Breeders’ Cup Classic
Death Overshadows Upset of Bernardini in the Breeders’ Cup

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Pine Island broke down in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff race and had to be euthanized. The jockey Javier Castellano later rode in the Classic.
By JOE DRAPE
Published: November 5, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov.4 — This was supposed to be the coronation of Bernardini, the sensational 3-year-old who had picked up where the Kentucky Derby winner, Barbaro, had left off after fracturing his right hind leg in the opening yards of the Preakness Stakes.

The $5 million Classic was also supposed to crown Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Bernardini’s owner and the ruler of Dubai, as one of America’s most formidable breeding and racing operations.
Instead, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships yesterday reminded the nation of Barbaro once again, when the two co-favorites in the $2 million Distaff broke down, and one of them, Pine Island, had to be euthanized. In a strange coincidence, the winner in the Distaff, Round Pond, was conditioned by Michael Matz and ridden by Edgar Prado, Barbaro’s trainer and jockey.

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