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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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Glass Slippers Takes Rail Trip To Become First European To Win Turf Sprint

Glass Slippers (GB) justified a long flight from her European base with a brilliant performance under a patient ride by jockey Tom Eaves to win the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Saturday. The 4-year-old filly hung well back, tucked along the rail behind the majority of the field through the backstretch and around the turn, appeared to have nowhere to go until a gap opened up, allowing Eaves to quietly ease her closer to the pace. Still, Glass Slippers was forced to wait behind dueling Wildman Jack and Into Mystic in front, hemmed in to her right shoulder by Extravagant Kid. She found another gear and burst through a narrow gap inside of Extravagant Kid, charging forward to challenge Wildman Jack, easily putting him away and holding off a wall of late challengers led by Wet Your Whistle. The final margin was a half length.

“It's just brilliant,” said Eaves. “We arrived on Monday and we exercised her on the turf track all week. We also walked it a couple of times. I spoke to Ryan Moore beforehand for some advice on how to ride the track. What a training performance. She's been great all year so come to and win it's unreal. She's raced round a bend before but the plan was to go on the instead and ride for a bit of luck. We had a great run through which doesn't always work but it did today. To have a Breeders' Cup winner Is amazing and a day I won't forget. She'll be in training again next year.”

The win is the first in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint for a European-based horse.

Wet Your Whistle was second, followed by Leinster. Glass Slippers paid $22.40 to win.

The final time for the five and a half furlongs was 1:01.53.

Kevin Ryan trains Glass Slippers for owner/breeder Bearstone Stud Limited. She is the daughter of Dream Ahead and Night Gypsy (GB) by Mind Games (GB). The filly came to this race off a narrow second-place finish in the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp on Oct. 20, and a win prior to that in the G1 Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh.

“Awesome. I'm ecstatic,” said Ryan. “To come and compete against the best sprinters in the world and beat them is just amazing. She's been great all week. Every day getting fresher and cantering on the turf track every morning. I said to Tom earlier in the week now you're going quicker running into bend let's see how she changes her legs and straight away no issues at all in the bend. I knew then we were in business. We decided going on a brave ride up the inner and go the shortest route and if it didn't work such is life. Today was our day.”

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Glass Slippers Makes History For Europe in the Turf Sprint

Bearstone Stud’s Glass Slippers (GB) (Dream Ahead) became the first European invader to win the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, weaving her way through traffic to score a late-charging victory at Keeneland Saturday. Sent off at 10-1, the bay filly settled well slightly behind midpack as longshot Into Mystic (Into Mischief) took the field through an opening quarter in :21.26 while prompted by Bombard (War Front) and Texas Wedge (Colonel John). She inched closer along the rail on the turn and cut the corner into the straight and she was shoulder to shoulder with Imprimis (Broken Vow), both ready to strike following a half in :43.81. While Imprimis’s lane was abruptly closed off by Leinster (Majestic Warrior), Glass Slippers found a seam and charged to daylight before holding off the late-closing Wet Your Whistle (Stroll). Leinster, favored at 4-1, settled for third after racing prominently throughout.

Glass Slipper is the fourth female to beat the boys in the Turf Sprint.

“What a training performance,” winning rider Tom Eaves said. “She’s been great all year, so come to and win it’s unreal. She’s raced round a bend before, but the plan was to go on the inside and ride for a bit of luck. We had a great run through, which doesn’t always work, but it did today. To have a Breeders’ Cup winner is amazing and a day I won’t forget.”

Of the result, winning trainer Kevin Ryan said, “Awesome. I’m ecstatic. To come and compete against the best sprinters in the world and beat them is just amazing. She’s been great all week. Every day getting fresher and cantering on the turf track every morning. I said to Tom earlier in the week, ‘Now you’re going quicker running into bend let’s see how she changes her legs’ and straight away no issues at all in the bend. I knew then we were in business. We decided going on a brave ride up the inner and go the shortest route and if it didn’t work, such is life. Today was our day.”

Glass Slippers won last year’s G1 Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp. She opened 2020 with a fifth-place effort in the G1 King’s Stand S. at Royal Ascot in June and was second in the July 31 GII King George Qatar S. before winning the Sept. 13 G1 Derrinstown Stud Flying Five S. at The Curragh. She missed by just a neck when second in her defense attempt in the Prix de l’Abbaye last time out Oct. 4.

Pedigree Notes:

Terry Holdcroft’s Bearstone Stud purchased Glass Slippers’ second dam Ocean Grove for 20,952gns at the 1996 Tattersalls December sale. That mare’s first foal was Glass Slippers’ dam Night Gypsy.

Glass Slippers is the first American graded stakes winner for her three-time Group 1-winning sire Dream Ahead.

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Gamine Much the Best in GI BC Filly & Mare Sprint

Gamine (3, Into Mischief-Peggy Jane, by Kafwain) solidified her dominance over her division with a decisive victory in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Keeneland Saturday. Content to stalk the blazing speed of Serengeti Empress (Alternation) through early fractions of :22.11 and :44.47, the even-money choice put the screws to the frontrunner turning for home. Moving easily from there, this summer’s GI Test S. and GI Acorn S. winner drew off to triumph by eight lengths over Serengeti Empress, who lasted for second. Bell’s the One (Majesticperfection) rounded out the trifecta. Final time for the seven-furlong test was 1:20.20, a new track record for seven furlongs. The winner is a $1.8 million Fasig-Tipton Midlantic and a $220,000 Keeneland September sale purchase. Lifetime Record: 6-4-0-1, $1,083,000.
O-Michael Lund Peterson; B-Grace Tbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert.

Saturday, Keeneland
BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY AND MARE SPRINT-GI, $900,000, Keeneland, 11-7, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:20.20, ft.
1–GAMINE, 122, f, 3, by Into Mischief
1st Dam: Peggy Jane, by Kafwain
2nd Dam: Seattle Splash, by Chief Seattle
3rd Dam: Grand Splash, by Bucksplasher
($220,000 Ylg ’18 KEESEP; $1,800,000 2yo ’19 EASMAY).
O-Michael Lund Petersen; B-Grace Thoroughbred Holdings LLC
(KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-John R. Velazquez. $520,000. Lifetime
Record: 6-4-0-1, $1,003,000. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for
   the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. ‘TDN Rising Star’
2–Serengeti Empress, 124, f, 4, by Alternation
                1st Dam: Havisham, by Bernardini
                2nd Dam: Love Dancing (Arg), by Salt Lake
                3rd Dam: Le Midi (Arg), by Fitzcarraldo (Arg)
($25,000 Wlg ’16 KEENOV; $70,000 Ylg ’17 KEESEP). O-Joel
Politi; B-Tri Eques Bloodstock, LLC (KY); T-Thomas M. Amoss.
$170,000.
3–Bell’s the One, 124, f, 4, by Majesticperfection
                1st Dam: Street Mate, by Street Cry (Ire)
                2nd Dam: Day Mate, by Dayjur
                3rd Dam: Possible Mate, by King’s Bishop
($155,000 Ylg ’17 FTKJUL). O-Lothenbach Stables, Inc. (Bob
Lothenbach); B-Bret Jones (KY); T-Neil L. Pessin. $90,000.
Margins: 6 1/4, NO, HF. Odds: 1.10, 3.30, 6.20.
Also Ran: Sconsin, Come Dancing, Speech, Sally’s Curlin, Venetian Harbor. Scratched: Inthemidstofbiz. 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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