The Day After
“Demonstrating the kind of decisive superiority seldom seen at the highest level of thoroughbred racing, Ghostzapper thrashed the $4 million Breeders Cup Classic yesterday to stamp himself not only the best horse in America but maybe the whole universe. He was, in a word, stupendous!” (New York Post)
More: Ghostzapper’s performance leaves “no doubt as to Horse of the Year” (Daily Racing Form); trainer Bobby Frankel “gets bonus points for his ability to strategize” (Times Union); and Ghostzapper was the best horse in the Classic but, “Is he better than Smarty Jones?” (Boston Globe)
Related: It wouldn’t be a Breeders’ Cup without a few surprises. British shipper Wilko shocked in the Juvenile (LA Times); the “unheralded gelding” from Maryland Better Talk Now held off favorite Kitten’s Joy in the Turf (ESPN); and trainer Todd Pletcher gets not one, but two wins in the Breeders’ Cup (New York Times)
Complete results (Equibase)
Watch the races (MSNBC)
