By Jarrod Horak
The Breeders’ Cup Friday card is complete and Bob Baffert’s $675,000 Into Mischief colt Citizen Bull wrapped up the juvenile title with a wire-to-wire upset in the Grade 1, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Check out all of the Breeders’ Cup Friday 2023 results below.
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (21.77, 44.69, 56.36) – 5T
The overseas shippers looked tough on paper and that is the way it played out in real time. The stateside runner with the best chance was Governor Sam and he set a pressured pace and ran his heart out from post 9, but he could not quite last. Magnum Force (IRE) got the right closing trip from post 3 and outfinished Arizona Blaze (GB) to win by a half-length. Governor Sam just held the show by a nose over Big Mojo (IRE). Whistlejacket (IRE) rallied from 12th and last to finish 5th, and was followed by Aesterious (IRE), Ides of March (IRE), beaten Japanese favorite Ecoro Sieg, Jet Sweep Joe, Gate to Wire, Pali Kitten, and Shareholder. Colin Keane rode the winner for Gar Lyons. The winner was exiting a show finish in the Flying Childers (G2) at Doncaster (5T). Some interesting BC Juvenile Turf patterns are emerging. The last four winners of this race had their final prep overseas, and all four were bred in Ireland.
