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2008 Breeders' Cup Marathon

OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA, Arcadia, CA

Purse: $500,000
Date: October 25, 2008
Class:
TV: ABC
Age: 3 year olds and up
Race: 1
Distance: 1 1/2 miles
Post Time: 1:10 ET

Race Detail
Order of Finish
Payoffs

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1	Muhannak (IRE)	Margin: head	$305,100

Muhannak (IRE)

Margin: head

$305,100

2004, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding
Chester House - Opera (GB), Forzando (GB)

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Breeder:Mount Coote Stud
Owner: Richard Pegum
Trainer: Ralph Beckett
Jockey: Patrick J. Smullen

Sire: Chester House, Dark Bay or Brown, 1995. Raced 4 years. 21 starts, 6 wins, $1,944,545. Lifetime: 0 yearlings sold, median $28,500.

Broodmare Sire: Forzando (GB), Dark Bay or Brown, 1981.

2	Church Service	Margin: ¾	$113,000

Church Service

Margin: ¾

$113,000

2003, Bay Gelding
Pulpit - To Be Approved, With Approval

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Breeder:Joseph Allen
Owner: Robert Tjosvold & Dan Capen
Trainer: Mike R. Mitchell
Jockey: Edgar S. Prado

Sire: Pulpit , Bay, 1994. Raced 1 years. 6 starts, 4 wins, $728,200. Lifetime: 288 yearlings sold, median $150,000.

Broodmare Sire: With Approval, Gray or Roan, 1986.

3	Big Booster	Margin: 1¼	$56,500

Big Booster

Margin: 1¼

$56,500

2001, Bay Gelding
Accelerator - Waterside, Topsider

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Breeder:Thomas/Lakin/Kintz
Owner: Scott Anastasi, Wayne Anastasi & Jimmy Ukegawa
Trainer: Mike R. Mitchell
Jockey: Rafael Bejarano

Sire: Accelerator, Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 4 years. 24 starts, 4 wins, $414,908. Lifetime: 49 yearlings sold, median $5,500. In 2009: .85 AEI.

Broodmare Sire: Topsider, Bay, 1974.

Time: 2:28.24 Track: FT

Others: Delightful Kiss, $28,815; Sixties Icon (GB), $14,125; Cedar Mountain (IRE); Zappa; Booyah.

Finish	Horse	Jockey	Trainer
1	Muhannak (IRE)	Patrick J. Smullen	Ralph Beckett
2	Church Service	Edgar S. Prado	Mike R. Mitchell
3	Big Booster	Rafael Bejarano	Mike R. Mitchell
4	Delightful Kiss	Calvin H. Borel	Pete D. Anderson
5	Sixties Icon (GB)	Lanfranco Dettori	Jeremy Noseda
6	Cedar Mountain (IRE)	Javier Castellano	Neil D. Drysdale
7	Zappa	Garrett K. Gomez	John W. Sadler
8	Booyah	Joseph Talamo	Jerry M. Fanning

Payoffs

Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
Muhannak (IRE)	Patrick J. Smullen	$26.80	$10.80	$6.20
Church Service	Edgar S. Prado		$9.60	$6.80
Big Booster	Rafael Bejarano			$6.80
	EXOTIC PAYOFFS:
	$2.00 Exacta (5-1)		$266.20
	$2.00 Trifecta (5-1-7)		$1,974.20
	$2.00 Superfecta (5-1-7-3)		$7,910

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