The Woodbine-based team are settled in at Keeneland in Lexington. KY and on Tuesday morning, Nov. 1, Canada’s top horse, the filly MOIRA, bred in Ontario by Adena Springs, had her first feel of the Keeneland surroundings as did her stablemate, the 2-year-old filly LAST CALL.
Moira, winner of the Queen’s Plate, Woodbine Oaks, and a flying second in the Grade 1 E.P. Taylor, a well-documented outing that saw her disqualified from second to eighth, drew post position 12 in the 12-horse Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) on Nov. 5. The 1 3/16 mile grass race has a purse of $2 million. Frankie Dettori will ride Moira for the first time and she is listed at 10-to-1 in the morning line behind favoured NASHWA, who is 5-to-2.
“She had a mild jog this morning then a 1 1/4 mile gallop,” said trainer Kevin Attard on Breakfast at the Breeders’ Cup. “She seems to have settled in well.”
Post 12 would not seem to be an issue for the stretch-running Moira, who has some speed to chase in the biggest challenge of her career.
Attard trains Moira for the fun team of X-Men Racing, made up of mostly Canadians, and US based stables Madaket and SDF Bloodstock.
X-Men and SF Bloodstock also have the 2-year Kentucky-bred filly LAST CALL in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Last Call won the Grade 1 Natalma Stakes at Woodbine and got a free berth into the Juvenile Fillies Turf on Future Stars Friday, Nov. 4.
Dettori will also ride Last Call who drew post 3 in the 14-horse field and she is listed at 20-to-1 in the morning line odds.
Also in the Juvenile Filly Turf is CAIRO CONSORT, who won the Catch a Glimpse Stakes for North Carolina’s Bill Thompson, Jr. and Woodbine trainer Nathan Squires. The grey filly was second to Last Call in the Natalma.
Cairo Consort, who is set to sell at the November Sale at Fasig-Tipton after the Breeders’ Cup, is curiously listed at 12-to-1, lower odds than Last Call.
Hall of Fame trainer ROGER ATTFIELD was on the scene at Keeneland on Tuesday morning aboard the pony Frosty as he watched Charles Fipke’s SHIRL’S SPEIGHT exercise for the Mile on Saturday and LADY SPEIGHTSPEARE jog for the Filly & Mare Turf.
Shirl’s Speight won the biggest race of his career at Keeneland in April when he took the Maker’s Mark Mile (G1) by a nose under Luis Saez, who rides the 5-year-old Speightstown horse in the Mile. Since then Shirl’s Speight has been 3rd, 4th or 5th in four consecutive graded stakes races. He meets up with Modern Games and Ivar who ran 1-2 in the Woodbine Mile, ahead of Shirl who was fourth.
Lady Speightspeare is the current leader of the older female and sprint female division in Ontario with three straight wins in graded stakes races. The 1 3/16 miles of the Filly & Mare Turf will be a hefty take for the speedy filly who has drawn post 1 for the race and is 20-to-1 in the early odds.
The Darwin Banach-trained BUSHIDO is still in need of a scratch from the Juvenile Turf Sprint, the first Breeders’ Cup race of the 2 days. The unbeaten ridgling is at Keeneland and will go to owner Suzi Shoemaker’s Lantern Hill Farm should he not compete.
Last Call stretching her legs 🐎 pic.twitter.com/zu62jbHjad
— X-Men Racing (@Xmenracing) November 1, 2022
OH CANADA!
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 2022 – KEENELAND
RACE 6 – POST TIME 1:50 P.M. – $2,000,000 BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY & MARE TURF
1 3/16 MILES
Post/Horse/Trainer/Jockey/Odds
1 Lady Speightspeare Roger Attfield Luis Saez 20-1
2 Going to Vegas *, Phil D’Amato Umberto Rispoli 20-1
3 Nashwa, John & Thady Gosden Hollie Doyle 5-2
4 Above the Curve, Joseph O’Brien John Velazquez 9-2
5 Tuesday, Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore 8-1
6 Mise En Scene, James Ferguson Cieren Fallon 30-1
7 Toy, Aidan O’Brien Wayne Lordan 20-1
8 Family Way, Brendan Walsh Tyler Gaffalione 20-1
9 Rougir, Chad Brown Flavien Prat 12-1
10 Virginia Joy *, Chad Brown Irad Ortiz Jr. 10-1
11 In Italian, Chad Brown Joel Rosario 7-2
12 Moira, Kevin Attard Frankie Dettori 10-1
* indicates Breeders’ Cup Challenge winner
*****
FUTURE STARS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4
RACE 6 – $1 million; Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. Post time 3 p.m.
Post/Horse/Trainer/Jockey/Odds
1 Lady Hollywood, Alice Haynes Umberto Rispoli 15-1
2 Love Reigns, Wesley Ward Irad Ortiz Jr. 4-1
3 Private Creed *, Steve Asmussen Joel Rosario 12-1
4 Dramatised, Karl Burke Ryan Moore 15-1
5 Mischief Magic, Charlie Appleby William Buick 8-1
6 Persian Force, Richard Hannon Frankie Dettori 15-1
7 Oxymore, Chad Brown Jose Ortiz 8-1
8 American Apple, Daniel Leitch Geraldo Corrales 20-1
9 Sharp Aza Tack, Doug O’Neill Tyler Gaffalione 13-1
10 Tyler’s Tribe, Timothy Martin Kylee Jordan 15-1
11 Speed Boat Beach *, Bob Baffert Flavien Prat 6-1
12 The Platinum Queen *, Richard Fahey Hollie Doyle 10-1
Also eligible
13 Bushido, Darwin Banach TBA
14 No Nay Hudson, Wesley Ward TBA
15 Mounsieur Coco, Fausto Gutierrez Miguel Vasquez
RACE 8 – $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filly Turf;
Post time 4:20 p.m.
Post/Horse/Trainer/Jockey/Odds
1 Comanche Country, Philip D’Amato Umberto Rispoli 15-1
2 Cairo Consort, Nathan Squires Joel Rosario 12-1
3 Last Call *, Kevin Attard Frankie Dettori 20-1
4 Free Look, Chad Brown Flavien Prat 6-1
5 Pleasant Passage *, Shug McGaughey Irad Ortiz Jr. 12-1
6 Be Your Best, Horacio De Paz Jose Ortiz 8-1
7 Spirit Gal, Willie Browne Ricardo Santana Jr. 20-1
8 Manhattan Jungle, Amy Murphy Manny Franco 30-1
9 Delight *, Jonathan Thomas Luis Saez 6-1
10 Meditate, Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore 4-1
11 G Laurie, Graham Motion William Buick 12-1
12 Midnight Mile, Richard Fahey Wayne Lordan 10-1
13 Xigera, Philip Bauer Julien Leparoux 8-1
14 Basil Martini, Joe O’Brien John Velazquez 10-1
Also Eligible
15 Bling, Vicki Oliver TBA 30-1
16 Alluring Angel, Jorge Abreu Jose Lezcano 20-1
* indicates Breeders’ Cup Challenge winner
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
RACE 8 $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1)
Post time 3:10
Post/Horse/Trainer/Jockey/Odds
1 Pogo, Charles Hills James Doyle 20-1
2 Shirl’s Speight, Roger Attfield Luis Saez 30-1
3 Dreamloper, Ed Walker Kieran Shoemark 6-1
4 Modern Games *, Charlie Appleby William Buick 7-2
5 Smooth Like Strait, Mike McCarthy John Velazquez 10-1
6 Ivar, Paulo Lobo Javier Castellano 15-1
7 Beyond Brilliant, John Shirreffs Victor Espinoza 20-1
8 Regal Glory, Chad Brown Jose Ortiz 6-1
9 Malavath, Francis-Henri Graffard Tyler Gaffalione 15-1
10 Order of Australia, Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore 12-1
11 Annapolis *, Todd Pletcher Irad Ortiz Jr. 10-1
12 King Cause, Mike Maker Juan Hernandez 30-1
13 Kinross, Ralph Beckett Frankie Dettori 9-2
14 Domestic Spending, Chad Brown Flavien Prat 8-1
Also Eligible
15 Front Run the Fed, Caio Caramori TBA 30-1
16 Gear Jockey, Rusty Arnold TBA 30-1
* indicates Breeders’ Cup Challenge winner
Other Horses of Canadian Interest
Canadian-bred CHANNEL MAKER, bred by Ivan Dalos, is entered in the Breeders’ Cup Turf and is set to run in the 1 1/2 mile turf race for the 5th straight year. The 8-year-old was also in the Juvenile Turf in 2016. The son of English Channel was Canada’s Champion 3-year-old in 2017 and 2020 Eclipse Award winning Turf Male and he has earned $3.6 million.
Canadian-bred ARTEMUS CITYLIMITS, who was third in the Greenwood Stakes at Woodbine in 2020 and recently second in the Grade 2 Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs and third in the Woodford Stakes (G2) at Keeneland, is in the Grade 1 Turf Sprint on Saturday, Nov. 5. The son of Temple City – Dene Court by City Zip was bred by Gunpowder Farms in Ontario.
Woodbine’s leading trainer MARK CASSE has American-based/bred WONDER WHEEL, owned by D.J. Stable, in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) and longshot WEBSLINGER has drawn into the Juvenile Turf.
PETER REDEKOP of Vancouver, British Columbia has his star 2-year-old filly AND TELL ME NOLIES in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at 1 1/16 miles on the dirt.
PAUL REDDAM, originally from Windsor, ON, has WOUND UP in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Slow Down Andy in the Dirt Mile and Awake at Midnyte in the Distaff.
JOHN AND TANYA GUNTHER from Vancouver B.C. have PIPELINE in the Dirt Mile.
BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RACE ORDER
Keeneland
Future Stars Friday November 4
Race Distance Age/Sex Purse Post*
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) 5 Furlongs (Turf) 2 Year Olds $1 Million 3:00pm
NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) 1 1/16 Miles 2 Year Old Fillies $2 Million 3:40pm
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) 1 Mile (Turf) 2 Year Old Fillies $1 Million 4:20pm
FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) presented by TAA (G1) 1 1/16 Miles 2 Year Old Colts & Geldings $2 Million 5:00pm
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) 1 Mile (Turf) 2 Year Olds $1 Million 5:40pm
Saturday November 5
Race Distance Age/Sex Purse Post*
Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) 7 furlongs 3 Year Olds & Up
Fillies & Mares $1 Million 11:50am
Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) 5 Furlongs (Turf) 3 Year Olds & Up $1 Million 12:29pm
Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) 1 Mile 3 Year Olds & Up $1 Million 1:10pm
Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) 1 3/16 Miles (Turf) 3 Year Olds & Up
Fillies & Mares $2 Million 1:50pm
Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) 6 Furlongs 3 Year Olds & Up $2 Million 2:30pm
FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) presented by PDJF 1 Mile (Turf) 3 Year Olds & Up $2 Million 3:10pm
Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) 1 1/8 miles 3 Year Olds & Up
Fillies & Mares $2 Million 3:55pm
Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) 1 1/2 miles (Turf) 3 Year Olds & Up $4 Million 4:40pm
Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) 1 1/4 miles 3 Year Olds & Up $6 Million 5:40pm
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