BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE FILLIES
TURF (G1), 8TH-SA, $1,000,000, 2YO, F, 1MT, 6:50PM, 10-31
| PP | HORSE | TRAINER | JOCKEY | ODDS | ||||
| 1 |
PARTISAN POLITICS |
Chad Brown |
Javier Castellano | 15-1 | ||||
| 2 |
OSAILA |
Richard Hannon |
Frankie Dettori | 5-1 | ||||
| 3 |
SUNSET GLOW |
Wesley Ward |
Victor Espinoza | 7-2 | ||||
| 4 |
LADY ELI |
Chad Brown |
Irad Ortiz Jr. | 6-1 | ||||
| 5 |
ISABELLA SINGS |
Todd Pletcher |
John Velazquez | 12-1 | ||||
| 6 |
SIVOLIERE |
Chad Brown |
Gary Stevens | 12-1 | ||||
| 7 |
RAINHA DA BATERIA |
Graham Motion |
Joel Rosario | 12-1 | ||||
| 8 | NICKY’S BROWN MISS | Savino Capilupi | Francisco Torres | 20-1 | ||||
| 9 |
LADY ZUZU |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Julien Leparoux | 15-1 | ||||
| 10 |
QUALITY ROCKS |
Bill Mott |
Jose Lezcano | 20-1 | ||||
| 11 |
CONQUEST HARLANATE |
|
Patrick Husbands | 10-1 | ||||
| 12 |
TAMMY THE TORPEDO |
Chad Brown |
Rafael Bejarano | 12-1 | ||||
| 13 |
PRIZE EXHIBIT |
Jamie Osborne |
Jamie Spencer (2nd pref) | 20-1 | ||||
| 14 |
QUALIFY |
Aidan O’Brien |
Ryan Moore | 5-1 | ||||
| Also-eligibles | ||||||||
| 15 | FLYING TIPAT | Dale Romans | Jose Ortiz | 20-1 | ||||
| 16 | WAR ALERT | David Brown | Jamie Spencer (1st pref) | 20-1 |
by Jacob Kelly
The Juvenile Fillies Turf was established in 2008 and has
one of the shorter lifespans of the current Breeders’ Cup races. History does
not bode well for the post-time favorite in this race, as the public betting
choice has never been victorious. In the past two years viewers have seen an
international-bred win, while U.S.-based horses captured the first four. This
year features a field of 14 with two also-eligibles and includes five European
shippers.
1ST — QUALIFY enters in here off a three-length score going seven furlongs
in a swift 1:22 3/5 in the Group 3 Weld Park, where she tried coming from off
the pace for the first time in her career. The Fastnet Rock miss has to overcome the outside post, but
the Irish-bred shouldn’t have any problems with the two-turn mile and will be
closing again. The Aidan O’Brien-trained filly could make it three in a row for
the international-breds and give her trainer his first Juvenile Fillies Turf
victory.
2ND — OSAILA, also an Irish-bred, is another international
shipper that could take this wide-open race. The bay has three wins from six
starts in her career and is exiting a victory in the seven-furlong Tattersalls
Millions Two-Year-Old Fillies’ Trophy on October 4. The daughter of Danehill
Dancer wants more ground and will likely be up near the pace, as she drew a good
spot breaking from post position 2.
3RD — The 7-2 morning-line favorite, SUNSET GLOW, broke her maiden
on the grass at Belmont Park in June before shipping overseas to finish runner-up in
the Group 3 Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot. The juvenile miss is exiting
back-to-back wins against graded company over the Del Mar Polytrack in August.
The farthest she has traveled is seven furlongs, but the added furlong on Friday
should not pose a problem as she is out of a Dynaformer mare. The gray daughter
of Exchange Rate has been training well over the Keeneland turf for trainer
Wesley Ward, and Victor Espinoza, who has been aboard for her last four starts,
retains the mount.
OTHERS — The Chad Brown-trained LADY ELI is undefeated from two
starts and tough to leave out of the top three. The Divine Park miss exits a win in the slow-paced
Grade 3 Miss Grillo, where she earned a 112 BRIS Late Pace rating, but her BRIS Speed
rating only came back as an 81. There will be more speed in here and she might
be a touch slow compared to her competition.
SIVOLIERE ships in from France
with a career line of 5-3-0-1 and is making her first start for her new
connections. The Sea the Stars bay is getting Lasix added by trainer Brown and
will have Gary Stevens, who can’t be discounted, in the irons.