*** 2006 Breeders' Cup World Championships Poll ***
 
 Darley Stable?s 3-year-old BERNARDINI finished first in the Dodge Classic
 Division of the Breeders? Cup World Championships Poll in final voting by the
 select panel of journalists and handicappers prior to the Breeders? Cup World
 Championships on November 4 at Churchill Downs.
 
 Bernardini, the likely favorite for the $5 million Breeders? Cup Classic,
 Powered by Dodge - has won the Preakness Stakes, Jim Dandy, Travers and Jockey
 Club Gold Cup this year. STD Racing and Jason Wood?s 5-year-old gelding LAVA
 MAN, undefeated in seven starts this year, finished second in the Classic
 Division for trainer Doug O?Neill.
 
 Juddmonte Farms? CACIQUE (IRE) edged out James Scatuorchio?s 4-year-old
 ENGLISH CHANNEL by one point in the John Deere Turf Division. The 5-year-old
 Cacique, trained by Bobby Frankel, won both the Manhattan Handicap and the Man
 o?War this year. English Channel, trained by Todd Pletcher, won both the
 United Nations Handicap and the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.
 
 Ballygallon Stud?s ARAGORN (IRE) was voted No. 1 in the NetJets Mile Division.
 The 4-year-old son of Giant?s Causeway has won his last four races on the West
 Coast, including the Shoemaker Breeders? Cup Mile for trainer Neil Drysdale.
 Aragorn finished ahead of Martin Schwartz?s 4-year-old filly GORELLA (FR), who
 won Saturday?s Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland.
 
 Lord Derby?s OUIJA BOARD (GB) led the Emirates Airline Filly & Mare Turf
 Division over Arindel Farm?s 3-year-old filly WAIT A WHILE. The 5-year-old
 Ouija Board, who captured the 2004 Breeders? Cup Filly & Mare Turf, won the
 Prince of Wales?s Stakes over male rivals in June. Wait a While has won four
 consecutive races for trainer Todd Pletcher, most recently the Yellow Ribbon
 Stakes at Santa Anita.
 
 Another runner from the Pletcher barn, Paul Saylor?s five year-old mare FLEET
 INDIAN, finished No. 1 in the Emirates Airline Distaff Division. Fleet Indian
 has won all six of her starts this year, including last week?s Beldame at
 Belmont Park
 
 J. Paul Reddam owns the top finishers in both the Bessemer Trust Juvenile and
 Juvenile Fillies Divisions. Reddam?s 2-year-old colt GREAT HUNTER, who won
 last week?s Lane?s End Breeders? Futurity, finished first in the Bessemer
 Trust Juvenile Division for trainer Doug O?Neill. Reddam?s 2-year-old filly
 CASH INCLUDED, winner of the Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita, finished atop the
 Juvenile Fillies Division for trainer Craig Dollase.
 
 Zabeel Racing International?s 3-year-old HENNY HUGHES, winner of the Vosburgh
 and King?s Bishop Stakes, was voted No. 1 in the TVG Sprint Division over Fred
 Carrillo and Daniel Cassella?s 5-year-old gelding BORDONARO, winner of the
 Ancient Title Breeders? Cup at Santa Anita.
 
 
 The Breeders? Cup World Championships Poll is a weekly listing of the top 10
 contenders in all eight Breeders? Cup World Championships races as voted upon
 by a panel of prominent international journalists and handicappers. The panel
 will rank active and in-training horses, regardless of geographic location in
 the following divisions: Emirates Airline Distaff; NetJets Mile; TVG Sprint;
 Emirates Airline Filly & Mare Turf; John Deere Turf, Dodge Classic, Bessemer
 Trust Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies.
 
 The following are the results of Week #15 voting in the Breeders? Cup World
 Championships Poll covering racing performances through October 15. Voting by
 the panel in the Breeders? Cup World Championships Poll is calculated on a on
 a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Total points earned are listed for each horse.
 
 DODGE CLASSIC DIVISION
 
 1 Bernardini 138
 
 2 Lava Man 123
 
 3 Invasor (ARG) 107
 
 4 Sun King 68
 
 5 Discreet Cat 59
 
 6 David Junior 50
 
 7 Strong Contender 43
 
 8 George Washington (IRE) 30
 
 9 Perfect Drift 22
 
 10 Brother Derek 21
 
 
  JOHN DEERE TURF DIVISION
 
 
 1 Cacique (IRE) 116
 
 2 English Channel 115
 
 3 The Tin Man 99
 
 4 Shirocco (Ger) 91
 
 5 Hurricane Run (IRE) 70
 
 6 T.H. Approval 40
 
 7 David Junior 39
 
 8 Go Deputy 38
 
 9 Better Talk Now 31
 
 10 Showing Up 23
 
 
  EMIRATES AIRLINE DISTAFF DIVISION
 
 
 1 Fleet Indian 134
 
 2 Pine Island 109
 
 3 Balletto (UAE) 93
 
 4 Healthy Addiction 87
 
 5 Happy Ticket 67
 
 6 Spun Sugar 58
 
 7 Pool Land 57
 
 8 Asi Siempre 55
 
 9 Round Pond 28
 
 10 Bushfire 22
 
 
  TVG SPRINT DIVISION
 
 
 1 Henny Hughes 134
 
 2 Bordonaro 121
 
 3 Siren Lure 92
 
 4 Too Much Bling 77
 
 5 Pomeroy 73
 
 6 War Front 56
 
 7 Silver Train 32
 
 8 Dubai Escapade 27
 
 9 Kelly's Landing 24
 
 10 Discreet Cat 18
 
 
  NETJETS MILE DIVISION
 
 
 1 Aragorn (IRE) 129
 
 2 Gorella (FR) 110
 
 3 George Washington (IRE) 103
 
 4 Araafa 92
 
 5 Librettist 69
 
 6 Aussie Rules 60
 
 7 Miesque's Approval 40
 
 8 Ad Valorem 32
 
 9 Ashkal Way 17
 
 10 Showing Up 15
 
 
  EMIRATES AIRLINE FILLY & MARE TURF DIVISION
 
 
 1 Ouija Board (GB) 133
 
 2 Wait a While 122
 
 3 Gorella (FR) 103
 
 4 Honey Ryder 89
 
 5 Film Maker 75
 
 6 Alexander Goldrun (IRE) 39
 
 7 Angara (GB) 31
 
 7 Pride (FR) 31
 
 9 Vacare 28
 
 10 Germance (USA) 18
 
 
  BESSEMER TRUST JUVENILE DIVISION
 
 
 1 Great Hunter 122
 
 2 Circular Quay 114
 
 3 Scat Daddy 109
 
 4 Principle Secret 80
 
 5 Nobiz Like Shobiz 75
 
 6 Stormello 69
 
 7 King of the Roxy 63
 
 8 Horse Greeley 25
 
 9 Officer Rocket 22
 
 10 C P West 15
 
 
  JUVENILE FILLIES DIVISION
 
 
 1 Cash Included 133
 
 2 Point Ashley 104
 
 2 Dreaming of Anna 104
 
 4 Untouched Talent 84
 
 5 Appealing Zophie 56
 
 6 Bel Air Beauty 54
 
 7 Cotton Blossom 43
 
 8 Sutra 40
 
 9 Octave 39
 
 10 Meadow Breeze 17
 
 
 The panelists for the  Breeders? Cup World Championships Poll are: John
 Avello, Director of Race and Sports Book Operations, Wynn Las Vegas; Simon
 Clare, Coral Racing (U.K); David Gutfreund, Racing World TV Analyst; Fred
 Faour, Sports Editor, Houston Chronicle; Brad Free, Writer and Columnist,
 Daily Racing Form; Dick Jerardi, Writer and Columnist, Philadelphia Daily
 News; David Hood, William Hill Sports Book (U.K); Tom Law; Managing Editor,
 Thoroughbred Times; Dan Liebman, Executive Editor, The Blood-Horse; Jim Mazur,
 Progressive Handicapping; Randy Moss, Racing Analyst, ESPN ; Ellis Starr,
 National Handicapper, Equibase; Tom Quigley, Publisher, Horseplayer Magazine;
 Fanny Hubart-Salmon, Commentator, Equidia (France) and Mike Watchmaker,
 National Handicapper, Daily Racing Form. Ken Kirchner, NTRA Senior Vice
 President of Product Development, coordinates the panel roster and voting.
 
 The NTRA is a broad-based coalition of horseracing interests, including the
 American Quarter Horse Association, charged with increasing popularity of
 horseracing and improving economic conditions for industry participants. The
 NTRA and Breeders' Cup Limited also administer the Breeders' Cup World
 Championships, Thoroughbred racing's year-end Championships consisting of
 eight races and $20 million in purses and awards, and the Breeders' Cup Stakes
 Program. The NTRA has offices in Lexington, Ky., and New York City. NTRA press
 releases appear on the NTRA Web site, ntra.com.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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