Aidan O’Brien’s set to be retired to stud following the $4m Turf at Santa Anita in California
Auguste Rodin is put through his paces at Santa Anita ahead of the Breeders' Cup Turf on Saturday night. Photograph: Horsephotos/Getty Images
After the featured $6 million Classic is run on dirt, Ballydoyle’s Aesop’s Fables will take his chance in the Turf Sprint down the famous Santa Anita hill.Unclear if referrals panel will still convene after IHRB drop Yuften caseIHRB will not offer evidence on controversial Yuften race at Dundalk in March 2020
High Chaparral pulled off back-to-back Turf victories when memorably dead-heating with Johar in a monumental Santa Anita finish 20 years ago. A desire for fast ground meant skipping the Arc which ironically got run on the fastest conditions seen for years at Longchamp in October.The one that holds King Of Steel and Onesto on form would be a deserved favourite to win. A pair of Derby victories, as well as his Irish Champion Stakes success, underlines how he is a top-class colt at his best. But he has also tested O’Brien’s skills like few others this season.
A year ago, O’Brien broke his duck in the Filly & Mare with Tuesday. This time Warm Heart is his hope, and she drops back in trip after wins in the Yorkshire Oaks and Prix Vermeille.
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