Juvenile Fillies Turf Awaits Undefeated Lake Victoria

Aidan O’Brien and his Coolmore masters aren’t messing round. They’ve suffered by means of a 1-for-17 file within the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), a race tailored for his or her all conquering provide of the perfect younger horses cash and breeding should purchase. So, to make sure the trophy for the seventeenth operating of the million-dollar occasion goes residence to Eire, they’re delivery their largest potential gun seeking the Nov. 1 prize. 

Lake Victoria , a daughter of Frankel  , is one among three fillies educated by O’Brien to make the chosen checklist of 14 from 21 pre-entries within the race, and by far essentially the most achieved. She has received all 4 of her races, together with group 1 occasions in England and Eire, operating finest on the finish every time. Her dam is the sensible Quiet Reflection , who mopped up on males in a pair of group 1 British sprints, giving her a blended pedigree that places the mile at Del Mar in her candy spot.

Now all she has to do is flip left.

After racing over nothing however straightaways at The Curragh and Newmarket, these two hairpin turns across the seven-furlong Del Mar course may very well be the one factor that beats Lake Victoria. If that occurs, there can be a bunch of home challengers able to pounce, together with Thought Course of , a daughter of Collected   who has separated herself from the California pack with back-to-back grass wins at one mile, together with the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes Sept. 7.

“She’s received on (the Del Mar) turf course twice, which definitely does not damage,” mentioned Phil D’Amato, who trains Thought Course of for the partnership of Little Pink Feather Racing, Madaket Stables, and the property of Brereton C. Jones. The filly additionally took the Surfer Lady Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park.

“She additionally has nice tactical velocity and switch of foot, that are distinctive qualities,” D’Amato added. “Normally, you could have one or the opposite.”

Keeneland‘s Jessamine Stakes (G2T) is sending the three fillies who hit the road underneath a blanket there Oct. 4: winner Could Day Prepared , Completely Justified , and Destino d’Oro . Scythian  and Virgin Colada , the one-two finishers within the Miss Grillo Stakes (G2T) at Aqueduct Racetrack Oct. 6, have made the sphere, together with Vixen , second to the sidelined And One Extra Time  within the Natalma Stakes (G1T) at Woodbine Sept. 14.

Toss into that group Kilwin , a daughter of Twirling Sweet   educated by Rusty Arnold, who closed like a scalded cat to win the listed Untapable Stakes at Kentucky Downs Sept. 8. The pot was 1,000,000 {dollars}.

Accompanying Lake Victoria within the O’Brien band can be Heavens Gate , by Churchill , who took the Park Stakes (G3) at The Curragh Sept. 29. The 2 O’Brien fillies have by no means met, no less than not within the afternoon.

Breeders’ Cup introduced on X that the third O’Brien pre-entry, Effervescent , was withdrawn in addition to fellow European Celandine , permitting Tracy Farmer’s Abientot  and Calumet Farm’s Correto  to maneuver into the principle discipline. The Mark Casse-trained Abientot completed third behind Kilwin two begins again within the Untapable, however rebounded with a rallying last-out win within the Matron Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct. Correto, educated by Graham Movement, completed third within the Miss Grillo Stakes.

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