of Vino Rosso's connections: co-owners
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coming in", said Pletcher. "I think everyone took every possible precautionary measure."
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attempted to become just the second female horse to win the race, the other being
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Owendale – winner of the Ohio and Oklahoma Derbies, third in the Preakness Stakes
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World Thoroughbred Championships program. It was run on November 2, 2019 at
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Splits for each quarter-mile: (23.09) (24.07) (23.55) (25.64) (26.45)
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Mongolian Groom – winner of the Awesome Again, defeating McKinzie
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The race was broadcast on NBC with a post time of 5:44 PM
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conditions, with entrants carrying the following weights:
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Yoshida – second in the Whitney, third in the Woodward
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Index

Breeders' Cup Classic
Santa Anita Park
Vino Rosso
Jockey
Trainer
Repole Stable
St. Elias Stable
Conditions
2018
2020
Breeders' Cup Classic
2019 Breeders' Cup
Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California
Vino Rosso
weight-for-age
Pacific Daylight Time
McKinzie
Whitney Handicap
Code of Honor
Travers Stakes
Jockey Club Gold Cup
Elate
Zenyatta
2009
Vino Rosso
Gold Cup at Santa Anita
Pacific Classic
War of Will
2019 Preakness Stakes

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