Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted August 31, 2024 Journalists Posted August 31, 2024 Just a quarter hour after Idea Generation (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) lulled the GII Flower Bowl Stakes field to sleep at Saratoga, Dicey Mo Chara (GB) (Adaay {Ire}) tried the same tactics on the other coast in the GII Del Mar Handicap, a 'Win and You're In' for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf. The Leonard Powell trainee almost succeeded, hypnotizing his rivals with :25.77 and :51.13 early fractions throughout the 1 3/8-mile event, with no one so much as threatening or changing positions until the final turn. Favored Gold Phoenix (Ire) (g, 6, Belardo {Ire}–Magnifica, by Mizzen Mast), third on the rail throughout, shook off the stupor, found a hole on the inside, and charged through late to nip Dicey Mo Chara by a neck on the wire. Balnikhov (Ire) (Adaay {Ire}) was third. Gold Phoenix won this same race each of the last two years. The 2023 GI Frank E. Kilrose Mile Stakes winner was fourth in the 2023 Breeders' Cup Turf. O-Little Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables or Naify; B-Mighty Universe Ltd (Ire); T-Philip D'Amato. The post Gold Phoenix Nips Dicey Mo Charra on Line in Del Mar Handicap appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote
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