George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Skip Dickstein
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Skip Dickstein
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Skip Dickstein
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Dave Harmon
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Dave Harmon
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Crawford Ifland
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Crawford Ifland
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Dave Harmon
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Dave Harmon
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Rick Samuels
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Dave Harmon
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Chad Harmon
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Skip Dickstein
George Vancouver wins the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt| Trainer | Aidan P. O'Brien |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Ryan L. Moore |
| Owner | Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael and Smith, Derrick |
| Breeder | Capital Bloodstock |
| George Vancouver View Five-Cross Pedigree | Henrythenavigator | Kingmambo |
| Sequoyah (IRE) | ||
| Versailles Treaty | Danzig | |
| Ten Cents a Dance |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEENOV2010 Hip 310 |
Weanling | D.M.I. | Paramount Sales, agent | $450,000 |
George Vancouver, last year's winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park has been retired to stud. According to the Racing Post, the colt, will stand at Pascal Noue's Haras de la Hetrae.
As the largest yearling sale on the planet, Keeneland September tries to provide something for everyone and this year that will include 24 first-book yearlings by European-based sires.
Dawn Approach and Magician, the respective English and Irish Two Thousand Guineas winners, look set to clash in the St. James's Palace Stakes (Eng-I) June 18 at Royal Ascot in what may well be the defining race of the meet.
Trainer Aidan O'Brien will send out four of the 10 runners in the Tattersalls Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-I) May 25 as he bids for a ninth win in the classic at the Curragh, including early favorite Magician.
Godolphin's undefeated European champion Dawn Approach will make his highly anticipated 2013 debut in the QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I), the first classic of the European season May 4 at Newmarket.
Aidan O'Brien noted that Lines of Battle was sent to Dubai with the specific purpose of picking up Kentucky Derby-qualifying points offered in the race, and he earned 100 points, assuring him a spot in the starting gate.
A celebration of George Vancouver's win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. read blog
Relive the races and sights of the Saturday race card. view slideshow
The Fasig-Tipton November sale, which is known for its prominent cast of selected entries, will again feature several standouts, including this year's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) winner Zagora.
Comments from Trainer Aidan O'Brien and Jockey Ryan Moore after George Vancouver's win in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Watch Video
Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien won his first Breeders' Cup World Championships race of the weekend when George Vancouver made a great kick in midstretch to take the $1 million Juvenile Turf by 1 1/4 lengths.
Having cleared quarantine, Aidan O'Brien's powerful string of Breeders' Cup contenders took to the oval with the other Europeans at Santa Anita Park for the first time to stretch their legs the morning of Nov. 1.
Five European colts sporting excellent form will face nine North American colts in a full field for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park Nov. 3.
Dawn Approach remained unbeaten and solidified his credentials as Europe's leading 2-year-old with a clear win the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes (Eng-I) Oct. 13 at Newmarket.
Europe's leading 2-year-old, Dawn Approach, will put his unbeaten record on the line against five opponents Oct. 13 at Newmarket in the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes (Eng-I), Great Britain's marquee race for juveniles.
Reckless Abandon completed his ascension to the top of the juvenile ranks with an authoritative victory in the Darley Prix Morny (Fr-I) at Deauville Aug. 19.
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