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Boudot at Brilliant Best As Audarya Upsets FM Turf

French Group 1 winner Audarya (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) punctuated her U.S. debut with a well-earned victory over five-time Grade I scorer Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) in the Maker’s Mark GI Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Keeneland Saturday afternoon. GI Woodbine Mile heroine Starship Jubilee (Indy Wind) stumbled at the start, dropping Florent Geroux as Cayenne Pepper (Ire) (Australia {GB}) raced out from her outside berth to set the pace with Mean Mary (Scat Daddy) and Rushing Fall in close pursuit. Approaching the half-mile pole, Audarya moved through on the inside to assume fourth while tracking the leading trio to the top of the stretch where Cayenne Pepper began to wilt. Taken three-wide off the rail turning for home, Audarya put Mean Mary away at the sixteenth pole and gradually wore down the classy Rushing Fall late to score by a half-length. Harvey’s Lil Goil (American Pharoah) rallied to be third. Starship Jubilee and Geroux appeared to be fine after the eventful start. It was the first Breeders’ Cup win for trainer James Fanshawe and Pierre-Charles Boudot.
“First of all, thanks to all the team at home,” said Fanshawe, who indicated the filly would like stay in training in 2021. “The [traveling crew] has looked after her superbly since she’s been here. She’s done everything right since she’s been here. I just can’t believe it, some race to win. I’m just so thrilled. Pierre-Charles gave her a superb ride. Breeders Cup has looked after us amazingly.”
Of Rushing Fall, trainer Chad Brown added, “That’s what it sounds like talking to Javier [Castellano] [the distance got her]. I thought she was going to be able to pull it off in deep stretch here, but it wasn’t to be. She’s had an outstanding career. She’s definitely the horse of a lifetime for anybody including me. Javier has done a super job riding her entire career. I just thanked him for that. Sad to see her go [be retired], because you’re not going to replace her easily or if ever. Bottom line is I was super proud of her effort today. She gave it all she had. I think it would be fitting [if she won the Eclipse Award] because she deserves it.”
Listed placed at three, the €125,000 Arqana October yearling purchase failed to factor in a pair of English starts in early summer before visiting the winner’s circle for the first time in almost a year in a 10-furlong all-weather test at Newcastle Aug. 2. Recording a career high victory in the Aug. 23 G1 Darley Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville, the French-bred finished third to Tarnawa (Ire) (Shamardal) in ParisLongchamp’s G1 Prix de l’Opera Longines Oct. 4.

Pedigree Insights:
French-bred Green Bananas, a daughter of Group 3-placed Anabaa Republic (Fr), produced her last registered foal in 2018, a colt by Polarix (GB), who died last season. This represents the family of French and UAE highweight older horse and Hong Kong Group 1-victor Tonic (Fr) (Double Bed {Fr}) and Grade I-scorer Mauralakana (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}).

Saturday, Keeneland
MAKER’S MARK BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF-GI, $1,840,000, Keeneland, 11-7, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT, 1:52.72 (NCR), fm.
1–AUDARYA (FR), 124, f, 4, by Wootton Bassett (GB)
                1st Dam: Green Bananas (Fr), by Green Tune
                2nd Dam: Anabaa Republic (Fr), by Anabaa
                3rd Dam: Gigawatt, by Double Bed (Fr)
(€125,000 Ylg ’17 AROYRG). O-A. M. Swinburn; B-S.A.R.L.
Haras D’Ecouves (FR); T-J. R. Fanshawe; J-Pierre-Charles
Boudot. $1,040,000. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr, 13-5-4-1,
$1,229,046.
2–Rushing Fall, 124, m, 5, by More Than Ready
                1st Dam: Autumnal, by Forestry
                2nd Dam: Marie J, by Mr. Prospector
                3rd Dam: In My Cap, by Vice Regent
   ‘TDN Rising Star‘ ($320,000 Ylg ’16 FTSAUG). O-e Five Racing
Thoroughbreds; B-Fred W. Hertrich III & John D. Fielding (KY);
T-Chad C. Brown. $340,000. Werk Nick Rating: A+.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
3–Harvey’s Lil Goil, 120, f, 3, by American Pharoah
                1st Dam: Gloria S, by Tapit
                2nd Dam: Arch’s Gal Edith, by Arch
                3rd Dam: Force Five Gal, by Pleasant Tap
O-Estate of Harvey A. Clarke & Paul Braverman; B-Harvey A.
Clarke (KY); T-William I. Mott. $180,000.
Margins: NK, HD, 3/4. Odds: 17.80, 2.90, 20.40.
Also Ran: Lady Prancealot (Ire), Civil Union, Sistercharlie (Ire), Mean Mary, Nay Lady Nay (Ire), My Sister Nat (Fr), Cayenne Pepper (Ire), Peaceful (Ire), Mucho Unusual, Terebellum (Ire), Starship Jubilee. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Knicks Go Leads Them A Merry Chase in the Dirt Mile

Backed into 9-5 favoritism, the Korea Racing Authority’s KNICKS GO c, 4, Paynter-Kosmo’s Buddy, by Outflanker) continued his rich vein of form with a front-running tour-de-force. Sent hard from gate five, the $87,000 Keeneland September graduate made the early running in advance of Complexity (Maclean’s Music), covering the opening quarter-mile in :21.98 over a Keeneland main track producing wickedly fast sectionals all weekend long. Skipping along through a nearly unimaginable half-mile in :44.40, the 4-year-old always looked to have the measure of his pace pressure, found more off the final corner and stayed on to score in 1:33.85. Knicks Go is the fifth Maryland-bred winner of a Breeders’ Cup race and the second in two years, following Sharing (Speightstown)’s success in last year’s GI Juvenile Fillies Turf. Sales history: $40,000 Wlg ’16 KEENOV; $87,000 Ylg ’17 KEESEP. O-Korea Racing Authority; B-Angie Moore (MD); T-Brad Cox.

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Gamine Sets Track Record In Breeders’ Cup Filly And Mare Sprint

A roller-coaster season for Gamine hit its highest point yet on Saturday when the filly set a new Keeneland track record for seven furlongs in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.

The 3-year-old daughter of Into Mischief went against the playbook on Saturday, leaving the gate quickly, but allowing Serengeti Empress to assume the lead early on. For the first time in Gamine's six career starts, she did not have the lead after the opening quarter-mile or half-mile, which Serengeti Empress clocked in :21.77 seconds and :44.27 seconds respectively.

Gamine sat on Serengeti Empress' outside hip through the turn, got within a half-length at the quarter pole, and drew even with the leader with three-sixteenths remaining. Serengeti Empress, making her final career start, fought valiantly, but jockey John Velazquez found another gear aboard Gamine, and the filly carried on through the stretch with minimal serious urging.

Gamine crossed the wire effortlessly, 6 1/4 lengths ahead of a fading Serengeti Empress, who held on to second by a nose over Bell's The One. The winner paid $4.20 to win as a heavy favorite.

The winning time for the seven-furlong race was 1:20.20 over a fast Keeneland main track, eclipsing the mark of 1:21.32 set by Taris when she won the Grade 2 Raven Run Stakes on Oct. 18, 2014.

Gamine marked the the 17th Breeders' Cup victory for Velazquez. She was 16th for trainer Bob Baffert. The filly races for Denmark-born owner Michael Lund Petersen, who bought her for $1.8 million at last year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale.

Though her campaign has been highly successful in 2020 – the Filly and Mare Sprint was her third Grade 1 victory this season – it has also been bogged in controversy, following a pair of positive drug tests.

Gamine was disqualified from an Oaklawn Park optional claiming race on May 20 – a race she won by a neck – after testing positive for lidocaine, a substance used by veterinarians during lameness examinations to “block” or numb a horse's limbs. It's also commonly found in ointments and analgesic treatments and patches to alleviate pain in humans. Baffert's attorney argued that the presence of the substance in tests was caused by a patch worn by a member of the trainer's staff suffering back pain. Baffert trainee Charlatan, the winner of the G1 Arkansas Derby on the same day, also forfeited his victory for a lidocaine positive.

In September, Gamine tested positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid, following the G1 Kentucky Oaks, where she finished third. A ruling has not yet been made, pending the result of a split sample.

Bred in Kentucky by Grace Thoroughbred Holdings, Gamine is out of the stakes-placed Kafwain mare Peggy Jane.

To view the race's full chart, click here.

Winning trainer Bob Baffert (Gamine) – “That's the baddest b**** in the land right there! I knew (Serengeti Empress) was going to go and I told Johnny if you get separation to get to the outside. She is doing as well as she did when she won the Acorn. She is just brilliant. She is the fastest filly going one turn I've ever trained. I wanted it bad for her. What she's gone through. She deserved it. Of all my races, this meant the most to me.”

Winning jockey John Velazquez (Gamine) – “We knew that other horse would come out running, but I didn't want to give it up too easy. I wanted to make him [Luis Saez] work a little harder. Once he passed me, I came off the rail and even then I didn't get want to give it to him that easy either. I made sure I put a little pressure on because I know that filly is really tough on the lead. I made sure I was close to him. When I asked my filly, she was there for me.”

Second-place trainer Tom Amoss (Serengeti Empress) – “We just got outrun. There's no secret to it. We just got flat outrun. Gamine turned in a spectacular performance, but I'm still so very proud of my filly. Being second-best today is no disgrace, not by a longshot. My girl was a winner a long time ago before this race.”

Second-place jockey Luis Saez (Serengeti Empress) – “I had a pretty good trip. I put her on the lead and she was pretty comfortable. When the other filly came to her she fought, but the winner is a very good filly.”

Third-place trainer Neil Pessin (Bell's the One) – “They didn't go, that was the problem. Gamine took off Serengeti which was a smart thing to do on her part. It was a slow pace for this type of race, the way the track is playing today. But my filly ran her eyeballs out. Very proud of her. Another jump and she would have been second.”

Third-place jockey Corey Lanerie (Bell's the One) – “She ran great. I actually thought I was second. Hat's off to the winner. She beat us today fair and square. My filly showed up like she always does, and she gave me everything she had. I was a little wider than I wanted, but I knew I couldn't get stopped. If I have to check any, my chances were done. So, I put her out in the clear, and we were coming but just weren't good enough today.”

Fourth-place trainer Greg Foley (Sconsin) – “She's a good filly and running against the best in the world. It is a shame she got beat a half-length for second. I thought we were going to be second and then we got zapped for third the last jump. Serengeti Empress got to laying on us a little bit while our filly was running up the fence. She got a good ride and it was just a shame we weren't second or third. The fractions set up great for us (with the leaders) going fast which we figured they would. She ran her race and I am proud of her.”

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Royal Flag Flies Late To Capture Turnback The Alarm Stakes

W.S. Farish's Royal Flag arrived at the Grade 3, $100,000 Turnback the Alarm off of three straight placings against stakes company, but finally prevailed when saving ground along the rail and displaying a late kick to capture the 1 1/8-mile event for fillies and mares over the Aqueduct main track.

The 4-year-old daughter of multiple champion-producing stallion Candy Ride broke sharply from post 2 under Trevor McCarthy and secured a spot to the inside as Graceful Princess commanded the pace into the first turn through splits of 24.38 and 49.52 seconds over the fast main track.

Approaching the far turn, Graceful Princess gave way as Nonna Madeline and Mrs. Orb raced in tandem on the front end with Royal Flag in pursuit. At the top of the stretch, McCarthy angled Royal Flag three paths to the outside and was in front past the sixteenth pole to win by by 2 ¼ lengths in a final time of 1:54.08.

Mrs. Orb finished 1 ½ lengths ahead of third-place finisher Nonna Madeline. Another Broad and Graceful Princess completed the order of finish.

“She comes from off the pace, but I got a great trip,” McCarthy said. “I was able to save some ground and then got her outside and she gave me a great kick. She's a nice filly and she gave me everything she had. As soon as she came off the turn, I went lefthanded and then went back to the right and she really accelerated and went right by the other two horses.”

McCarthy said he came prepared for Saturday's race.

“I did a lot of homework on this race,” said McCarthy. “It was a five-horse field and I watched every horse about three or four times and kind of figured out where they were going to be and where the best spot for my horse would be and where she would feel comfort-wise. You have a bunch of plans in your head of what can work out and you take it from the break and figure out which plan you are going to use.”

Trained by Chad Brown, who sent out 2016 Turnback the Alarm winner Lewis Bay, Royal Flag was previously a hard-fought second to Nonna Madeline in the Lady's Secret at Monmouth Park after acquiring graded stakes black type when second in the Grade 3 Shuvee at Saratoga and third in the Grade 3 Molly Pitcher at Monmouth Park.

Royal Flag, the even-money favorite, returned $4.10 and bolstered her career earnings to $245,520 through a consistent record of 8-4-2-2.

Bred in Kentucky by her owner, Royal Flag is out of the multiple black type producing Mineshaft mare Sea Gull, who also produced five-time graded stakes winner Catalina Cruiser and multiple stakes winner Eagle.

Live racing resumes on Sunday at the Big A, featuring the Grade 3, $100,000 Nashua [Race 9, 3:47 p.m.] for 2-year-olds going a one-turn mile over the main track. First post is 11:50 a.m. Eastern.

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