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Breeders' Cup breed-shapers: five winners who have made a lasting impact
Aisling Crowe picks out a nap hand of significant sires and distinguished dams
Sunday Silence: the game-changing sire won the Breeders' Cup Classic
The Breeders' Cup turns 40 this year and, in that time, the meeting has produced some brilliant winners whose influence runs deep to this day . . .
Miesque
1987 & 1988 Mile
An outstanding mare on the track and a brilliant broodmare for the Niarchos family, Miesque earned herself a place in history as the first horse to win successive runnings of a Breeders' Cup race.
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