Coolmore ownership still strike to win $7m showpiece as Sierra Leone triumphs at Del Mar
French jockey Flavien Prat celebrates aboard Sierra Leone after winning the Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar in California.
While City Of Troy was floundering it appeared chief US hope Fierceness had the race at his mercy as he swung the turn for home with Bob Baffert’s Newgate for company, but Chad Brown’s Kentucky Derby runner-up was eating up the dirt with every stride and edged his way to an unassailable lead as the wire came into range.Envoi Allen back in Grade One winner’s enclosure at Down Royal
“He inspired us as a horse that could do well in the Classic, and it was so sporting of the lads to run him in it.
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