2001 Breeders' Cup Classic

Watch and enjoy. I think with the early retirements of Triple Crown or BC winners no one will ever see this like of this again.

This is the ONE. one of the greatest races of all time

Teats every time. What a call ny Durkin

I love how nowadays Europeans criticize American jockeys for beating our racehorses to get them to run faster, but let's look at this finish with Chris McCarron giving Tiznow a beautiful hand ride, and Sakhee's jockey wielding his whip again and again.

Omg…. That was an IMPOSSIBLE victory. There are no words…

Great call by Tom Durkin!

Gotta say this one was exciting.

This might be Tom Durkin's greatest call. It is as close to perfect as it gets.

Sakhee had a head in front but they could go around again and he’d never get by Tiznow!! So much emotion in that call from Tom Durkin!!

Tiznow was dead beat at the 3/16, got passed by the eventual second place horse and came between horses to win. All heart and has passed the running gene on to many generations since. One of my favorite horses of all time.

After 9-11, this is the horse race we needed,the race call we needed!

The one and the ONLY thing that could have made this race even better would have been if Galileo had taken to the dirt and made it a line of three at the finish instead of two. Either way, I was and still am delighted America took this one. The meaning of it, the uplifting nature of it, and probably the greatest of all-time commentary. I'm British, but I have always enjoyed US racing. As much as I loved Sakhee, this one wasn't his destiny. New York and the entire USA needed Tiznow on this day. RIP to all those that lost their lives on 9/11.

Someday another horse may win two Classics, but there will never be a horse who will match the raw courage that Tiznow displayed in back to back stretch drives. Never.

Sakhee wins the Arc and then plays his part in a great BC Classic, he was Hamdans horse before running in Godolphins colours. Now Hamdan is gone and possibly his best ever horse Baaeed is not running in the Arc or Breeders Cup.

Cashed on that one $1600! Was a great day!
Memories.

Goose bumps over two decades later.

Tiznow wins it for America! I'll leave it there.

Albert the great ran a huge race. Set the pace and tried to re break in stretch. I'll never forget this race. I played the pk6 to Tiznow singled. When I looked at my ticket before the race I noticed I hit 9 instead of 10. So I had Albert the great for the pk6. Then I had to put last $100 win on Tiznow.
Deep stretch I wanted Albert the Great🤣🤣🤣 Sickening feeling when Tiznow won too. And to this day Tiznow is one of my favorites. Wasn't his fault I hit the wrong #. But I always respected how hard Albert the great ran.

That was my horse, back-to-back Breeders cup champion, no one has done that before, and not only that look how he won, great heart, only Cigar was better in my opinion!!

Tiznow was a tough SOB!

No race caller better than Tom Durkin. A lot of great ones, but none better. His tone and words fit the moment (except for one race, but no one's perfect).

"Tiznow looms in second"

I have to say if a horse wins the breeders cup classic back to back that's the equivalent of winning the tripple crown. This is why Tiznow is a all time great

Albert put in a huge run too and doesn't get enough credit for it! This was a great race. Tiznow is a favourite of mine, what a fighter!

DEFINITION OF A RACE HORSE 🏇 = TIZNOW

"TIZNOW, WINS IT FOR AMERICA!!"
TD

前年もそうだけどこの馬の根性どうなってんだ、競り合いに強すぎる

jockey ship won that race sahkee needed a strong hand ride if chris McCarron rode sahkee he would have won

Just had to check in and watch this after TVG made the Zenyatta Classic the best Breeders Cup call ever.

So incredibly biased and so incredibly wrong.

That was a true champion caliber race. I tried to hit a home run with Guided Tour at 20-1 but he could not match strides with the big boys. At the eighth pole I told my dad Tiznow was rerallying. You could just see he wasn’t going to let the Arc champion beat him. Epic call by Durkin.

My neighbors heard me screaming for Tiznow during the stretch.

20 years later and I'm back here again...

Tiznow was a dirt specialist, by contrast it was sakhee first run on dirt ,sakhee would have beaten tiznow on grass. You need leaner horses for grass ,tiznow is for heavy-duty. Still they were both good horses.

Why wasn't Point Given in this race, the 2001 BC Classic? I don't recall...anyone know?

tom durkins finest moment

The stretch runs n this n zenyattas race r just amazing.
Absolutely incredible stuff…

Almost twenty years later, this race still brings tears to my eyes for so many reasons. If you know the story of Tiznow, then you know what I'm talking about.

Saludos from the bay area🤠

Forgot about this one. What a race!! Albert the Great ran an absolute monster race. He set a fast pace was stubborn down the stretch and could only get third money.

What a great stretch run. One of the best all time in the BC Classic, with Tiznow winning his second Classic. The only horse thus far to do it.

Galileo became the greatest sire of all time after that

𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞. 🏇🏿🏇🏿🏇🏿🏇🏿🏇🏿🏇🏿

Tom Durkin !

The great Galileo finished 6th. Galileo was off form at the end of his career but has become the sire of 100 G1 winners including Frankel among others. Tiznow is the only horse to have won the BC Classic twice.

Great race, but I wonder how Tiznow would have fared against sakhee or Giants Causeway on a European track ?
I'm not taking away from his superiority on dirt. I'm just saying it was a long journey for both European horses to make and race pon a surface that was alien to them.
Still my favourite two races to watch (2000 & 2001).
Top class racing

I like this race. Always watching. Big horse tiznow ever..caballo hermoso con mucho power al final..

Who tf would downvote this lol

2001 in my opinion was one of the best years for horse racing, and not just because I had 10 dollars to win on Squirtle Squirt in the sprint

Big Tiz was all class from the legendary Man O' War bloodline by Relaunch 🐴

Tiznow dug deep. Legendary!