“She had us out of our seats, the Breeders’ Cup [Filly & Mare Turf] was an exciting race.”
That was Donato Lanni, curator of the X-Men Racing syndicate which co-owns racing darling MOIRA, who was a gallant third in the Grade 1 event at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, passed just late by the best filly in England, Inspiral (GB) and Ireland’s top filly Warm Heart. Moira was one length and a head from winning the $1.5 million race.
The race was fast – 1:59.06 – and Moira earned a career-best 103 Beyer Speed Figure. Prior to that big effort, the 2022 Queen’s Plate and Woodbine Oaks winner was third in the E.P. Taylor (G1) and won the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes. Her career earnings are just over $1.4 million.