Breeders' Cup Memories: 2015 Breeders' Cup Classic

Thursday, October 25, 2018 | 4:41 pm

Updated: October 25, 2018 at 5:52 pm

By Daithi Harvey

AMERICAN PHAROAH Breeders' Cup Classic Gr I Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky October 31, 2015 Race #11 Purse $5,000,000 1-1/4 Miles 2:00.07 Zayat Stables, LLC, Owner Bob Baffert, Trainer Victor Espinoza, Jockey Effinex (2nd) Honor Code (3rd) $3.40 $3.00 $2.40 Order of Finish - 4, 6, 9, 2 Please Give Photo Credit To: / Coady Photography

I am very much hoping that this week will be my favourite Breeders' Cup, but up to now the one that resonates most with me is the 2015 GI Breeders' Cup Classic (video), when American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) put a crown on his fantastic racing career. I was fortunate enough to be in Keeneland to witness the event and the roars from the stands when he raced clear up the straight were deafening but memorable. The crowd really appreciated that they were witnessing an exceptional Classic winner and for the Triple Crown hero to regain his winning ways on the back of a tough defeat in the GI Travers S. was to me something special.