This video features NBC’s coverage of the 1984 Breeders Cup Distaff race for fillies and mares….as Dick Enberg and Dave Johnson make the call of the “inaugural race for the girls” at the Breeders Cup.
The Breeders’ Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up…..which is known as the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic between 2008 and 2012….and is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. It is the top ranked race for fillies and mares in North America…. and often decides the title for champion three-year-old and / or champion older filly or mare.
Distance : 11⁄4 miles (1984–1987); 11⁄8 miles (1988 to present).
On this video, the viewer gets a couple of fantastic interviews….one with Pete Axthem and Harvey Peck with actor Jack Klugman….and the other with Dick Enberg and Liz Taylor…..plus a wonderful rundown of the field and the odds by the one and only Harvey Peck.
