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Citizen Bull led everywhere but the final stride there. Agonising for his jockey, Juan Hernandez, as Nysos edges past in the final stride.
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BREEDERS’ CUP DIRT MILE RESULT:
1. NYSOS (Flavien Prat), 2. Citizen Bull, 3. Chancer McPatrick
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Bob Baffert has his 21st Breeders’ Cup winner, but which one? It’s a knife-edge photo between Nysos and Citizen Bull …
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OFF AND RUNNING IN THE DIRT MILE!
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The connections of Notable Speech are in the interview room and have confirmed that the 2024 2,000 Guineas winner will stay in training as a five-year-old to be aimed at a repeat win in the Mile at Keeneland next year.
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PREVIEW: Dirt Mile, 1m, dirt
Definitely one of the lesser events on the Breeders’ Cup schedule, and it was diminished further this morning when the vets ruled out MystikDan, who would have set off at single-figure odds. That won’t bother Bob Baffert if Nysos takes the spoils, though, and puts him alongside Aidan O’Brien on top of the all-time list for Breeders’ Cup winners. Nysos has won his last two starts, including the Grade Three Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita, where he was five-and-a-half in front of Dr Venkman, third home in the Sprint earlier on the card. Full Serrano, last year’s winner and second in the Grade One Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita in September, and another Baffert runner, Citizen Bull, the Juvenile winner here last year, are his main rivals according to the betting.
KEY FORM:
G3 Triple Bend Stakes, Santa Anita, 7f, 1 Jun 25 (Nysos)
G1 Goodwood Stakes, Santa Anita, 1m 1f, 28 Sep 25 (Full Serrano)
Shared Belief Stakes, Del Mar, 1m 1f, 31 Aug 25
SELECTION: FULL SERRANO
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No joy for Frankie in the Mile but a fine, composed ride by William Buick, who threaded Notable Speech through a narrow gap against the rail going around the final turn and then unleashed a devastating turn of foot from last year’s 2,000 Guineas winner.
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BREEDERS’ CUP MILE RESULT:
1. NOTABLE SPEECH (William Buick), 2. Formidable Man, 3. The Lion In Winter.
Frankie and Argine out of the frame.
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Going in for the Mile, and Frankie’s final Breeders’ Cup ride …
OFF AND RUNNING IN THE BREEDERS’ CUP MILE!
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Less than 10 minutes to post time for the Mile, and Frankie Dettori’s last Grade One ride as a professional jockey on another Japanese-trained runner, Argine. The latest betting:
2-1 Notable Speech
7-2 Rhetorical
6-1 Sahlan
7-1 The Lion In Winter
8-1 Johannes
11-1 Program Trading
14-1 Formidable Man
23-1 Argine
40-1 bar
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PREVIEW: Mile, 1m, turf
And so, after one of the greatest of all riding careers, it is time for Frankie Dettori to bow out, aboard the Japanese-trained Argine in the race where it all began for him at the Breeders’ Cup, aboard Barathea in 1994.
Will he go out with a flying dismount, the acclaim of the Del Mar grandstand and another Grade One win to his name? In all honesty, probably not. But for all that Argine seems to have something to find in this company, she has at least looked very well during morning exercise.
Notable Speech is top on ratings and quickened well to win the Woodbine Mile last time, having also won the 2,000 Guineas and Sussex Stakes last year.
Sahlan is a fast-improving three-year-old, who won the Moulin last time out with The Lion In Winter less than a length away in third. It was a career-best run for both horses.
Rhetorical, Program Trading and Jonquil were first, second and fourth in the Coolmore Turf Mile at Keeneland in October.
Formidable Man was a Grade One winner at Santa Anita earlier in the year and won over track and trip in a Grade Two last time. It’s also interesting that he has a perfect 5-5 record over track and trip.
KEY FORM:
G1 Woodbine Mile, Woodbine, 8f, 13 Sep 25 (Notable Speech)
G1 Prix du Moulin, Longchamp, 8f, 7 Sep 25 (Sahlan, The Lion In Winter)
G1 Coolmore Turf Mile, Keeneland, 8f, 4 Oct 25 (Rhetorical, Program Trading, Jonquil)
G2 Del Mar Mile, Del Mar, 30 Aug 25 (Formidable Man)
G2 City Of Hope Stakes, Santa Anita, 27 Sep 25 (Johannes, Almendares)
SELECTION: SAHLAN
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Here’s the closing stages of the Classic, a landmark moment for Japanese racing.
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A fantastic result for Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi, and perhaps an overdue win for Forever Young, who got the worst of the interference in the home stretch in an incredibly tight finish to last year’s Kentucky Derby.
Ryusei Sakai was sitting close behind the pace from the off and struck for home at the perfect time coming off the bend, carving out a lead that Sierra Leone and Fierceness could not close down. The same three horses as last year fill the frame in the Classic, but crucially for Japanese racing, in a different order.
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BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC RESULT:
1. FOREVER YOUNG (Ryusei Sakai), 2. Sierra Leone, 3. Fierceness.
A winner for Japan in the meeting’s showpiece event!
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Going in for the Classic …
and OFF AND RUNNING IN THE BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC!
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Here’s the full replay of the Turf from NBC’s YouTube channel:
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It is tough to move on from that astonishing Turf, but it’s four minutes to post for the Classic and it is wide-open in the betting:
3-1 Fierceness & Forever Young
7-2 Sierra Leone
5-1 Journalism
6-1 Mindframe
8-1 Baeza
16-1 Antiquarian
20-1 bar
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Willie Mullins is in the interview room, explaining that Ethical Diamond was re-routed to the Breeders’ Cup Turf as he would not have been able to pass the strict pre-race veterinary procedures before the Melbourne Cup in Australia next week.
He also says that tactics are key to getting the best out of the five-year-old.
The first time I took him to Royal Ascot, he was much too free, so now we just try to temper his early speed. Dylan is very cool and he executed [the plan] perfectly
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If Del Mar was not entirely buzzing before the Turf, it certainly is now, and it’s 20 minutes to post time for the $7m Classic, the richest race of the meeting. Perhaps Willie will target that next year …
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There was so much packed into the final 15 seconds of the Turf. First, it looked as though Minnie Hauk would go clear. Then Rebel’s Romance moved alongside. And then, as if he’d just joined in, Ethical Diamond went WHOOSH!
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A finishing kick for the ages from Willie Mullins’s Ethical Diamond:
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That was an astonishing race, one that will be talked about for years to come. The big three of Minnie Hauk, Goliath and Rebel’s Romance all moved into contention rounding the final turn and it promised to be a three-way go, but Dylan Browne McMonagle, who trailed the field early on Ethical Diamond, had other ideas.
He came with a sweeping, irresistible run on the Ebor winner, a 28-1 outsider, and simply flew past the previous Group One winners in the final furlong. Breathtaking, extraordinary stuff. Or, as Mullins himself put it, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
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BREEDERS’ CUP TURF RESULT:
1. ETHICAL DIAMOND (Dylan Browne McMonagle), 2. Rebel’s Romance, 3. El Cordobes.
Willie Mullins has a Breeders’ Cup winner! Is there anything this man can’t do?
Dylan McMonagle rides Ethical Diamond to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Turf. Photograph: Gregory Bull/APShare
Updated at 23.08 CET
Going into the stalls steady for the Turf ….
and they are OFF AND RUNNING IN THE BREEDERS’ CUP TURF!
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Five minutes to the off in the Turf and all the money is for Minnie Hauk and Rebel’s Romance, currently evens and 2-1 respectively. Every other runner in the race is at double-figure odds on the tote.
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PREVIEW: Classic, 1m 2f, dirt
There’s no sugaring the bitter pill of Sovereignty’s withdrawal earlier in the week, as with the Kentucky Derby winner in the field, this would be the best running of the Classic for at least 20 years. But it is still a pretty deep renewal, with last year’s front three – Sierra Leone, Fierceness and Forever Young – all back for another crack, and the second and third in the Run For The Roses at Churchill Downs – Journalism and Baeza – also in the field. Journalism went on to win the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness, in the absence of Sovereignty, who then returned to the track in the Belmont, where Journalism was again the runner-up. Journalism most recently finished three-and-a-quarter lengths second behind Fierceness in the Pacific Classic, his first outing in an all-aged race. Forever Young was arguably a little unlucky in last year’s Kentucky Derby and won the Saudi Cup back in February before running a two-length third in the Dubai World Cup a few weeks later. He has clearly been prepared solely with this race in mind ever since.
KEY FORM:
G1 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, 1m 2f, 3 May 25 (Journalism, Baeza)
G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic, Del Mar, 1m 2f, 2 Nov 24 (Sierra Leone, Fierceness, Forever Young)
G1 Pacific Classic, Del Mar, 1m 2f, 31 Aug 25 (Fierceness, Journalism)
G1 Whitney Stakes, Saratoga, 1m 1f, 2 Aug 2025 (Sierra Leone, Fierceness)
SELECTION: FOREVER YOUNG
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El Cordobes, incidentally, is the first mount on the day for 19-year-old wunderkind rider Billy Loughnane, who also partners Diamond Rain, a very live runner, in the Filly & Mare Turf at the end of the card. El Cordobes is a bigger price with the bookies back home than he is here, but the US fans have seen plenty of him, including his defeat of Rebel Red in the Grade One Sword Dancer at Saratoga in August.
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As yet, the day has not really caught light from a European perspective, but the Turf is the race where it could all go off and Minnie Hauk and Rebel’s Romance are jostling at the top of the betting here at Del Mar. The latest prices with 15 minutes to post time:
8-5 Minnie Hauk
2-1 Rebel’s Romance
9-1 Goliath
11-1 Amiloc
16-1 El Cordobes
21-1 Redistricting
25-1 Rebel Red
30-1 Wimbledon Hawkeye
35-1 bar
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Here’s the closing stages of the Distaff:
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Another front-running winner in Scylla, and the favourite, Seismic Beauty, was back-pedalling with over a quarter of a mile to run. Nitrogen was within a couple of lengths of the leader at the final turn but once Scylla hit top gear, she increased her margin all the way to the line.
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BREEDERS’ CUP DISTAFF RESULT:
1. SCYLLA (Junior Alvarado), 2. Nitrogen, 3. Regaled.
Junior Alvarado after winning the Breeders’ Cup Distaff aboard aboard Scylla. Photograph: Orlando Ramirez/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 22.47 CET
OFF AND RUNNING IN THE BREEDERS’ CUP DISTAFF!
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The Distaff is fast approaching, they are going into the stalls …
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