One of five Grade I/Group 1 winners for Triple Crown winner Justify in what has been a sensational 2023 season both at home and abroad, George Krirkorian's JUST F Y I (–Star Act, by Street Cry {Ire}) had the widest post position in the field to deal with, but took the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies right to odds-on 'TDN Rising Star' Tamara (Bolt d'Oro), surged past that spent rival at the head of the lane and found the wire first to all but secure a first American championship for Justify. Sent off at generous odds of 7-1 to add the Juvenile Fillies to her latest success through the Aqueduct slop in the GI Frizette S. early last month, the homebred was ridden positively and aggressively by Junior Alvarado and forced Tamara into a testing opening quarter mile in :22.47. Mike Smith was able to give the front-runner a little bit of a chance to catch her breath down the backstretch, as they were able to go the next couple of furlongs in over :24 seconds, but Just F Y I shadowed her every move, and Mike Smith began to get urgent aboard the favorite with better than two furlongs to travel. Meanwhile, Alvarado was riding high on Just F Y I, went by with relative ease and then was fully extended to the wire as 17-1 Jody's Pride (American Pharoah) made things interesting to complete a Coolmore-sired 1-2. Second favorite Candied (Candy Ride {Arg}) plugged home into third. It was a 13th victory overall for Bill Mott, but first in the Juvenile Fillies. Alvarado rode Cody's Wish to his first Breeders' Cup win in last year's GI Dirt Mile. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0. O/B-George Krikorian (KY); T-Bill Mott.
Just F Y I wins the $1 Million @NetJets #BreedersCup Juvenile Fillies on #FutureStarsFriday at @santaanitapark! Congrats to all of her connections! pic.twitter.com/q2BRPmF895
— Breeders' Cup (@BreedersCup) November 3, 2023
Friday, Santa Anita Park
NETJETS BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES-GI, $1,840,000, Santa Anita, 11-3, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.58, ft.
1–JUST F Y I, 122, f, 2, by Justify
1st Dam: Star Act (SP, $147,605), by Street Cry (Ire)
2nd Dam: Starrer, by Dynaformer
3rd Dam: To the Hunt, by Relaunch
O/B-George Krikorian (KY); T-William I. Mott; J-Junior Alvarado. $1,040,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $1,317,750. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Jody's Pride, 122, f, 2, by American Pharoah
1st Dam: Jody's Song, by Scat Daddy
2nd Dam: Speightful Lady, by Speightstown
3rd Dam: England's Rose, by Nureyev
1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O-Parkland Thoroughbreds and Sportsmen Stable; B-Mr. Steve Weston (KY); T-Jorge R. Abreu. $340,000.
3–Candied, 122, f, 2, by Candy Ride (Arg)
1st Dam: Toni Tools (SW, $193,339), by Roaring Fever
2nd Dam: Patine, by Smart Strike
3rd Dam: Burnish, by Menifee
($165,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL). O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; B-Buck Pond Farm, Inc. (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $180,000.
Margins: NK, HF, 2 3/4. Odds: 7.00, 17.80, 2.80.
Also Ran: Life Talk, Scalable, Brightwork, Tamara, Where's My Ring, Chatalas, Accommodate Eva, Esprit Enchante, Omaha Girl. Scratched: Alys Beach.
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