Month: November 2022

Wonder Wheel Kicks Clear In Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies

Just under a month after her showcase front-running victory in the Grade 1 Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland, Wonder Wheel showed off a new trick at the same track on Friday, rallying from a ground-saving trip to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

The daughter of Into Mischief veered out shortly after the break, to stay clear of And Tell Me Nolies, was also angling out next to her. Post time favorite Chop Chop was also knocked widest of all in the exchange, which affected her for the rest of her trip.

This left Wonder Wheel near the back of the pack heading into the first turn while Grand Love and Leave No Trace led the way.

Grand Love entered the backstretch after setting an opening quarter-mile in :22.90, while jockey Tyler Gaffalione settled Wonder Wheel back in on the rail, ahead of just two horses. Under an easy handle by jockey Florent Geroux, Grand Love gained some slight separation from chasers Leave No Trace and You're My Girl, and covered a half-mile in :47.22.

Longshot Leave No Trace began applying pressure to leader Grand Love at the three-quarter mark, crossing the pole in 1:12.80, and the rest of the field began closing in on the leaders through the final turn.

This left an opening on the rail for Gaffalione to accelerate with Wonder Wheel, and the duo picked up several placings through the bend. By the quarter pole, Wonder Wheel was directly behind Grand Love, who was still battling with Leave No Trace to stay in front.

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Gaffalione swung Wonder Wheel out three-wide, and slipped through a narrow hole to find daylight in the stretch, and she was even with the leaders with a sixteenth of a mile to go, setting the mile time in 1:38.63. With all of the momentum behind her, Wonder Wheel kicked away to win by three lengths. Leave No Trace carried on to finish second, one length ahead of third-place Raging Sea, who staged a late move from the rail.

Pacesetter Grand Love faded to sixth, and favorite Chop Chop was never in contention and finished last of 13.

Wonder Wheel completed the 1 1/16 mile race in 1:44.90 over a fast main track for owner D. J. Stable and trainer Mark Casse. She paid $15 to win.

Friday's race improved Wonder Wheel's lifetime record to four wins in five career starts.

Wonder Wheel was bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm and Clearsky Farms, out of the multiple Grade 1-placed Tiz Wonderful mare Wonder Gal, who herself finished third in the 2014 running of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita Park.

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Wonder Wheel Slices her Way to Juvenile Fillies Win

LEXINGTON, KY – D J Stable's Wonder Wheel (Into Mischief) was masterfully handled from far back beneath Tyler Gaffalione and produced a devastating stretch run to secure a year-end divisional championship in Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland. Leave No Trace (Outwork) was three lengths back in second; Raging Sea (Curlin) finished third.

“There was lots of doubt probably the entire race given the way she has run in the past,” said winning trainer Mark Casse after registering his sixth Breeders' Cup victory. “She is just a really good horse. She is just special and now she is going to be champion.”

In a stark contrast to her narrow, wire-to-wire tally in her route debut in the local GI Darley Alcibiades S., the 6-1 chance quite surprisingly found herself far back in 11th through fractions of :22.90 and :47.22. Traveling beautifully on the inside on the far turn, but desperately in the need of some racing luck, Gaffalione kept his cool and tipped Wonder Wheel out three deep through a tight opening as they straightened. She put on a show from there to leave them all in the dust.

Wonder Wheel, a winner of her first two starts at Churchill Downs, including a runaway score in the Debutante S., was second behind the 25-1 Juvenile Fillies runner-up Leave No Trace in Saratoga's GI Spinaway S. Wonder Wheel held on by a nose over the unlucky Chop Chop (City of Light) after setting the pace in the Alcibiades. Juvenile Fillies third Raging Sea was disqualified from third for interference that day and placed fourth.

Gaffalione, the regular rider of the Casse-trained GI Preakness S. winner War of Will (War Front), entered this year's Championships with an 0-for-34 record.

“She didn't break very well,” Gaffalione said. “I got pushed back a little further than I wanted to be. But when she broke her maiden, she took dirt and went in between horses and I wasn't too concerned [today]. Spots kept opening up inside, so I just going forward and it just worked out.”

Chop Chop was last of 13 as the 2-1 favorite.

“Didn't work out very well,” trainer Brad Cox said. “She broke, she was fine. She was a little hot in the paddock for me. I didn't love that. She got pushed wide going into the first turn. She got pushed wide actually by the winner. The winner was ultra-impressive. We just didn't have much horse.”

The Green family's D J Stable, along with Cash is King, campaigned 2018 Juvenile Fillies winner and that season's champion 2-year-old filly Jaywalk (Cross Traffic).

“It's an incredible feeling, not only to win a race of this caliber at Keeneland, but to do it with these classy gentlemen,” D J Stable's Jon Green said. “Tyler's been phenomenal for us over the past couple of years, Mark has been training for us for three years now, and we've been in the Breeders' Cup every year.

Green continued, “Jaywalk won it, again, similar situation, she was third choice, kind of overlooked by a lot of people, which is fine by us; we like being the underdog, we're used to it, quite frankly.”

As for Wonder Wheel, Green concluded, “She's a classy filly. She never misses a day of training and she's got a great level head. But you still worry about asking a horse at this level to do something completely new. And that's why we employ somebody like Tyler because he just navigated her right to the rail and through an open hole and the rest is history.”

Pedigree Notes:

Wonder Wheel joins Into Mischief's rapidly growing all-star line-up of Breeders' Cup winners Authentic, Covfefe, Gamine, Life Is Good and Goldencents (2x). The $275,000 KEESEP yearling was already one of 13 Grade I winners for her all-conquering sire. Wonder Wheel's talented multiple stakes-winning dam Wonder Gal, a close third in the 2014 Juvenile Fillies, was barren on a 2022 Constitution cover. Wonder Wheel is her most recent produce. This is the extended female family of GISWs Force the Pass and Perfect Drift.

Friday, Keeneland
NETJETS BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES-GI, $1,840,000, Keeneland, 11-4, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.90, ft.
1–WONDER WHEEL, 122, f, 2, by Into Mischief
           1st Dam: Wonder Gal (MSW & MGISP, $904,800), by Tiz Wonderful
           2nd Dam: Passe, by Dixie Union
           3rd Dam: Gal On the Go, by Irgun
($275,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-D. J. Stable LLC; B-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC & Clearsky Farms (KY); T-Mark E. Casse; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $1,040,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, $1,550,725. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross  pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Leave No Trace, 122, f, 2, by Outwork
           1st Dam: Tanquerray, by Good Journey
           2nd Dam: Kitty Galore, by Mountain Cat
           3rd Dam: Patriot Star, by Torsion
($8,000 Ylg '21 FTKFEB; $40,000 Ylg '21 EASOCT). O-WellSpring Stables; B-Red Cloak Farm, LLC (KY); T-Philip M. Serpe. $340,000.
3–Raging Sea, 122, f, 2, by Curlin
           1st Dam: Stormy Welcome, by Storm Cat
           2nd Dam: Welcome Surprise, by Seeking the Gold
           3rd Dam: Weekend Surprise, by Secretariat
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($300,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP). O/B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. $180,000.
Margins: 3, 1, 1 3/4. Odds: 6.50, 25.81, 6.71.
Also Ran: Sabra Tuff, You're My Girl, Grand Love, Atomically, And Tell Me Nolies, Alma Rosa, Vegas Magic, Shoplifter, Chocolate Gelato, Chop Chop. Scratched: American Rockette.
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Exceed and Excel’s Mischief Magic Rallies to Win the BC Turf Sprint for Godolphin

LEXINGTON, KY–Godolphin's Mischief Magic (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) started off the Breeders' Cup action on an unseasonably warm and picture perfect day at Keeneland Friday in style with a late-rallying victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

Dispatched at 6-1 in this 5 1/2-furlong event, the homebred was off slowest of all, leaving him trailing the field early. Meanwhile Speed Boat Beach (Bayern) and previously unbeaten Tyler's Tribe (Sharp Azteca) sped out to the early lead, dueling through a :21.65 opening quarter. American Apple (American Pharoah), a 51-1 shot, charged up the fence to take the lead approaching the far turn, just as William Buick asked Mischief Magic to begin his bid. The flashy bay responded, taking closer order up the fence to put himself in contention, but still had plenty left to do entering the bend. Stuck behind a wall of horses at the top of the stretch as Dramatised (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) took control, Mischief Magic attempted to get out of traffic, but was quickly blocked off. However, another seam opened just in time as Speed Boat Beach called it quits and Mischief Magic punched through horses, forging clear late for a one-length score in front of a very appreciative crowd.

Dramatised held second with Private Creed (Jimmy Creed) in third. Tyler's Tribe was pulled up and vanned off after bleeding in this first start without Lasix.

“I have to say I knew they were going to go hard,” winning trainer Charlie Appleby said. “From the gate, William [Buick] is riding in such great form and has so much confidence in his horses. I can see what he was doing. He was just going to get him on his lead. But he made a lovely run (up the backside) and he was trying to angle out and just got pushed back (inside). He didn't do the horse any harm as I said to William, the one thing he wants is to give him gaps. Give him daylight and the old bugger just might have a second chance. Fantastic ride by William and great effort by all the team. Great to be back.”

“I expected to him to be outpaced early,” Buick said. “He's a comfortable closer at six furlongs at home. I knew the 5 1/2 furlongs here with the speed in the race would catch him out early. I knew if I got behind a horse that would take me into the straight, he would finish off real good. He felt super.”

The jockey continued, “He ran very well in the middle part (of his last race). It was a good race at Newmarket. This is only his sixth race. He's still learning. He enjoys this ground and everything came together for him today.”

As for the runner-up, trainer Karl Burke said, “She ran a fantastic race. We couldn't have asked for anything more, really. She's just a little bit slow for gate speed, which we were always a little bit concerned with, but Ryan (Moore) gave her a beautiful ride and was committed to go down the rail once we were slow away. Maybe we were a bit lucky to get the gaps in the straight. We thought we had it won a half-furlong out. Fair play–Charlie's horse is a very good horse. She's probably a stiff five-furlong horse.”

Breaking through at second asking at Goodwood in July, Mischief Magic romped in an allowance at Newmarket next out Aug. 13. He followed suit with a victory in Kempton's G3 Sirenia S. Sept. 3 and was fourth when last seen in the G1 Middle Park S. at Newmarket Sept. 24.

Pedigree Notes:

Mischief Magic represents Sheikh Moahmmed's operation from top to bottom. The chestnut is the 17th Grade I winner for Darley Australia's Exceed and Excel and his second Breeders' Cup winner, following 2013 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Outstrip (GB). He is also the 11th top-level scorer out of a daughter of Elusive Quality, who is now the broodmare sire of a whopping four Breeders' Cup winners. The other three all came on dirt with subsequent Eclipse winners in two-time GI Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Roy H, GI Breeders' Cup F/M Sprint victress Shamrock Rose and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Essential Quality, who is also a Godolphin homebred. Mischief Magic is bred on the same Exceed and Excel/Elusive Quality cross as MG1SW Guelph.

His unraced dam Veil of Silence, also a product of the Godolphin operation, is a daughter of English and Irish Highweight and MG1SW Gossamer (GB) (Sadler's Wells), who is a full-sibling to European Horse of the Year Barathea (Ire). Mischief Magic is the second graded winner for his dam, who is also responsible for GSW Sound and Silence (GB). The 16-year-old mare's most recent produce is a full-sister to Mischief Magic.

Friday, Keeneland
BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE TURF SPRINT-GI, $920,000, Keeneland, 11-4, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.41, fm.
1–MISCHIEF MAGIC (IRE), 122, c, 2, by Exceed And Excel (Aus)
                1st Dam: Veil of Silence (Ire), by Elusive Quality
                2nd Dam: Gossamer (GB), by Sadler's Wells
                3rd Dam: Brocade (GB), by Habitat
1ST GRADE I WIN. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charles Appleby;
J-William T. Buick. $520,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng,
6-4-0-1, $607,317. *Full to Sound And Silence (GB), GSW-Fr,
MSW & GSP-Eng, SP-USA, $244,281. Werk Nick Rating: A+.
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free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Dramatised (Ire), 119, f, 2, Showcasing (GB)–Katie's Diamond
(Fr), by Turtle Bowl (Ire). 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O-Clipper
Logistics; B-Branton Court Stud (IRE); T-Karl Burke. $170,000.
3–Private Creed, 122, c, 2, Jimmy Creed–South Andros, by
Sky Mesa. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE.
($45,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP; $155,000 2yo '22 EASMAY). O-Mike
McCarty; B-Sierra Farm (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $90,000.
Margins: 1, NK, 2. Odds: 6.92, 12.96, 10.33.
Also Ran: Persian Force (Ire), Lady Hollywood (GB), American Apple, Sharp Aza Tack, Love Reigns (Ire), Speed Boat Beach, Oxymore, The Platinum Queen (Ire), Tyler's Tribe. Scratched: Bushido, Mounsieur Coco, No Nay Hudson (Ire).
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Mischief Magic Jumpstarts Appleby’s Breeders’ Cup With Last-To-First Victory In Juvenile Turf Sprint

The Breeders' Cup success of European trainer Charlie Appleby continued in 2022 as the event kicked off at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. Beginning with the first of 14 championship races, Friday's Grade 1, $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, Appleby sent out Godolphin homebred Mischief Magic for a dramatic, come-from behind victory under champion jockey William Buick. Appleby's overall Breeders' Cup record now stands at seven wins from 12 starts, while Buick was recorded his sixth Breeders' Cup win.

The 2-year-old son of Exceed and Excel ran 5 1/2 furlongs over the firm turf in a stakes-record 1:02.41, paying $15.84 for the victory. Mischief Magic defeated the filly Dramatised by a length, with Private Creed and Persian Force filling out the superfecta.

“I have to say I knew they were going to go hard (early),” Appleby said. “From the gate, William is riding in such great form and has so much confidence in his horses. I can see what he was doing. He was just going to get him on his lead. But he made a lovely run (up the backside) and he was trying to angle out and just got pushed back (inside). He didn't do the horse any harm as I said to William, the one thing he wants is to give him gaps. Give him daylight and the old bugger just might have a second chance. Fantastic ride by William and great effort by all the team. Great to be back.”

Post-time favorite Love Reigns (3-1) was part of the early pace scenario and faded to finish eighth, while morning-line favorite The Platinum Queen (off at 6-1) did not handle the bend and finished 11th.. Fan favorite Tyler's Tribe was eased to finish 12th and pulled up by jockey Kylee Jordan, then loaded onto the horse ambulance to be given a ride back to the stable area. The American Association of Equine Practitioners' on-call veterinarian Al Ruggles reported on the NBC/USA Network telecast that Tyler's Tribe had suffered an episode of epistaxis, or bleeding in the lungs.

Tyler's Tribe and Speed Boat Beach vied for the early lead as Mischief Magic broke slowest of the 12-horse field. Buick allowed his mount the first eighth of mile to settle into stride, and crept closer along the rail heading into the far turn. As Mischief Magic started to rally, Buick had nowhere to go and had to wait until the top of the stretch to find racing room.

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Ultimately Buick guided Mischief Magic to the outside, avoiding a five-wide wall of horses, and then split rivals in the center of the track to burst clear in the final 100 yards.

“I expected to him to be outpaced early,” Buick said. “He's a comfortable closer at six furlongs at home. I knew the 5 ½ furlongs here with the speed in the race would catch him out early. I knew if I got behind a horse that would take me into the straight, he would finish off real good. He felt super.”

Dramatised ran a winning race in defeat, fending off the challenge of Private Creed by a neck. Persian Force was another 2 lengths back in fourth. The remaining order of finish was as follows: Lady Hollywood, American Apple, Sharp Asa Tack, Love Reigns, Speed Boat Beach, Oxymore, The Platinum Queen, and Tyler's Tribe.

Mischief Magic was bred in Ireland by Godolphin out of the Elusive Quality mare Veil of Silence. The colt ran third on debut, then won three straight races including the Group 3 Sirenia Stakes at Kempton before finishing fourth in the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes after being held up early. Overall, Michief Magic has improved his resume to four wins from six starts and earnings of $607,317.

William Buick congratulated after his victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint aboard Charlie Appleby trainee Mischief Magic

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