Six Grade I Winners in One Race
 

I just realized that the Palomar Breeder's Cup run over the weekend at Del Mar had six Grade I winners in the field. You don't see that too often. Shining Energy, Mea domina, Island Fashion, Star Parade, Sharp Lisa, and Amorama are all Grade I winners.

Not only did the field have six Grade I winners, but every horse in the field was a stakes winner. Eight of the horses were graded stakes winners. Three Degrees is a Grade II winner and ran 2nd in a Grade I. Berbatim is a Grade III winner.

That's about as deep of a field as you will ever see. The funny thing is it wasn't even a Grade I race. It was a grade II. It played 10x tougher than the grade I race run earlier in the meet. They ended up setting a new course record but that doesn't mean too much considering how scorched that turf course is right now.

Yeah, not the kind of thing that happens very often.

In Australia this weekend, there was a race with seven Group 1 winners..... the Memsie Stakes (Fields Of Omagh, Lad Of The Manor, El Segundo, Casual Pass, Apache Cat, Testafiable and Perfect Promise). :)