Drosselmeyer win voted 2011 Moment of the Year
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01/13/2012 -
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - For the third straight year, the running of
the Breeders' Cup Classic has been voted the National Thoroughbred Racing
Association (NTRA) Moment of the Year.
This was the 13th year that horse racing fans have been able to cast votes for
the top event in thoroughbred racing.
Of the 12 nominated events from 2011, Drosselmeyer's longshot victory in the
$5 million Classic garnered the most votes cast. The four-year-old's win over
pacesetter Game On Dude, with Mike Smith riding, received 46 percent of the
online ballots.
The winning selection will be honored at the Eclipse Award ceremony Monday,
January 16 with the "NTRA Moment of the Year" award.
The previous two winning "Moments" were the thrilling Breeders' Cup Classics
involving Zenyatta. She won in 2009 and barely lost to Blame the following
year.
Here are the remaining nominated moments with percentages:
- Game on Dude and Chantal Sutherland survive 10 furlongs and a 12-minute
stewards' inquiry in capturing the Santa Anita Handicap. (three percent)
- Rosie Napravnik guides Pants on Fire to victory in the Louisiana Derby en
route to becoming the first woman to win a Fair Grounds riding title.
(one percent)
- Uncle Mo suffers his first defeat, running third behind Toby's Corner in
Aqueduct's Wood Memorial. (one percent)
- Animal Kingdom runs down his foes in the Kentucky Derby. (five percent)
- Shackleford overcomes pre-race nervousness to hold off Animal Kingdom in the
Preakness. (two percent)
- Blind Luck prevails by a nose over Havre de Grace following a stretch-long
duel in the Delaware Handicap. (14 percent)
- Caleb's Posse catches a stubborn Uncle Mo in the King's Bishop Stakes at
Saratoga. (two percent)
- Havre de Grace beats the boys in Saratoga's Woodward Stakes. (nine percent)
- Joseph O'Brien, 18, becomes the youngest jockey to win a Breeders' Cup race,
piloting St. Nicholas Abbey to victory in the Breeders' Cup Turf for his
father, Aidan O'Brien. (six percent)
- Court Vision spoils Goldikova's attempt at a fourth consecutive Breeders'
Cup Mile win, upsetting the field at 64-1. (two percent)
- Rapid Redux breaks a North American record by winning his 20th consecutive
race. (nine percent)
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