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The Greatest Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (Distaff) of Them All

Immortality does not come easy, it has to be earned, and Personal Ensign had never been tested like this before...Read More

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travel_vic · I sent wagrs with friends and told them the one SURE bet of the day was in the Distaff. I was not wrong, but was barely right. Best damned race since Secretariat's Belmont and I still have the video tape which I dust off and show people how exciting the game can really really be. · 225 days ago ·

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PattieMulderig · After 24 years and watching it countless times, I still expect PE to get beaten a nose and am continually amazed that she gets up to win. This race gives me chills every time I watch it! · 225 days ago ·

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travel_vic · All those surgical screws in her hind leg too......Simply amamzing. · 225 days ago ·

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travel_vic · If you watch all the races that day, NOTHING moved up from the 1 or two path all day except in the sprint. Easy Goer languished near the rail, Forty Niner fell back on the rail and Personal Ensign rallied from the 4 or 5 path. Poor old gal on the lead. What an abused animal who left the track totally beaten in spirit and ability once the butcher was through with her. · 225 days ago ·

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AndyScoggin · I remember watching that race from the clubhouse restaurant at Philadelphia Park. Once the race began, I was convinced that there was no way that Personal Ensign was going to catch WInning Colors. But she dug in, and on pure grit got herself up at the wire. It was unbelievable and amazing! Way to go Zipse, going back to 1988 to select the best Distaff of them all! · 225 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Personal Ensign beat males that year too · 225 days ago ·

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Dressage3295 · Best Breeder's Cup Race by far. I was in the stands screaming her home- my throat was sore for days. I love the last line by the way, you couldn't have end it any better! · 225 days ago ·

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MichaelHarris · Great article, Brian. I tapped out on Winning Colors to win, and keyed her over Goodbye Halo and Personal Ensign in the exacta and trifecta. I've never been so sure of a big payoff at the eighth pole only to have it snatched away from me. But it was hard to feel bad after witnessing such an awesome and historic performance. · 225 days ago ·

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FadiHosn · The Derby winner was loose on the lead and my eyes were at the back of the pack waiting for Personal Ensign to make her move. I also remember Randy Romero after the race saying "I always dreamed of having her undefeated, glad it is over". Beautiful memories, but hard to believe it has been that long. · 225 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Poor Romero. His life has been upside down since then needing a kidney transplant. A very talented rider as was his friend and comteporary Shane Sellers. Going without food for so long must make some people change and not for the better either. · 225 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Grooms told me that when Winning Colors came there to be bred she was one of the most "studdish" females they had eve seen and the fact she did not "catch" for a year compounded thier belief that she arrived full of remnant male steroids. · 225 days ago ·

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Mike in SB · The next Breeders Cup will be my 27th, I missed the ones in 1985 and 1990, but of all the Cups I have seen this one had the best overall fields. In addition to the races you mentioned, the Turf was a great race with the tough gelding Great Communicator coming back after being passed in the stretch to win, beating Sunshine Forever and a good group of European horses. The Distaff was the best though and Personal Ensign deserves to be ranked with the greatest fillies and mares to ever race. · 225 days ago ·

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AnnaK · A great read, great comments, and even for us who only ever saw it on youtube, that race has worn grooves in our brains. SUCH an amazing thriller. · 224 days ago ·

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ScottDick · These are the moments when I wish my parents were in the business or at least followed racing when I was kid. I live in the history now along with the present. I love watching the replay of this race and the stories that come with it.. Amazing pair a fillies that threw down on that special day! · 224 days ago ·

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HeatherSeiden · Beautifully recounted, Brian... what a champion she was. There are moments in Breeders Cup history that will live forever, and this is one of them. · 224 days ago ·

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CauseForConcern · Beautifully written, Brian. I recall the gamut of emotions: Sorrow-during the running of the race when you think that this is the day she's beaten, during the race; pity-when she comes into the straightaway, only then beginning her kick, and you realize that she's trying to finish the race with heart; doubt-when her kick is too futile,with the track conditions being what they are. Too much, too little, too late. possibility?-when it dawns on you that she's making up huge amounts of ground. My eyes fixate on her, wondering where the finish line is(since Churchill has the largest stretch run), and as I watch, simultaneously she draws even, there's the finish line, and SHE'S UP!!!! SHE DID IT!!! SHE DID IT!!!! What a scintillating stretch run!!! Tom Durken could've used his patented "It's a heart-pounding, pulsating, stretch drive!!!" It was a classic moment that will go down in the annals of history. · 224 days ago ·

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Bluegrass · Awesome article. Excellently written. Perfect ending - in the writing and in the race. Very well done! · 224 days ago ·

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Capper · Great description of a race that will always stick out in my mind. This was about the time that my father was introducing me to the game & I clearly recall watching this with him & his friends at the old Ak-sar-ben race course. · 224 days ago ·

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rafirox · Awesome article!!! I'm going to re watch that race now! · 224 days ago ·

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forego139 · No question one of the best B.C. memories, excellent article. · 223 days ago ·

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airedale2008 · Personal Ensign proved what a champion she was that day. Daughter My Flag won the 1995 BC Juvenile Fillies race reminiscent of her mother’s historic run. My Flag’s daughter Storm Flag Flying won the 2002 BC Fillies to make it three generations of Breeders Cup winners, all trained by Shug McGauhey. · 222 days ago ·

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