The winners' names are in the book and the protagonists are heading home or into retirement. But the Breeders' Cup will be back at Churchill Downs in 2011, so these are a few final thoughts about this year's meeting that may be worth recalling when the show rolls into Louisville again this time next year.
The turf course at Churchill rewards smart jockeys. It was the speed of the ground that attracted all the attention in the run-up to the meeting, thanks to the uncertainty over Workforce and whether or not he would run in the Turf. Come raceday, though, it was the tight turns – "coffin turns", as the locals like to call them – that proved more of a problem.
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