BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE TURF
(G1), 6TH-SA, $1,000,000, 2YO, C/G, 1MT, 5:25PM, 10-31
| PP | HORSE | TRAINER | JOCKEY | ODDS | ||||
| 1 |
WET SAIL |
Charlie Fellowes |
Jamie Spencer | 15-1 | ||||
| 2 |
DADDY D T |
John Sadler |
Corey Nakatani | 15-1 | ||||
| 3 |
LUCK OF THE KITTEN |
Wesley Ward |
Mike Smith | 8-1 | ||||
| 4 |
COMMEMORATIVE |
Charlie Hills |
James Doyle | 8-1 | ||||
| 5 |
HOOTENANNY |
Wesley Ward |
Frankie Dettori | 3-1 | ||||
| 6 |
CONQUEST TYPHOON |
Mark Casse |
Patrick Husbands | 12-1 | ||||
| 7 |
WAR ENVOY |
Aidan O’Brien |
Ryan Moore | 9-2 | ||||
| 8 |
OFFERING PLAN |
Chad Brown |
Irad Ortiz Jr. | 20-1 | ||||
| 9 |
AKTABANTAY |
***SCRATCHED*** | ||||||
| 10 |
STARTUP NATION |
Chad Brown |
Joel Rosario | 12-1 | ||||
| 11 |
IMPERIA |
Kiaran McLaughlin |
Javier Castellano | 6-1 | ||||
| 12 |
INTERNATIONAL STAR |
Mike Maker |
John Velazquez | 15-1 | ||||
| 13 |
LAWN RANGER |
Ken McPeek |
Chris Landeros | 20-1 | ||||
| 14 |
DANNY BOY |
Dale Romans |
Julien Leparoux | 20-1 | ||||
| Also-eligibles | ||||||||
| 15 | FAITHFUL CREEK | Brian Meehan | Kieren Fallon | 20-1 | ||||
| 16 | PAPACOOLPAPACOOL | Jeff Mullins | Joe Talamo | 30-1 |
by Jacob Kelly
The 2014 Juvenile Turf marks the eighth running of the race for two-year-olds
going one mile on the grass. U.S.-based horses do not have a good track record
in the seven previous races. The inaugural year of the race in 2007 and 2010
were the only times that an international shipper did not capture the Juvenile
Turf. While the favorite has only won once, they have managed to hit the board
on five different occasions.
1ST — The European shippers will continue the dominance of the
Juvenile Turf this year with WAR ENVOY. The bay colt is the most experienced in
here with seven starts over five different turf courses. He finished fifth in
his most recent start on October 5 in the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, but closed well and
was only beaten by 1 3/4 lengths. The fact he’s getting Lasix added is just
another reason to like this son of War Front
while he stretches out to the one-mile distance for the first time. The Kentucky-bred is
trained by the always dangerous Aidan O’Brien, who captured this race back in
2011 and 2012.
2ND — STARTUP NATION won the first two races of his young career,
but is coming off a disappointing fourth-place finish in the Grade 3 Pilgrim as
the 2-5 favorite on September 28 at Belmont Park. He lost some momentum when running
into a wall of horses in the stretch last time out before finding room late
along the rail. Look for trainer Chad Brown to have this dark bay colt ready to
fire and pull the upset with decent odds.
3RD — IMPERIA just missed by a neck in his debut in August. He
came back the following month to break his maiden in the Pilgrim and received a
107 BRIS Late Pace rating. The Medaglia d’Oro juvenile should be coming on strong again in the end
and will try to run down the leaders in the stretch on Friday. Imperia has been training well for Kiaran
McLaughlin and the distance will not be an issue as he cuts back to a mile here
after going 8 1/2 furlongs in his previous two starts.
OTHERS — It is tough to overlook 3-1 morning-line favorite
HOOTENANNY, who broke his maiden over Keeneland’s Polytrack back in April in
his first career start. Trainer Wesley Ward shipped him overseas, where the
Quality Road colt showed
promise on the turf by winning the five-furlong Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot in
June. He has not raced since finishing runner-up in the Group 1 Prix Morny on
August 24 and, while he’s bred for speed, the mile distance may be too much for him.
COMMEMORATIVE is certainly one of the European shippers that can’t be thrown
out. The chestnut enters here with two wins over the grass at this distance and
is out of Charlie Hills’ barn, who won the Juvenile Fillies Turf last year.