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Breeders' Cup or bust

By Ray Paulick
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, October 26, 2009

There are a lot of things we can debate as the Nov. 6-7 Breeders' Cup World Championships approach: the wisdom of having racing's big event run in back-to-back years at the same track, Santa Anita Park in Southern California; the merits of synthetic surfaces vs. conventional dirt tracks; whether champion Zenyatta should stay in her division or take on the boys in the Classic; and if Jess Jackson did the right thing by putting star filly Rachel Alexandra on the shelf, skipping the Breeders' Cup, ...

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