If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That was the case for Canadian Horse of the Year MOIRA (Ghostzapper–Devine Aida, by Unbridled’s Song) as she took the lead in her third attempt in the GI Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, before driving home a half-length winner for her first Grade I tally at Del Mar Saturday. In so doing, the 5-1 shot held off the late rush of Godolphin’s Cinderella’s Dream (GB) (Shamardal), who nosed out Didia (Arg) (Orpen) for second. The final time for the $2-million 1 3/8-mile race was 2:14.95.
Owned by X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables, LLC and SF Racing, LLC, the 5-year-old mare is trained by Kevin Attard, who also saddled Saturday’s pacesetter Full Count Felicia (War Front). Bred by Adena Springs in Ontario, the 2022 Woodbine Oaks and Queen’s Plate heroine sold for $150,000 as a yearling to X-Men Racing. Last November, she was one of the highlights of the Fasig-Tipton Night Of Stars when selling to DM Racing Ventures for $3 million before continuing her racing career.
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Moira makes it count in the @BreedersCup Filly & Mare Turf! #BC24 pic.twitter.com/28vEauWv06
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) November 2, 2024
Saturday, Del Mar
MAKER’S MARK BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY & MARE TURF-GI, $1,840,000, Del Mar, 11-2, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/8mT, 2:14.95, fm.
1–MOIRA, 124, m, 5, by Ghostzapper
               1st Dam: Devine Aida (MSW & GSP, $273,215),
                               by Unbridled’s Song
               2nd Dam: Passion, by Came Home
               3rd Dam: Rajmata, by Known Fact
1ST GRADE I WIN. ($150,000 Ylg ’20 KEESEP; $3,000,000 4yo
’23 FTKNOV). O-Madaket Stables LLC, SF Racing LLC and X-Men
Racing; B-Adena Springs (ON); T-Kevin Attard; J-Flavien Prat.
$1,040,000. Lifetime Record: Horse of the Year-Can,
Ch. 3-year-old filly-Can, 17-7-6-2, $2,996,017. *1/2 to Jungle
Cry (Animal Kingdom), SW, $114,340. Werk Nick Rating: A.
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2–Cinderella’s Dream (GB), 120, f, 3, by Shamardal
               1st Dam: Espadrille (GB), by Dubawi (Ire)
               2nd Dam: High Heeled (Ire), by High Chaparral (Ire)
               3rd Dam: Uncharted Haven (GB), by Turtle Island (Ire)
O/B-Godolphin (GB); T-Charles Appleby. $340,000.
3–Didia (Arg), 124, m, 6, by Orpen
               1st Dam: Delambre (Brz) (G1SP-Brz),
                               by Rainbow Corner (GB)
               2nd Dam: Diya, by Ariosto (Arg)
               3rd Dam: Sevilla (Arg), by Ringaro
O-Merriebelle Stable, LLC and Resolute Racing; B-La Manija
(ARG); T-Ignacio Correas IV. $180,000.
Margins: HF, NO, HF. Odds: 5.80, 2.60, 10.70.
Also Ran: Beautiful Love (Ire), War Like Goddess, Content (Ire), Full Count Felicia, Beach Bomb (Saf), Anisette (GB), Soprano (Ire), Sunset Glory (Ire), Hang the Moon. Scratched: Ylang Ylang (GB).
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Kevin Attard watching Moira win the Breeders’ Cup Fillies & Mares Turf!
— Woodbine Racetrack (@WoodbineTB) November 2, 2024