New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Horse of the Year Wise Dan won his second straight Breeders’ Cup Mile on Saturday allowing him to finish in first-place in the final 2013 NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll.<\/p>\n
Trained by Charles LoPresti and owned by Morton Fink, Wise Dan secured 53 of 56 possible first-place votes and finished with a leading 548 points. The 6- year-old gelding can become the first Horse of the Year in consecutive seasons since Curlin in 2007-08.<\/p>\n
Breeders’ Cup Classic champ Mucho Macho Man climbed from seventh to second in the final poll with two top votes and 473 points.<\/p>\n
“I’m happier for my horse,” trained Kathy Ritvo said after Mucho Macho Man’s nose victory. “When Gary (jockey Gary Stevens) waved the stick, I figured he won. He is a good horse.”<\/p>\n
Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Beholder claimed the third spot with 369 points. Last year’s champion 2-year-old filly followed winning the 2012 Juvenile Fillies by defeating two-time race winner Royal Delta and Alabama champ Princess of Sylmar in Friday’s $2 million Distaff.<\/p>\n
Classic runner-up Will Take Charge moved up four spots to fourth after just missing in Saturday night’s $5 million stakes. The 3-year-old colt received one first-place vote and 365 points and becomes the favorite to win the Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old colt.<\/p>\n
Defeated Classic favorite Game On Dude finished ninth Saturday and fell from first to fifth in the poll. The 6-year-old gelding, trained by Bob Baffert, was this year’s 17-10 favorite in the 11-horse field one year after finishing seventh as the 3-10 top choice. Two years ago he was second to Drosselmeyer in the 1 1\/4-mile Classic.<\/p>\n
Groupie Doll won her second consecutive Filly & Mare Sprint to get seventh- place in the voting. The 5-year-old mare, co-owned by trainer Buff Bradley, received 131 points.<\/p>\n
“She’s never run a bad race for me and you know what you’re going to get with her. I always ride her knowing she’s the champion,” said the mare’s jockey Rajiv Maragh.<\/p>\n
Coming in eighth is Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner Dank. The European horse picked up 116 points.<\/p>\n
Reigning female champion Royal Delta dropped five rungs to ninth after a disappointing fourth in the Distaff. Trained by Bill Mott, the 5-year-old mare received 102 points.<\/p>\n
Rounding out the top 10 is two-time Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Mizdirection. The 5-year-old mare garnered 91 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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