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JUVENILE TURF DIVISION

  • Purse: $1 Million
  • Class: N/A
  • Age: 2-Year-Olds
  • Distance: 1 Mile (Turf)

juvenile turf ORDER OF FINISH

Friday, October 26 • Monmouth Park • ESPN2 • 4:55 p.m. ET
$1,000,000 • 1 mile (turf) • 2yos
FIN Horse Owner Trainer Breeder
1 Nownownow Fab Oak Stable Francois Parisel Fab Oak Stable
2 Achill Island (IRE) Mrs. John Magnier Aidan O'Brien Quay Bloodstock
3 Cannonball Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey Wesley Ward Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey
4 Strike the Deal The Searchers Jeremy Noseda Five-D Thoroughbreds, LLC
5 Domestic Fund (IRE) Moyglare Stud Farm Dermot Weld Moyglare Stud Farm
6 Texas Fever Stonerside Stable Michael Stidham Stonerside Stable
7 The Leopard Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor Todd Pletcher Eagle Holdings
8 Gio Ponti Castleton Lyons, Inc. Christophe Clement Kilboy Estate, Inc.
9 Your Round Katie Rich Stables Mark Hubley Sharon Mitchell and Russell L. Reineman Stable Inc.
10 Prussian Monticule Farm Bill Mott Monticule Farm
11 Cherokee Triangle Skychai Racing Stable, Sand Dollar Stable LLC Mike Maker Sally Andersen
12 Preachin Man McKathan Brothers and Fred Hertrich Ronny Werner Devil Eleven Stable

JUVENILE TURF DIVISION News

No Time Like Nownownow for Juvenile Turf Surprise
Nownownow outgames Achill Island to take the first running of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Jeffrey Snyder

No Time Like Nownownow for Juvenile Turf Surprise
Nownownow, transferred this week from troubled trainer Patrick Biancone to his assistant Francois Parisel, rallied from last at the quarter pole to win the inaugural running of the $916,000 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Oct. 26 at Monmouth Park. More...

Clearly Foxy Wins Natalma as Trainer Casse Sweeps
Trainer Mark Casse's runners swept the board in the CAN$162,000 Natalma Stakes (Can-III) for 2-year-old fillies, with the longest of his three hopes, 17-1 shot Clearly Foxy, driving to victory for jockey Jono Jones on the Woodbine lawn Sept. 9.

Old Man Buck Rocks in Grassy Cradle Stakes
The $200,000 Miller Lite Cradle Stakes, run on the River Downs' turf course for the first time this year to position itself as a prep for the inaugural Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, may not have attracted any major shippers this time. But it could have produced at least one contender for the $1-million race at Monmouth when favored Old Man Buck turned in a measured one-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile event Sept. 3.

Saoirse Abu Dominates in Moyglare Stud
Saoirse Abu validated her victory in the Independent Waterford Wedgwood Phoenix Stakes (Ire-I) by easily capturing the Moyglare Stud Stakes (Ire-I) at the Curragh Sept. 2.