# @thoroughbred_daily_news on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-10-31T00:27:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Thoroughbred Daily News (@thoroughbred_daily_news) — https://gondola.cc/thoroughbred_daily_news

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TDN's #BreedersCup40 Celebration continues today with beloved champions, WISE DAN and MAIN SEQUENCE 💝 Though the two never faced each other on the track, as Wise Dan specialized at a mile and Main Sequence wanted longer, they both developed quite the fanbase and never failed to leave onlookers in awe.

Wise Dan (Wiseman's Ferry) won back-to-back editions of the GI breederscup Mile in 2012-13 at Santa Anita as part of a 31-start career that saw him win 23 times (19 graded stakes) while earning a total of $7,552,920. A 2x Horse of the Year and 4x Champion (Older Horse and Grass Horse), he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2020. Now 16, he lives with his half-brother Successful Dan at trainer Charlie LoPresti's farm.

Main Sequence (Aldebaran) won the 2014 GI Breeders' Cup Turf by a 1/2 length over Flintshire, making it four straight Grade I victories during his first season racing stateside. He'd go on to be honored at the Eclipse Awards as Champion Older Horse and Champion Grass Horse. Now 14, Main Sequence lives in a paddock with Bye Bye Melvin, another former Graham Motion runner who ran in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Turf.

Don't miss Jill Williams' feature on these glorious geldings 👉 Monday’s TDN America or over at thetdn.com

📸: Wise Dan (first and second photos), Successful Dan and Wise Dan (third photo), Main Sequence (third and fourth photos), Bye Bye Melvin with Main Sequence and Benjamin Button (the mini) (fifth photo)

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