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http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/48414/breeders-cup-suspends-stakes-program

Breeders’ Cup officials have decided to suspend the entire Breeders’ Cup stakes program for 2009, according to a memo sent to racing secretaries, stakes coordinators, and officials Dec. 11.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/48462/breeders-cup-reverses-will-fund-stakes

Five days after it announced it was suspending its North American Stakes program, Breeders’ Cup has apparently reversed itself and decided to fund the program for 2009, according to two members of its board.

The organization has come under intense criticism from breeders across North America who already had contributed stallion and foal nomination fees to Breeders’ Cup with the tacit agreement that Breeders’ Cup would help fund 100-120 stakes at about 40 racetracks across the continent, as the organization has done since its inception 25 years ago.

いやいやいや、たった5日で撤回するとは、どれほどの抗議がきたのだろうか。
"Breeders’ Cup has apparently reversed itself and decided to fund the program for 2009"と弱い表現ではあるけれど、TDNにはBCのチェアマンの声明が載っていて、間違いなし。