Yesterday was the glorious end to the 2017 thoroughbredhorseracing season, with the running of the Breeders' Cup at the Del MarRacetrack in California. Tens ofmillions of dollars were awarded in two days of racing leading up to the bigevent, the Breeders' Cup Classic. 187horses were signed up for the races, with a record 46 European horsesentered. Gun Runner left Arrogate in thedust in his final race with a wire-to-wire win in the Breeders' Cup Classic.Both entered Saturday night's Classic as co-favorites at 2-1 odds, but it wasGun Runner, trained by Steve Asmussen, who jumped out to a half-length lead atthe quarter mile and held on to claim his first win in three tries over thedefending Breeders' Cup Classic champion. Arrogate, who finished 5th in the race, willnow be put out to stud, just rewards, it would seem, to a successfulcareer.
Week 9 of National Football League action was underwayalready Thursday, with the New York Jets 34-21 victory over the BuffaloBills. As always, the big NFL day isSunday, with 11 games on the schedule. NFC North action will be played out before the nation on Monday NightFootball, as the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions battle it out. Fellow NFC North teams the Chicago Bears andthe Minnesota Vikings both have a bye week this weekend. This is an important week for the ArizonaCardinals, who this weekend battle the San Francisco 49ers. They currently have a losing season. The Cardinals will bring a shaky quarterbackin to carve up the 49ers’ weak passing defense, Drew Stanton. Beating San Francisco would drawArizona back to .500, but injuries to its top QB and RB will make it a tenuoustrip outside of a losing record. In England's premiership soccer: Players Alvaro Morata and Romelu Lukaku willbe under pressure to fire their teams back into the Premier League title racewhen the misfiring strikers clash in Chelsea's showdown with Manchester Unitedon Sunday. Chelsea forward Morata andUnited front man Lukaku were the toast of their clubs after celebrating theirclose-season transfers with a barrage of goals. But, with Chelsea and United battling to keep pace with leadersManchester City, Morata and Lukaku have lost their midas touch at the wrongmoment, putting them under the microscope at Stamford Bridge this weekend.Lakaku despite his high salary, has been on a scoring droughth sinceSeptember. United fans have grownfrustrated by Lukaku's lack of contributions outside the penalty area,prompting Mourinho to chastise Old Trafford crowd for failing to give thestriker enough support in last weekend's win over Tottenham. At 24, he conceded, he still has someprogress to make. Alvaro Morata hasstepped up for his team, at least initially, with seven goals in his first seven games following his club record£58m move from Real Madrid. He likewisehas a droughth in his last six games. Awin at the bridge would do a lot towards turning the season around. Meanwhile, most prognosticators foretell anArsenal defeat at Manchester City tomorrow. Man City is at the top of the league, and the Gunners face a heavychallenge. City have overwhelmed much ofwhat they faced in winning their past eight league games and they should makeit nine on the trot against Arsenal. The attacking force of Sergio Aguero,Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sane, supported by Kevin de Bruyne and David Silvashould be too much for Arsenal’s fragile defence to handle. Man City has not lost anywhere in any playsince April, when they last lost, but that lost was, significantly, toArsenal. After their Wednesday Champion'sLeague win over Napoli, they are solid in their play, but still this should bean interesting game to watch. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 11/05/2017 12:01:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
