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Golden Horn: drawn in stall 1 for Breeders’ Cup Turf
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Golden Horn handed challenging inside draw
GOLDEN HORN was set another draw challenge on Monday as the Derby and Arc winner was handed the inside stall in the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf.
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Having overcome the historically disadvantageous stall 14 at Longchamp under a brilliant Frankie Dettori ride, the colt was handed box one at the post position draw ceremony for the Breeders’ Cup Turf conducted at Keeneland racecourse.
From stall one Dettori will have to ensure Golden Horn, who is generally ridden near the pace, breaks smartly to avoid being shuffled back as rivals drawn outside him compete for an early forward position.
Found drew nine in the Turf, on a day when many of Ryan Moore’s other Breeders’ Cup rides picked up the worst possible post position.
Hit It A Bomb drew 14 of 14 in the Juvenile Turf, Time Test 12 of 12 in the Mile, and Waterloo Bridge 14 of 14 in the Juvenile.
As a result Coral eased Ballydoyle favourite Hit It A Bomb to 4-1 (from 3), while the John Gosden-trained Cymric – Golden Horn’s stablemate – is 9-2 (from 4) after drawing 13.
Waterloo Bridge was one of two Aidan O’Brien-trained horses to be declared in their second preference races.
Royal Ascot winner Waterloo Bridge was only a reserve for the Juvenile Turf and runs on the dirt in the Juvenile.
War Envoy had a guaranteed start in the Mile but tackles the Dirt Mile instead, enabling Moore to partner Time Test, who was pushed out to 9-2 (from 7-2) after the draw, for Roger Charlton.
Coral spokesman Simon Clare said: “John Gosden’s two-pronged Breeders Cup challenge hasn’t been done any favours either with Cymric drawn 13 in the Juvenile Turf and Golden Horn drawn on the inside in the Breeders’ Cup Turf.
“However, whilst Cymric’s chances of victory must surely have been dealt a blow, Golden Horn looks so superior to the opposition we have left his odds unchanged at 4-7.”