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City of Light’s Fierceness Leads Home a ‘Rising Star’ Sweep in the Juvenile

'TDN Rising Star' FIERCENESS (c, 2, City of Light–Nonna Bella, by Stay Thirsty), off at a wildly overlaid 16-1 from a 6-1 morning line, went through his gears in the final furlong and a half to turn Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile into a one-horse affair, as he dusted his fellow previous Grade I-winning fellow 'Rising Stars' Muth (Good Magic) and Locked (Gun Runner) by a distance.

As brilliant as he was in winning his six-furlong debut by better than 11 lengths, good for a 95 Beyer, he was equally disappointing at 55 cents on the dollar when clearly failing to handle the slippery underfoot conditions behind 'Rising Star' Timberlake (Into Mischief) and General Partner (Speightstown) in the GI Champagne S. The gamblers were unforgiving as they gravitated to Locked, Muth and Timberlake, but Fierceness put himself right into the race with a clean dispatch from gate nine, pressing a modest early tempo outside of General Partner. Sidling up at the quarter pole, Fierceness exploded when John Velazquez went for him and pulled clear with each stride in a final time about 2 1/2 seconds faster than the Juvenile Fillies.

Velazquez was winning his 20th Breeders' Cup race and first Juvenile since guiding this owner's Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) back in 2010. Repole 'Rising Star' Forte (Violence) won last year's Juvenile for Todd Pletcher, who was celebrating a 15th Breeders' Cup success.

 

Friday, Santa Anita
FANDUEL BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE PRESENTED BY THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE-GI, $1,820,000, Santa Anita, 11-3, 2yo, c/g, 1 1/16m, 1:41.90, ft.
1–FIERCENESS, 122, c, 2, by City of Light
           1st Dam: Nonna Bella, by Stay Thirsty
           2nd Dam: Nonna Mia, by Empire Maker
           3rd Dam: Holy Bubbette, by Holy Bull
'TDN Rising Star'. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. O/B-Repole Stable, Inc. (KY); T-Todd Pletcher; J-John R. Velazquez. $1,040,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $1,102,750. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Muth, 122, c, 2, Good Magic–Hoppa, by Uncle Mo. ($190,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $2,000,000 2yo '23 OBSMAR). 'TDN Rising Star'. O-Zedan Racing Stables, Inc.; B-Don Alberto Corporation (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $340,000.
3–Locked, 122, c, 2, Gun Runner–Luna Rosa, by Malibu Moon. 'TDN Rising Star'. ($425,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm; B-Rosa Colasanti (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $180,000.
Margins: 6 1/4, HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 16.50, 2.70, 2.30.
Also Ran: Timberlake, Prince of Monaco, General Partner, Cuban Thunder (Ire), Wine Me Up, Noted. Scratched: Ecoro Neo, The Wine Steward.
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf: Hard To Justify Stays Unbeaten

Wise Racing LLC's Hard to Justify ran her record to a perfect 3-for-3 with a hard-fought victory under Flavien Prat in Friday's Grade 1, $1-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. The daughter of Justify rallied for a half-length decision over Irish invader Porta Fortuna, with She Feels Pretty a head back in third.

Trained by Chad Brown and ridden by Flavien Prat, the 2-year-old daughter of Triple Crown winner Justify covered a mile on firm turf in 1:34.42 and paid $20.20 to win.

Content finished fourth, followed by Austere, Buchu, Carla's Way, Life's an Audible, Dreamfyre, Lauine, Les Pavots, Flattery, Gala Brand, and Buttercream Babe.

This was Brown's sixth Juvenile Fillies Turf triumph and his 17th win overall at the Breeders' Cup.

Bred in Kentucky by Yequada Centurion S.L., Hard to Justify was produced from the Quality Road mare, Instant Reflex. She was purchased by Wise Racing for $190,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale from Nick Drion Thoroughbreds.

Hard to Justify won her debut in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight race at Saratoga on July 23, then came back Oct. 4 to win the G2 Miss Grillo at Aqueduct.

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Hard to Justify Gives Brown A Sixth BC Juvenile Fillies Turf Title

It took about 45 minutes for Justify to add to his Breeders' Cup grab, as HARD TO JUSTIFY (–Instant Reflex, by Quality Road) managed to secure a handy position from gate 12, relaxed kindly through the middle fractions and kept on very gamely to hold off an equally game try from the Donnacha O'Brien-trained Porta Fortuna (Ire) (Caravaggio) to give trainer Chad Brown a remarkable sixth success in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita, where he won his very first Breeders' Cup race some 15 years ago in the same event with Maram.

The $190,000 Keeneland September yearling, who earned her way into the Breeders' Cup with a tally in the GIII Miss Grillo S. at Aqueduct last month, was guided down towards the inside by Flavien Prat to sit just off the flank of Dreamfyre (Flameaway), herself the all-the-way winner of the local prep, the Oct. 8 Surfer Girl S. Asked to confront the front-runner approaching the entrance to the stretch, Hard to Justify edged in front and battled on bravely for the victory as Porta Fortuna was just beaten. Favored She Feels Pretty, a daughter of GI Breeders' Cup Mile hero Karakontie (Jpn), was unable to get in from her high draw and was therefore consigned to a four-wide trip, but she, too, boxed on determinedly to finish not far away. It was a 17th Breeders' Cup victory overall for Brown and fifth for Prat, who was aboard Flightline (Tapit) in that history-making Classic last fall.

 

Friday, Santa Anita
BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES TURF-GI, $920,000, Santa Anita, 11-3, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:34.42, fm.
1–HARD TO JUSTIFY, 122, f, 2, by Justify
             1st Dam: Instant Reflex (GSP), by Quality Road
             2nd Dam: Without Delay, by Seeking the Gold
             3rd Dam: Slow Down, by Seattle Slew
1ST GRADE I WIN. ($190,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Wise Racing LLC; B-Yeguada Centurion S.L. (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $520,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $687,750. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Porta Fortuna (Ire), 122, f, 2, by Caravaggio
             1st Dam: Too Precious (Ire), by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)
             2nd Dam: Delicate Charm (Ire), by High Chaparral (Ire)
             3rd Dam: Kantikoy (GB), by Alzao
O-Medallion Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Barry Fowler; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (Ire); T-Donnacha O'Brien. $170,000.
3–She Feels Pretty, 122, f, 2, by Karakontie (Jpn)
             1st Dam: Summer Sweet, by More Than Ready
             2nd Dam: Summer Solstice (Ire), by Caerleon
             3rd Dam: Summer Sonnet (GB), by Baillamont
($240,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Lael Stables; B-Payson Stud Inc (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux. $90,000.
Margins: HF, HD, 3/4. Odds: 9.10, 3.80, 3.50.
Also Ran: Content (Ire), Austere, Buchu, Carla's Way (Ire), Life's an Audible, Dreamfyre, Laulne (Fr), Les Pavots (Ire), Flattery, Gala Brand, Buttercream Babe. Scratched: Go With Gusto, Mo Fox Givin.
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