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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
One of the main problems figuring this problem out is that not very many horses have tried the double you're speaking of.
Only 5 horses (Dancing Brave, Trempolino, Saumarez, Subotica, and Dylan Thomas) have attempted the feat. In addition, I'm pretty sure that Saumarez and Subotica were both upset winners of the Arc.
Meanwhile, 6 Arc also-rans have won the BC along with numerous placings.
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Don't forget Sakhee. He won the Arc in 2001 and came back in that year's Classic to lose by a short nose. That makes 6, unless we're only talking specifically about horses attempting an Arc-Breeders Cup Turf double.
It's funny.....I remember in the days leading up to that eventful 2001 Breeders Cup, Godolphin was keeping it very close to the vest as to which race Fantastic Light and Sakhee would run. The only thing that everybody knew is that they wouldn't both run in the same race. The general consensus was that Sakhee would go in the Turf and Fantastic Light in the Classic. There was quite a lot of surprised people when final entries were drawn and it turned out to be just the opposite.
And they came just Tiznow's nose short of being exactly right!