Soaring Softly overtook Coretta and Zomaradah late to take the first running of the Filly & Mare Turf, giving trainer Jimmy Toner with his first Breeders' Cup victory. She was later named champion turf female.
Islington led a 1-2-3 finish for the Irish in the 2003 Filly & Mare Turf. She had finished a troubled 3rd in 2002.
Photo: Barbara D. Livingston
2004 European Horse of the Year Ouija Board easily ran down pacesetter Moscow Burning to add the Filly & Mare Turf, and the Eclipse Award for Turf Female, to her resume for her owner, the 19th Earl of Derby.
