Authentic's dam added to Fasig-Tipton
Flawless (USA) (Mr Greeley {USA}), the dam of G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Authentic, will be offered at Sunday night’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale.
Catalogued as Hip 288, she will be consigned by Bridie Harrison, agent for Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds. Flawless is in foal to Into Mischief on a February 18 cover carrying a full sibling to Authentic.
Authentic has captured six of eight career starts to date at two and three, including three Grade 1 wins in 2020–the Haskell S., the Kentucky Derby, and Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic over one of the deepest fields in the history of the race.
Flawless, hails from a deep female family of top producers, including Holiday Runner (USA), the dam or grandam of Grade I winners Seventh Street (USA), Reynaldothewizard (USA) and American Gal (USA).
“Flawless is an exciting late addition to our November Sale,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “Authentic is just the fourth horse ever to win the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic in the same year, and she is carrying his full sibling. To be able to add a mare of Flawless’s qualifications to our Sale on the eve of the auction is unprecedented and provides buyers one of the more unique buying opportunities in recent memory.”
The Fasig-Tipton November Sale will be conducted Sunday, November 8 beginning at 2pm GMT (6am AEDT) in Lexington, Kentucky.
Tarnawa gives Weld first Breeders' Cup victory
One of the leading trainers in the world, Dermot Weld had been missing one big win on his resume – one from the Breeders’ Cup meeting. Tarnawa (Ire) (Shamardal {USA}) gave him that win on Saturday when closing late in the G1 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf.
Closing on the leading Channel Maker (Can) (English Channel {USA}) late in the 2400 metre race, Tarnawa led home a fillies’ top two with a 1l win over Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) with Channel Maker staying on for third.
“I spoke to Oisin Orr (who had ridden her previously) and he said she’s very straightforward,” said jockey Colin Keane. “We just tipped away down the back straight then we got going before the bend then off she went. We got a clean run then and she was very good to the line.”
The 4-year-old filly is the first runner out of multiple stakes winner Tarana (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), who herself is the fifth generation of her family to produce a stakes horse. Tarnawa’s roots run deep in the Aga Khan’s breeding program with the winner a fifth generation Aga Khan-bred.
Monomoy Girl becomes fourth repeat winner of Distaff
Monomoy Girl (USA) (Tapizar {USA}) ended her year undefeated in four starts in the G1 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff to become only the fourth multiple winner of the race.
What was supposed to be a match up with Swiss Skydiver (USA) (Daredevil {USA}) never materialise as Monomoy Girl galloped off to a 1.75l win in front of Valiance (USA) (Tapit {USA}) with Dunbar Road (USA) (Quality Road {USA}) third by 0.5l.
The result provided a nice update for Sunday night’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale with the top two finishers both selling in that auction.
“Honestly it’s a relief,” said trainer Brad Cox. “She means the world to me and it’s a lot of pressure when we run her, I don’t know why. It just is. It’s been a long road back. She’s a real race horse. She’s meant so much for so many people’s lives, she’s an amazing creature. I love her to pieces.”
Monomoy Girl is one of two stakes winners for US$1.85 million (AU$2.55 million) Fasig-Tipton November graduate Drumette (USA) (Henny Hughes {USA}) alongside Grade 2 winner Mr. Monomoy (USA) (Palace Malice {USA}). A granddaughter of multiple stakes winner Endless Parade (USA) (Williamstown {USA}), Monomoy Girl also sees Grade 3 winner Drum Major (USA) (Dynaformer {USA}) among her dam’s half-siblings.
Dream Ahead’s Glass Slippers makes history at Breeders’ Cup
Glass Slippers (GB) (Dream Ahead {USA}) made history on Saturday when becoming the first European-based horse to win the G1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint in its 12 year history.
Running in midpack in the 1100 metre race, Glass Slippers made a huge run to weave through traffic slip through a hole inside the final 150 metres to take the lead. A late run from Wet Your Whistle (USA) (Stroll {USA}) saw the 4-year-old’s margin cut down to 0.5l at the line but it was more than enough with Leinster (USA) (Majesticperfection {USA}) another 0.5l back in third.
“She’s been great all year so to come and win it’s unreal,” said jockey Tom Eaves. “She’s raced round a bend before but the plan was to go on the inside and ride for a bit of luck. We had a great run through which doesn’t always work but it did today. To have a Breeders' Cup winner is amazing and a day I won’t forget. She’ll be in training again next year.”
Winning her second Group 1 in two months and finishing second in another, Glass Slippers is one of two stakes winners and three stakes horses for her dam Night Gypsy (GB) (Mind Games {GB}). France’s Champion Older Female Sprinter last year, Glass Slippers is one of four Group 1 winners for Dream Ahead (USA), who shuttled to Australia from 2012 to 2018.
Wootton Bassett’s Audarya wins Filly and Mare Turf
Racing over 1900 metres on the Keeneland turf course, Audarya (Fr) continued Wootton Bassett’s (GB) top year with a victory in the G1 Makers Maker Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf.
The race’s complexion changed quickly when Starship Jubilee (USA) (Indy Wind {USA}) lost her rider right outside of the gate but that didn’t bother Audarya, who raced on the rail in midpack. Racing in course record time, Cayenne Pepper (Ire) (Australia {GB}) set the pace before starting to fade in the turn.
The race looked like it would come down to two American runners but Audarya switched to the outside in the final 300 metres to try and collar the leading Rushing Fall (USA) (More Than Ready {USA}). It took nearly every metre but Audarya got up just in time to win by 0.25l over Rushing Fall with Harvey’s Lil Goil (USA) (American Pharoah {USA}) flying late to finish just a head behind in third.
“She’s done everything right since she’s been here. I just can’t believe it, some race to win,” said trainer James Fanshawe. “I’m just so thrilled. PC gave her a superb ride. Breeders' Cup has looked after us amazingly.”
Audarya gave new Coolmore Stud resident Wootton Bassett his 15th stakes victory of the year spread around 10 stakes winners with 16 stakes horses. The filly comes from the extended family of G1 Hong Kong Cup winner Jim and Tonic (Fr) (Double Bed {Fr}) and Grade 1 winner Mauralakana (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}).
Order of Australia leads home O’Brien trifecta in Mile
A half-brother to last year’s G1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner Iridessa (Ire) (Ruler Of The World {Ire}), Order of Australia (Ire) (Australia {GB}) added another Breeders’ Cup victory to his page in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Mile.
Going off at 73-1 and getting in after One Master (Ire) (Fastnet Rock) scratched, the 3-year-old was just a few lengths off the pace and started making his move in the far turn. It took him another 300 metres to take the lead but once he did it was over.
Order of Australia beat stablemate Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) by 0.25l with Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) 0.75l back in third to give Aidan O’Brien a 1-2-3 finish.
“It’s a real team effort, we’re very happy,” said Aidan O’Brien’s travelling head lad Pat Keating. “First three home is unbelievable. You need a lot of luck in this game. We’re lucky enough to have good horses and good jockeys. I’m just happy for everyone involved.”
A half-brother to a Breeders’ Cup winner, Order of Australia is also a grandson of two Breeders’ Cup winners in G1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner Starine (Fr) (Mendocino {USA}) and dual Filly and Mare Turf winner Ouija Board (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}).
Fan favourite Whitmore wins Sprint
Possibly the most popular win of the day was that of 7-year-old Whitmore (USA) (Pleasantly Perfect {USA}) in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint.
Hitting the board in two of his three previous attempts in the race, the gelding closed strongly at Keeneland to win the 1200 metre affair by 3.25l over C Z Rocket (USA) (City Zip {USA}) with Firenze Fire (USA) (Poseidon’s Warrior {USA}) in third.
“He had a great trip,” said jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. “We wanted to break and have him relax and that’s what we did. He relaxed so good. I was able to cut the corner on the turn and when I tipped him out he just exploded. He’s a nice horse. He’s been running for so many years. He’s a warrior.”
The gelding gave Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Pleasantly Perfect his second Breeders’ Cup winner after Shared Account, one of 10 Breeders’ Cup winners to sire at least two Breeders’ Cup winners.
Gamine wins battle in Filly and Mare Sprint
Three-year-old Gamine (USA) (Into Mischief {USA}) started Breeders’ Cup Saturday off on a high note for trainer Bob Baffert when she outdueled Serengeti Empress (USA) (Alternation {USA}) for the G1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint victory.
The pair knocked heads through most of the 1400 metre race race with Gamine putting the race to bed in the stretch with a 6.25l victory over that rival, who held on by a nose over Bell’s The One (USA) (Majesticperfection {USA}).
“I wanted to make (Luis Saez on Serengeti Empress) work a little harder,” said jockey John Velazquez. “Once he passed me, I came off the rail and even then I didn’t want to give it to him that easy either. I made sure I put a little pressure on because I know that filly is really tough on the lead. I made sure I was close to him. When I asked my filly, she was there for me.”
The second straight Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint winner for Spendthrift Farm’s Into Mischief, it was the fourth win in six starts for the filly, including three Grade 1 victories. A US$1.8 million (AU$2.48 million) 2-year-old purchase, Gamine comes from the family of Canadian champion Dynamic Sky (Can) (Sky Mesa {USA}) and is out of stakes-placed Peggy Jane (USA) (Kafwain {USA}).
Knicks Go breaks record in Dirt Mile
A Grade 1 winner at Keeneland as a 2-year-old, Knicks Go (USA) (Paynter {USA}) gave the Korea Racing Authority a Breeders’ Cup victory on Saturday with an all-the-way victory in the G1 Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.
Breaking the track record in his romp, the 4-year-old colt beat Jesus’ Team (USA) (Tapiture {USA}) by 3.5l with Sharp Samurai (USA) (First Samurai {USA}) just failing to take second from that rival by a nose. Knicks Go’s victory was one of four third Breeders’ Cup winners this weekend for trainer Brad Cox.
“(Joel Rosario) did a fantastic job of asking him to be forwardly placed and he responded well,” Cox said. “They went very quick and he was able to keep going. This is a good race for him with the short stretch. A lot of things were in his favor today. He’s a very aggressive horse, he loves to train. He’s just a very classy horse.”
That Maryland-bred Knicks Go is a son of multiple stakes winner Kosmo’s Buddy (USA) (Outflanker {USA}) and was purchased by the Korea Racing Authority for US$87,000 (AU$119,868) as a 2-year-old.
