Entries are piling up for the Breeders’ Cup Best Score contest, and one thing made clear reading through stories funny, touching, and often raucous is that many handicappers harbor a special memory of a special score.

Writes one horseplayer:

My best score at the Breeders’ Cup came in 2002 when Volponi at odds of 44-1 pulled the upset in the Classic by finishing first ahead of favored Medaglia d’ Oro.

Myself and four of my friends pooled our money together to buy a “Hail Mary” $1 Superfecta ticket keying the favorite Medaglia d’ Oro and the reliable gelding Evening Attire to at least hit the board for our ticket to be a winner.

We were rewarded by splitting the Superfecta that paid $28603.90.

Since that fateful day at least three members of that original group have gotten together each year at Breeder’s Cup time to enjoy the races either in person at the Breeder’s Cup venue or at a simulcast location.

This year we are getting together to travel to Santa Anita to take in the Cup live. You can be sure that we will recall fondly our success in 2002 but more importantly enjoy each others’ friendship that has a thrilling memory associated with the Breeder’s Cup.

And another shares this tale:

Ever since I saw Seabiscut win the Masachusetts Handicap in 1937, I have been an ardent fan of thoroughbred racing, both as a better, fan, and owner. Most every Friday I would buy the Racing Form, not only to chart Saturday’s races, but to read a column that related to European races. At that time, it was difficult to obtain any information regarding races in Europe, and I was an avid follower of the Euro trainers, particularly Andre Fabre.

In July or August, 1993, I was living in San Juan Capistrano, Ca. when I bought a Racing Form for Saturday’s races. As usual, there was a column on European racing, this one featuring the stable Andre Fabre, and his probables for the forthcoming Breeders’ Cup.

Mr. Fabre told of a horse that he was training that was a Gr I winner that was unable to continue running on the turf as he couldn’t negotiate the hills. Fabre began working the horse on the flats and his workouts were very impressive. His sire was Saggace, two time winner of the Arc de Triumph, and Fabre said that he was going to bring him to the Breeders’ Cup in the fall to run him in the Classic. The horse was Arcanques, and I made a mental note to watch for him, come October.

When the Breeders’ Cup finally approached, I checked on Arcanques, and sure enough, he was in California, and entered in the Classic, and Jerry Bailey was to ride. I wrote my father, also a die hard racing fan, to be sure to bet on Arcanques. He was 98 years old, and my sister would be taking him to Bay Meadows for the Breeders’ Cup.

Come Breeders’ Cup Day, and I put a $10 wager to win, a $5exacta, and a $3 pick three, all with Arcanques. My father had a $10 win ticket on him as well.

I still follow Andre Fabres’ horses, and although he doesn’t have any running in this year’s Classic, he has a filly named Proviso, now under Robert Frankel, running in the Ladies’ Classic which I’ll be playing in my exotics.

Tell your story: It’s easy to enter! Simply email bestscore@breederscup.com with your best Breeders’ Cup betting story.

The best Breeders’ Cup score story, as voted on by members our Fan Advisory Council, will win a VIP trip to the 2010 Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs. The only thing we are asking of all entries is that we are able to share all of the stories with the masses (names omitted).

Deadline for entry is November 11, 2009. The winner will be announced in mid-November.