Racing Diary had a brilliant Saturday evening at the Breeders’ Cup as Europe had a brilliant meeting! It was a brilliant night of racing at Santa Anita, USA for the Breeders Cup 2009.
Henry Cecil added a Breeders Cup win to his CV whilst Conduit and Goldikova defended their titles. Goldikova overcame an outside stall to win with a devastating turn of foot. Frankie Dettori kicked things off with a winner on Pounced. All were advised by Racing Diary! We also advised to back 6 or more winners with Stan James which was won in style!
Frankie Dettori gave Europe the perfect start to day two of Breeders’ Cup 2009 by winning the opening Juvenile Turf on John Gosden’s Pounced at Santa Anita. The Italian sent his mount – the 3-1 favourite – through a gap on the inside to take it up a furlong from home.
Goldikova emulated Miesque by winning back-to-back renewals of the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita. Trainer Freddie Head had the pleasure of riding Miesque and completed a remarkable feat that will take some matching. Draw 11 of 11, Olivier Peslier bided his time at the back of the field and had to weave through runners in the straight. The Americans tried to stop her with the draw, they couldn’t!
Conduit etched his name in Breeders’ Cup history when winning consecutive renewals of the Turf at Santa Anita on Saturday night. Sir Michael Stoute’s four-year-old had to work a good deal harder then when winning 12 months ago and Ryan Moore excelled on the chestnut. A brilliant race ride by Champion Ryan Moore, excellent!
The final race the $5m Classic went to Zenyatta who had won 13 from 13 and faced Rip Van Winkle, Twice Over and a field of colts. The start was disrupted which may have had an effect on proceedings. Zenyatta was slow out and was last in the early stages of the Classic, Rip Van Winkle was always up with the pace but didn’t handle the surface and was not competitive. To give them that much of a start was brave, but she stuffed them with a brilliant ride and that was one we got wrong but wow, what a superb filly! As good as we have seen, what a night!
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