Mongolia earns 1st victory at Breeders' Cup horse race

Mongolia Saturday winner's of The Breeder's cup turf sprint horse race at keeneland race track saturday .Oct ,31,2015.in Leixington.

育马者杯小插曲，蒙古马主收货胜利。咱们郎林要加油啊！
Mongolia made a splash at the Breeders' Cup when a longshot horse with an owner and trainer from the central Asian nation won the $1 million Turf Sprint at Keeneland on Saturday.

It was the landlocked country's first representative in the 32-year history of the world championships.

Sent off at 15-1 odds, Mongolian Saturday won by a neck and paid $33.80 to win.

The winner's circle was a jubilant scene with owner Ganbaatar Dagvadorj, who races as Mongolian Stable, and his relatives and friends dressed in colorful traditional garb and headgear. He was joined by his wife, a former Miss Mongolia.

"It's a big dream as Mongolians to participate in this big event," Dagvadorj said. "And as a Mongolian, we ride horses starting at age four. It's part of our tradition."

Known as the "Land of the Horse," Mongolians by reputation are considered some of the best horsemen in the world.

"Some people say Mongolian people are born to ride," trainer Enebish Ganbat said. "Everybody was raised on horses and our horses are field horses."

Dressed in robin egg blue silks with "MGL" in red letters on the back, jockey Florent Geroux and the 5-year-old gelding broke from post 14 on the far outside and immediately challenged for the lead. They took the lead at the top of the stretch and then needed an all-out drive to the wire to hold off Lady Shipman in a photo finish.

"Everybody is crying over this celebration," Ganbat said of the reaction 6,475 miles (10,421 kilometers) away in the capital of Ulan Bator.

Five years ago, Ganbat switched from the long-distance training done in Mongolia to thoroughbred training in the U.S.

"From last year I begin to understand this is how to feed, how to train, how to breed," he said. "It's totally different."

At an event that celebrates the breeding industry, Mongolian Saturday is, ironically, a gelding. He was bred in Kentucky and was purchased for $60,000 at a Keeneland sale.

The victory was worth $550,000 or just over 1 billion tughriks in Mongolian currency.

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跟骑师合影，表情很复杂。不像咱们开怀大笑。看来得胜不容易。
The owners of the horse Mongolian Saturday pose with jockey Florent Geroux, second from left in the front row, after Mongolian Saturday won the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint horse race at Keeneland race track Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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获胜后蒙古人痛哭，看来胜利来之不易。此场美国顶级赛事的胜利对蒙古人来说意义巨大。

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这匹赛马明年会出现在英伦。
Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Mongolian Saturday could be a colourful addition to Royal Ascot next year, says Nick Smith

• Mongolian Saturday won the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Saturday
• Their Mongolian connections were a colourful addition to the meeting
• Nick Smith is hoping they will bring their runner to Royal Ascot in 2016
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  The connections for Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Mongolian Saturday celebrate their triumph in Kentucky
  
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  Jockey Florent Geroux rides to victory at Keeneland with the horse being targeted for a Royal Ascot run
  
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  Nick Smith (second left) hopes to bring the Mongolian connections, in traditional dress, to England
  
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  Smith says their inclusion at Ascot 'would add something to the royal meeting'  and 'caused quite a stir'
  
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  The Mongolian ownership and training partnership were a hit at the Breeders' Cup meeting on Saturday
  
  
  
  Enebish Ganbat (in red), who has trained in the US for five years, says Mongolians know what horses feel
  
  
  Asked about the prospect of racing Mongolian Saturday at Royal Ascot, Ganbat said: ‘Our horse can run anywhere on the turf. His is nominated to run in Hong Kong in December and I’d like to go to Japan.
  ‘Ascot and England is my dream. That is a national event of thoroughbred horses. We like to come to run over there.’Dagvadorj has business interests in construction, mining, food, hotel and oil industries and also franchises Burger King food chains. He is married to a former Miss MongolAscot are also targeting Runhappy, who gave 32-year-old Maria Borell her first Breeders’ Cup win with her first runner.
  Although, he runs on Dirt he also runs free of the race-day medications allowed in the US which Ascot hopes makes Runhappy’s participation a possibility.
  
  
  
  
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必须顶，付出就会有回报

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我看了蒙古星期六2015年参加的各种比赛的成绩单，都是名列前茅的。这次育马者杯获胜也不是爆冷而是有绝对实力。另外练马师是蒙古人说明蒙古人的现代赛马训练水平已经很高了。明年在英国要多多注意这匹马，这匹5岁马应该会有出色表现。

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好像今年12月份还要去香港比赛。弄不好星期六和可汗今年就能见面。

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