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BC ‘Win & You’re In’: Moss Tucker, Fallen Angel Land Group 1 Races In Ireland

The Charlie Bit Me Syndicate's Moss Tucker made it to back-to-back wins at The Curragh with a determined success on Sunday in the Al Basti Equiworld Flying Five Stakes (G1).

The 5-year-old son of Excelebration narrowly got the better of the Clive Cox-trained Get Ahead to win by a half-length at odds of 16-1. The victory earned the Ken Condon-trained 5-year-old an automatic berth into the $1-million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In.

The Flying Five Stakes was one of two Breeders' Cup Challenge Series races to take place on the Sunday card, along with the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1), won by Fallen Angel.

The Breeders' Cup Challenge Series is an international series of 80 Graded/Group stakes races whose winners receive automatic starting positions and fees paid into a corresponding race of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, scheduled to be held Nov. 3-4 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

After a dramatic start to the Flying Five Stakes, in which short-priced favorite Highfield Princess exited the stalls in awkward fashion, the field soon split into two groups. Moss Tucker was prominent throughout and, as the race entered the closing stages, the field soon came back together with the Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds-owned Equality leading to the furlong marker. Moss Tucker showed tremendous grit to first outbattle Equality before getting the better of Get Ahead at the finish. Equality finished 1¼-lengths back in third. Highfield Princess never threatened the leaders and finished fifth.

Moss Tucker, ridden by Billy Lee, was making just his second start at the top level having finished fifth in the Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines (G1) last October in France.

He came into Sunday's race off a 2 1/4-length win in the six-furlong Rathasker Stud Phoenix Sprint Stakes (G3) on Aug. 12 at The Curragh.

Condon said: “It's been a great story with this horse, how he's progressed and kept improving. The heavens opened about an hour and a half before and you're thinking that's going to help us a little bit. He's the kind of horse you would want to be going into battle with. We were having a quiet time so to have a horse like him that can be competitive in these races, that's what we all get up for in the morning.”

Moss Tucker completed the five-furlong contest in a time of 1:00:89 on a course listed as good to soft.

Fallen Angel Gives Connections Day To Remember

Clipper Logistics-owned Fallen Angel followed up her win in the Aspall Cyder 1728 Sweet Solera Stakes (G3) to become a Group 1 winner Sunday with a fine performance in the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) for 2-year-old fillies. The victory earned Fallen Angel an automatic berth into the $1-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1).

After leading until the quarter pole, 6-5 favorite Ylang Ylang gave way to Fallen Angel and Vespertilio, with the duo quickly pulling clear of the field to produce a thrilling finish. However, it was the Karl Burke-trained filly who dug deepest on the run to the line and ultimately outstayed her rival to win by 1 1/4 lengths. Ornellaia finished 4 1/2 lengths back in third.

Winning jockey Danny Tudhope has ridden the daughter of Too Darn Hot on each of her last three starts and she was his second winner on a successful Irish Champions Weekend.

“She was very impressive. She keeps getting better and better all the time,” Tudhope said. “She's a beautiful big filly and is only going to improve. I'm absolutely delighted for her owner Steve (Parkin). Karl and the team work so hard and they deserve this. She's got a nice way about her in the way she goes about her game and she's very tough.”

Fallen Angel, the 9-4 favorite, completed the seven-furlong race in 1:27:50.

As part of the benefits of the Challenge Series, Breeders' Cup will pay the entry fees for the winners of the Challenge Series races to start at this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships. Breeders' Cup will also provide a travel allowance for all starters based outside of North America to compete in the World Championships. The Challenge winner must be nominated to the Breeders' Cup program by the Championships' pre-entry deadline of Oct. 23 to receive the rewards.

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Remake, Crown Pride Strike Double For Japan In Group 3 Races In Korea

Hong Kong's hopes of a second win in South Korea came unstuck Sunday afternoon as Japanese duo Remake and former U.S. classic starter Crown Pride collected both Group 3 features on a warm afternoon at a packed-to-the-rafters Seoul Racecourse.

Squeezed for running room as he left barrier 11, Hong Kong's Duke Wai was forced to settle at the rear before steadily making ground mid-race under jockey Damian Lane. Turning for home, Duke Wai took the widest route and closed impressively, however, it was too little too late as Remake, guided by Kawada Yuga, won by four lengths while setting a course record of 1:10 for 1,200 meters (about six furlongs).

South Korea's Beolmaui Star crossed the line second, while third place in the went to the Japan's Yoshito Yahagi-trained Bathrat Leon. Last year's winner Eoma Eoma finished fifth in the field of 15.

A 4-year-old colt by Lani, Remake is trained by Shintani Koichi for owner Koji Maeda.

In the following race, Teruya Yoshida's Crown Pride, who competed in the 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1), streaked clear to a 10-length triumph to seal Japan's big race double in the Korea Cup going 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles). Like Remake, Crown Pride was ridden by Yuga and is trained by Koichi.

Japan finished one-two in the race, with Gloria Mundi grabbing second. Last year's victor, Winner's Man, was third, while Success Macho was fourth in the 15-horse field.

The winning time of the Korea Cup was 1:51.50.

Crown Pride is a 4-year-old Reach The Crown colt.

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Hernandez Rides Five Winners On Minnesota Festival Of Champions Card At Canterbury Park

Canterbury Park's leading jockey Harry Hernandez won five of the 10 races Saturday on the Minnesota Festival of Champions program for state-breds, including three of the evening's six stakes.

Hernandez's first stakes victory came in the $75,000 Blair's Cove Minnesota Turf Championship for 3-year-olds taking Jose Patio (by Cinco Charlie) gate to wire for trainer Mike Biehler and owners Barry and Joni Butzow. His second stakes win was aboard prohibitive favorite Midnight Current (by Midnight Lute) in the $75,000 Princess Elaine Distaff Turf for trainer Joel Berndt. The two teamed up again to win the $100,000 Northern Lights Futurity with Frosty View (by Frosted).

Both Midnight Current and Frosty View are owned and were bred by Bob Lothenbach's Lothenbach Stables Inc, the leading owner at the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack. Berndt and Lothenbach have now won the Northern Lights Futurity four consecutive years. Jose Patio paid $10.60 to win, Midnight Current $2.60, and Frosty View $6.80.

Hernandez, last season's top rider, also won two turf allowance races for trainer Tony Rengstorf guiding West Island and Sunshine Fever to victory.

Berndt and Lothenbach found the winner's circle again with Charlie's Penn, who won the $75,000 Bella Notte Distaff Sprint by 4 3/4 lengths with Lindey Wade riding. The 5-year-old Race Day mare beat favorite Cupids Crush and jockey Eduardo Gallardo, who was riding for Xtreme Racing Stables LLC and trainer Mac Robertson. Charlie's Penny, who won the Bella Notte in 2022, paid $6.60.

Gallardo, Xtreme Racing, and Robertson won earlier on the card with Xtreme Diva in the $100,000 Northern Lights Debutante. The 2-year-old Coal Front filly, who paid $2.80 as the favorite, covered six furlongs in 1:10.89, much faster than the 2-year-old gelding Frosty View whose final time was 1:12.33.

The fastest six furlongs of the night was recorded by Doctor Oscar who won the $75,000 Crocrock Sprint by six lengths in 1:09.66 under jockey Alonzo Quinonez. The 4-year-old Shackleford colt is trained by Tim Padilla and is owned and was bred by Pete Mattson. Doctor Oscar was favored and paid $3.00.

Handle for the 10-race Minnesota Festival of Champions card was $1,431,366, the fourth largest handle total in the event's history.

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Tamara, Beholder’s Daughter By Bolt d’Oro, Romps In Grade 1 Debutante

Spendthrift Farm's homebred 2-year-old filly Tamara put it in gear early and just kept on going in simply outrunning 11 rivals Saturday at Del Mar in the 73rd edition of the Grade 1 FanDuel Racing Del Mar Debutante.

The well-made daughter of the hot young sire Bolt d'Oro out of the multiple-champion mare Beholder wound up 6 3/4 lengths in front at the finish of the seven-furlong filly crucible that she covered in 1:22.41.

Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith was merely along for the ride as his filly did it all by herself. Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella, her conditioner and also the trainer of he. Hall of Fame mother, looked on happily.

Tamara, who broke her maiden at Del Mar on Aug. 19 in her only other outing, picked up a first prize of $180,000 for her tally in the $303,500 stakes. She now has $229,200 in winnings.

Her mother, the four-time Eclipse Award winner and three-time Breeders' Cup victress, ran in the Del Mar Debutante in 2012 and was beaten a nose by a filly named Executiveprivilege. Beholder would go on to win 13 Graded stakes, including 11 Grade Is.

Tamara paid $4.60 for $2 in this year's version of the headliner.

Finishing second was Exline-Border Racing, et al's Laurent, who had 2 1/4 lengths on C R K Stable's Gate to Paradise.

The track's popular Pick Six bet was not hit Saturday meaning there will be a carryover of $211,245 into Sunday's closing card. Closing Day means a “mandatory payout” on the wager, which could run into the millions. First post will be 1:30 p.m.

MIKE SMITH (Tamara, winner) – “She's been doing things in her training that 2-year-olds aren't supposed to do. She's really special. She's like her mother. You don't see that usually. Those great mares they normally don't have great foals. But this one might be. I just held on today. I didn't want to fall off. She was doing it all herself. What can I say. She's very special.”

RICHARD MANDELLA (Tamara, winner) – “Very exciting. I expected her to run good but that was a little beyond. Watching it, he (jockey Mike Smith) had so much horse he didn't want to restrict her. He just had her do what she wanted to do. She's very quick, so I thought he would put her right there (lay second and up close) and we both agreed to that, just see what everybody else does.”

FRACTIONS: :21.85 :44.45 1:09.72 1:22.41

The stakes win was the third of the meet for rider Smith and the second for trainer Mandella.

This is rider Smith's third victory in the Debutante and his 80th overall at Del Mar, 11th most among all riders.

This is trainer Mandella's second Debutante victory (Halfbridled, 2003). He now has 74 stakes wins at Del Mar, tied for fourth most with Charlie Whittingham.

The winning owner is Spendthrift Farm, who is also the breeder of the winner.

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