Spirit Gal tries to pull off unlikely Breeders’ Cup victory in Keeneland on Friday night

O’Brien snr has recorded 13 victories over the years at the Breeders’ Cup while his son scored with Iridessa in 2019. The only other Irish trainers to strike are Dermot Weld, John Oxx and the legendary Vincent O’Brien’s famous 1990 victory with the Lester Piggott-ridden Royal Academy.It’s into such stellar company that Willie Browne will try to join with Spirit Gal in Kentucky.

Training a handful of them is a side-line that has already paid off with a first Listed race win through Spirit Gal at Dundalk last month. Favoured with a crucial stall seven draw in the 14-runner field, Spirit Gal has been dismissed as a 20-1 outsider in the US but layers closer to home are shorter having fully recognised the value of her Dundalk victory.Browne has said that if Spirit Gal was trained by Aidan O’Brien she would be near the top of the betting and he reported on Thursday: “The experts tell me it’s quite unusual for a filly to beat the colts and she beat Cairo in no uncertain terms.

This one may have his own draw issue in box one on the rail. However, the son of Saxon Warrior has seven starts under his belt, won the last three, and boasts two wins in France including a defeat of the subsequent Boussac winner.Friday’s other turf contest is the Juvenile Turf which has no Irish runner but a handful of British-based hopes.

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