Breeders Cup: rest of second day

A race which seems certain to be won by a European is the Breeders Cup Turf over 1 1/2 miles at 21.45 CET. In fact the 5 Europeans in the field of 9 could well take home all the prize-money. Sea Moon (Air Michael Stoute/ Ryan Moore) and Midday (Sir Henry Cecil/ Tom Queally) fly the flag for England, while Aidan O`Brien´s pair Saint Nicholas Abbey, with the trainer´s son Joseph in the saddle, and Await the Dawn (Julien Leparoux) are the Irish hopes, but we expect a French victory here with Sarafina (Alain de Royer-Dupre/ Christophe Lemaire). Despite her Arc flop, she still boasts the most solid form and can give her jockey a huge international double after winning the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.

Aidan O´Brien is also double-handed in the Breeders Cup Juvenile over an extended mile on dirt at 22.25. He saddles Crusade (Julien Leparoux) and Daddy Long Legs (Ryan Moore). The jockey bookings suggest that Daddy Long Legs is the main hope, but we are not so sure. Union Rags (Micharl Matz/ Javier Castellano), unbeaten in 3 races, looks best of the Americans.

There are no European runners at all in the 2 sprint races, where we expect Euroears (Bob Baffert/ Rafael Bejarano) at 19.37 and Regally Ready (Steve Asmussen/ Corey Nakatani) at 20.21 to be returned the winners for stables that were also successful here last night. The same 2 trainers could be involved in the finish of the Dirt Mile at 21.01, with Baffert saddling The Factor (Martin Garcia) and Irrefutable (Rafael Bejarano) and Asmussen Wilburn (Julien Leparoux).

There could also be European winners in the first races on the card, the Marathon over 1 3/4 miles at 18.20 and the Juvenile Turf over a mile at 19.02. The former race features the first 3 from last year, but we hope that Meeznah (David Lanigan/ Tom Queally) and Brigantin (Andre Fabre/ Julien Leparoux) can put them in their place, while the latter event can go to Farraaj (Neil Callan).