The expected Eclipse Award winner for best US turfer of 2009, and recent second in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) behind Zenyatta, Gio Ponti is being pointed to the $10 million 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1). The report, made by Shane Ryan, president of Castleton Lyons, indicates the 5-year-old will remain in training and point for the world’s richest race. Gio Ponti won four consecutive Grade 1 stakes races on the turf this year, beginning with the Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita, followed by Belmont’s Manhattan and Man O’ War, then the Arlington Million. His lifetime earnings now exceed $3,000,000.
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It is also expected that the Henry Cecil trained Twice Over, third behind Zenyatta, will also make the trip as was reported several days earlier. A unique rematch is likely pitting the top two also-rans from a historic race. Watch the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic below.