British champion jockey William Buick produced a masterclass in endurance coming from last to first to win the Grade One Juvenile Turf Sprint on Mischief Magic.
Knocked to the rear early on in the five-furlong contest, Buick tried to come down the within on the rail however discovered extra site visitors forward of him as Hollie Doyle on The Platinum Queen tried to make the tempo.
She quickly faltered as Ryan Moore on Dramatised got here alongside the rail to hit the entrance, chased on the surface by Richard Hannon’s Persian Force.
Mischief Magic was nonetheless stuffed with operating in behind and Buick lastly obtained a passage by as the sector became the ultimate straight.
Buick, although, had to use all his may to get previous Dramatised and the late burst of Private Creed, to win by a size.
It was a outstanding fourth consecutive Breeders’ Cup victory for coach Charlie Appleby and prolonged his general document to seven wins from 12 runners on the assembly.
Appleby advised Sky Sports Racing: “I knew they have been going to go laborious.
“William has been in such great form and riding with such confidence, I could see what he was doing. He was trying to get him on his lead and he got him on his lead on the back turn there, I could see where he was trying to angle out and just got pushed back in again.
“I do not assume it did the horse any hurt as a result of as I stated to Will, simply give him gaps, he simply wants daylight and he may simply have a probability. An excellent journey by William, I’m delighted. It’s nice to be again.”
Gaffalione celebrates first Breeders’ Cup success
There have been wild celebrations from younger US jockey Tyler Gaffalione as he produced a beautiful journey on Wonder Wheel to win the Grade One Juvenile Fillies on the dust floor.
As Buick had completed in the earlier race, Gaffalione took his time and went for the rail, discovering his hole at simply the precise time and bursting by to run out a powerful three-length winner from 25/1 shot Leave No Trace and Raging Sea.
A delighted Gaffalione stated: “It means the world. I can’t even put that into words right now.
“She did not bounce very nicely and I obtained pushed again additional than I needed to be however she is courageous and all of it labored out.”
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