Updates from Del Mar with the Classic at 12.35am GMTTalking Horses: Greg Wood’s day two preview[br]O’Brien extends record as Mendelssohn wins on day one 6.52pm GMTBut enough of the frippery,the serious business of the Breeders Cup main card is approximately to start. It’s 10 minutes to post for the Juvenile Fillies, for which Moonshine Memories is currently favourite ahead of Heavenly Love and Separationofpowers. Here’s some vids of those three in action: 6.49pm GMTDel Mar also staged a notorious match race between Seabiscuit and Ligaroti in 1938, or which was the first horse race to be broadcast on national radio in the US (Seabiscuit won by a nose). And more recently,it has staged two more matches: a Battle of the Sexes between jockeys Pat Valenzuela and Julie Krone, and a Battle of the Exes between Mike Smith and Chantal Sutherland. Poster advertising Battle of the Sexes match race at Del Mar: Pat Valenzuela vs Julie Krone pic.twitter.com/KOyKlMgwfNAnd a poster for the Battles of the Exes, or Mike Smith vs Chantal Sutherland,that followed a few years later. pic.twitter.com/usrIEfUHJuContinue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk