BloodHorse employees members just lately chosen their favourite races of 2024. Over the following few days, with a Christmas break pause, we’ll depend down these prime 10 races.
The Prime 10 countdown began Dec. 20 with No. 10, the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T). And now the countdown continues with No. 9, the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T), Nov. 2 at Del Mar.
The way it performed out
The notion that the third time is a attraction absolutely applies to Extra Than Appears to be like .
In his third begin of the 12 months, the 4-year-old son of Extra Than Prepared turned in one of the best effort of his profession in his most essential race.
The way in which Extra Than Appears to be like usual his victory was actually uncommon. How usually in a grade 1 stakes does a horse rally from eighth on the eighth pole to win by almost a size?Join BloodHorse Every day
But that was the dynamic burst of velocity Extra Than Appears to be like used to defeat a world subject of rivals and publish a Breeders’ Cup win for coach Cherie DeVaux and proprietor Victory Racing Companions.
Tenth and final after the opening quarter-mile and ninth on the quarter pole, jockey Jose Ortiz angled Extra Than Appears to be like 5 broad to start his highly effective rally.
Nonetheless eighth with a furlong to go, Extra Than Prepared swept previous these seven rivals to report a three-quarter-length victory in 1:32.65 for the mile on turf.
The victory was the fifth in 11 profession begins for the 4-year-old colt bred by Hinkle Farms in Kentucky who has earned $1,870,715.
Quotable
Molly Rollins, BloodHorse assistant editor: “This 12 months’s Breeders’ Cup Mile was arguably the deepest race on this 12 months’s Breeders’ Cup Championships. The Two Thousand Guineas winner (Notable Speech, third) clashed in opposition to some thrilling U.S. runners in Johannes (second) and Carl Spackler (sixth). It ended up being Extra Than Appears to be like who stole the present and offered coach Cherie DeVaux along with her first Breeders’ Cup winner.”
Influence
The victory lifted Extra Than Appears to be like into the image for the Eclipse Award for champion turf male, however in his two earlier begins he was second to Carl Spackler , who owns a pair of grade 1 victories and can also be a prime candidate for the award. With Far Bridge , Cogburn , and Insurgent’s Romance additionally in rivalry, the turf male class stands as essentially the most wide-open Eclipse division.
Notable
Extra Than Appears to be like snapped a streak of 4 straight Mile wins by European-based starters … DeVaux grew to become simply the seventh feminine coach to win a Breeders’ Cup race.