Across the pond

[BaroqueAgain1]

We may have a horse coming from across the Other Pond to run in the BC.

Breeders' Cup on horizon as Dubai star Real Steel strikes
Report: Japan, Sunday
Tokyo: Mainichi Okan (Grade 2) 1m1f | turf | 3yo+
A rare Japanese presence at the Breeders' Cup is a possibility after Real Steel (Yoshito Yahagi/Mirco Demuro) gained a first victory since last year's Dubai Turf success with a narrow win over Yasuda Kinen scorer Satono Aladdin.
Trainer Yoshito Yahagi revealed the five-year-old is likely to be aimed at the Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar on November 4 following his neck triumph in the 129m yen (£875,000) contest.
Read more: https://www.racingpost.com/news/interna ... kes/303771

[tachyon]

We may have a horse coming from across the Other Pond to run in the BC.

Breeders' Cup on horizon as Dubai star Real Steel strikes
Report: Japan, Sunday
Tokyo: Mainichi Okan (Grade 2) 1m1f | turf | 3yo+
A rare Japanese presence at the Breeders' Cup is a possibility after Real Steel (Yoshito Yahagi/Mirco Demuro) gained a first victory since last year's Dubai Turf success with a narrow win over Yasuda Kinen scorer Satono Aladdin.
Trainer Yoshito Yahagi revealed the five-year-old is likely to be aimed at the Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar on November 4 following his neck triumph in the 129m yen (£875,000) contest.
Read more: https://www.racingpost.com/news/interna ... kes/303771

Trainer Yoshito Yahagi commneted yesterday; ''Real Steel will be pointed to either the BC Mile or the Tenno Sho Autumn. I will have to talk to the owner.''

Of sidenotes;
1. Yoshito Yahagi is known as a trainer who is very keen to race his trainees overseas.
2. Jockey Mirco Demuro, one of the most predominant jockeys in JRA G1s along with Christophe Lemaire, has already been booked to ride Satono Crown in the Tenno Sho Autumn. Christophe Lemaire may still be booked to Soul Stirring, who finished 8th in the Mainichi Okan, for the Tenno Sho Autumn.

[Starine]

Sweet. Would love to see the classy Real Steel run in the BC Mile.

[ThreeMustangs]

Enable will race as a 4yo, with an Arc defense being her long-term goal.

[BaroqueAgain1]

It's possible that we could be treated to a showdown between the two best turf horses in the world next year at Royal Ascot.
That's IF Winx's connections follow their tentative plan to ship her to Ascot for the Royal meet, AND if Enable chooses to run there as well, AND if they both choose the same race (yeah, I know...a lot of IF's ).
It's a dream match up, so I'm asking the Racing Goddesses to bless the idea.

[lurkey mclurker]

I was skeptical about the BC for Real Steel...

G‏ @LongBallToNoOne 3h 3 hours ago

REAL STEEL to the 10/29 G1 2000m Tenno Sho next, jockey TBA.
Was thought given to a shot at USA Breeders Mile but opted for the Tenno Sho

[Sparrow Castle]

Redzel Captures World’s Richest Turf Race In The Everest

A six-furlong turf contest similar in concept to the Pegasus World Cup, the $7,774,000 Everest Stakes brought significant excitement to Royal Randwick in Australia. At the wire, it was a 5-year-old gelding named Redzel who would wear the crown.

Under the guide of Kerrin McEvoy, Redzel sat a stalking trip after a good break and took command 300 meters from the wire. Redzel had enough left in the tank to hold off Vega Magic by three-quarters of a length at the wire. Longshot Brave Smash was a close third, and Chautauqua had to settle for fourth.

“I could stand here all week and say black and blue how well he was going and all this plays into our hands,” trainer Paul Snowden told theage.com.au. “This is the third time we've done it [given Redzel a month between runs], this was the best and everyone wrote him off. At his first two runs back we thought with a month between [runs] he's a bit of a risk, but it was definitely not the case. This is the best he has been and you saw it there. I have never seen Dad so excited.”

Orphaned as a foal, Redzel is a son of prominent stallion Snitzel. He was purchased for AUS$120,000 at the 2014 Magic Millions Yearling sale by Chris and Michael Ward for their Triple Crown Syndications.

The horse was then syndicated to a group of 17 owners “from all walks of life,” according to dailytelegraph.com.au. They include Peter Piras, who has battled leukemia and undergone bone marrow treatments in recent years, and he insists that Redzel has helped him to stay strong through the fight. Another owner, John Medland, coached the NSW cricket team in the 1980s, and owner Abram Savage describes himself as a “simple concreter living the dream.”

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/thoroughbred-racing/redzel-captures-worlds-richest-turf-race-everest/

[With Anticipation]

Racing unites in grief following death of stable groom Ken Dooley

Racing was trying to come to terms with the death of a member of its core workforce on Sunday after Ken Dooley, a groom who worked for trainer Amanda Perrett, died at Kempton in an incident that led to the abandonment of racing on Saturday night.

Dooley, who was in his 50s, is believed to have suffered a kick to the head in the racecourse stables shortly after two horses from the Perrett team had run on the all-weather card.

His was the second death on a racecourse this year following the stalls incident at Haydock in July which claimed the life of RaceTech stalls handler Stephen Yarborough.

https://www.racingpost.com/news/news/ke ... ncy/304648

[BaroqueAgain1]

Champions Day at Ascot is this coming Saturday, and those races may have an impact on our Breeders' Cup. Not just who wins, but who doesn't run. Hurricane Ophelia won't impact Ascot, but there are more storms predicted for the coming weekend.
Weather is toward the bottom of this article:
https://www.racingpost.com/news/champio ... day/304716
Highland Reel did not run in the Arc because of the soft ground, and I wonder if O'Brien will skip Ascot as well if the turf is soft-to-heavy. It's a very good chance then that we will see HR defending his 2016 win in the BC Turf, since Del Mar's turf is bound to be more to his liking.
IMHO, that wouldn't be Ballydoyle's ideal choice for HR. He already has the title of a BC Turf champ, but he doesn't have the Champions Stakes on his resume, which I'd guess Coolmore covets for their horse. He's five and I wouldn't be surprised if he's going to be retired at the end of this year, especially if he can go out with a top Group or Grade 1 victory.
He's been so good for years, and I'd think that such a fast, classy, SOUND son of Galileo will be in high demand.

[BaroqueAgain1]

The cards for the Champions Day races have been changing a bit, but obviously not finalized. For example, Idaho is listed in the field of the Long Distance Cup but, since he just ran yesterday at Woodbine, I'm pretty sure he's NOT running at Ascot.
https://www.racingpost.com/racecards/2/ascot/2017-10-21
I'm not sure when the post position draw is...maybe tomorrow?
One O'Brien horse (out of the possible herd he has entered ATM) who is missing from these races is Winter. That's a bit surprising; I thought the big grey filly would at least be in the F&M Stakes. Maybe her Arc run took a lot out of her and O'Brien needs to back off on her?