Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile 2021
Saturday, Nov 6, 2021 − Del Mar
$1 million; 1 mile; 3-year-olds and up
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile 2021
- Breeders' Cup Classic 2021
- Breeders' Cup Turf 2021
- Breeders' Cup Distaff 2021
- Breeders' Cup Mile 2021
- Breeders' Cup Sprint 2021
- Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf 2021
- Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint 2021
- Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint 2021
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile 2021
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies 2021
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf 2021
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf 2021
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint 2021
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2021 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile: Life Is Good was 'what we expected,' Pletcher says
Jay Privman Nov 7, 2021
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2021 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile: Life Is Good runs away from them
Jay Privman Nov 6, 2021
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2021 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile: Life Is Good will put brilliance on display
Jay Privman Nov 4, 2021
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2021 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile: Mind Control spikes temperature, won't enter
Jay Privman Nov 1, 2021
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2021 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile: Silver State works half-mile
Jay Privman Oct 31, 2021
Field
Comments and odds by Brad Free
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Post
Horse/
Best Beyer
Trainer/
Jockey
1
Silver State
104
Steve Asmussen
Ricardo Santana, Jr.
3-1
Trainer:
Steve Asmussen
Jockey:
Ricardo Santana, Jr.
Met Mile winner can do two turns, blew the break and lost his punch deep stretch in final prep, certainly will rally late
2
Pingxiang
Hideyuki Mori
Yuga Kawada
20-1
Trainer:
Hideyuki Mori
Jockey:
Yuga Kawada
Japan shipper first start in four months, runs well fresh, remains unproven vs. top-class company
3
Ginobili
104
Richard Baltas
Drayden Van Dyke
4-1
Trainer:
Richard Baltas
Jockey:
Drayden Van Dyke
Horse-for-course at DMR crushed N1X dirt mile with 104 Beyer followed by G2 sprint win, blazing works at training center
4
Jasper Prince
66
Hideyuki Mori
Yuichi Fukunaga
30-1
Trainer:
Hideyuki Mori
Jockey:
Yuichi Fukunaga
Japan shipper finished last in 2020 BC Sprint, recently won 16-runner stakes, faces tall order
5
Life Is Good
107
Todd Pletcher
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
1-1
Trainer:
Todd Pletcher
Jockey:
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
Only a head away from undefeated, 3yo graded stakes-winning front-runner was favored all five starts, just no telling how good
6
Restrainedvengence
103
Val Brinkerhoff
Edwin Maldonado
20-1
Trainer:
Val Brinkerhoff
Jockey:
Edwin Maldonado
Multi-surface 10-time winner closing in on millionaire status, faces toughest field of career, always gives his best
7
Snapper Sinclair
104
Steve Asmussen
Joel Rosario
10-1
Trainer:
Steve Asmussen
Jockey:
Joel Rosario
Admirable veteran earned $1.8 million running short-long, turf-dirt-synthetic, as consistent and durable as they come
8
Eight Rings
98
Bob Baffert
Juan Hernandez
10-1
Trainer:
Bob Baffert
Jockey:
Juan Hernandez
Into deep end after confidence-building N2X win setting slow pace vs. three rivals, G1-placed in DMR summer sprint
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Challenge Series schedule
Date
Race / Track / Distance
Winner / Beyer
Saturday,
Jun. 5, 2021
Metropolitan HandicapBelmont, 1 mile
Winner:
Silver State
Beyer:
100
Silver State100
Silver State100
Saturday,
Aug. 28, 2021
Pat O'BrienDel Mar, 7 furlongs
Winner:
Ginobili
Beyer:
102
Ginobili102
Ginobili102
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile News
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