Breeders' Cup Marathon top three finishers

This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Breeders' Cup Marathon, a race run on dirt on the first day of the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. It was an ungraded race for its first two editions in 2008 and 2009,[1] became a Grade III race in 2010 and was upgraded to GII status for 2011.[2] On April 25, 2014, the Breeders' Cup announced that the Marathon would be discontinued.[3] The event in 2014 was renamed to the Las Vegas Marathon as an undercard Breeders' Cup stakes races. In 2015 the event was raced under the name The Marathon.

Year
Winner
Second
Third
Starters
2013 London Bridge Blueskiesnrainbows Worldly 10
2012 Calidoscopio Grassy Atigun 13
2011 Afleet Again Birdrun Giant Oak 11
2010 Eldaafer Gabriel's Hill A. U. Miner 12
2009 Man of Iron Cloudy's Knight Mastery 10
2008 Muhannak Church Service Big Booster 8

See also

References

  1. ↑ Six New Grade I Races for 2009 - bloodhorse.com
  2. ↑ Blood Horse: 2011 Graded Stakes: 13 Fewer Than '10
  3. ↑ http://www.paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/breeders-cup-reduces-foal-nomination-fee-eliminates-marathon/
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