Breeders' Cup Classic will determine Flightline's place in racing history
by John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times
Nov 02, 2022
4 minutes
A horse named Flightline might be the most dominant competitor currently in any sport. Of course, because it's horse racing, the average sports fan likely has no idea who he is and what his mark on sports history might be. The name recognition might get a little bump Saturday when he competes in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky.
The Breeders' Cup is the two-day Super Bowl of horse racing with 14 races whose purses total more than $31 million. The event starts Friday with five races, all of them for 2-year-olds.
This is the 39th running of the Breeders' Cup,
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