Ted Noffey Completes Undefeated Season In the Juvenile

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Spendthrift Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard TED NOFFEY (c, 2, Into Mischief–Streak of Luck, by Old Fashioned) sat a perfect stalking trip outside fellow 'Rising Star' Brant (Gun Runner), took command at midstretch and held off a late challenge from longshot Mr. A.P. (American Pharoah) to take out Friday's GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Del Mar, clinching championship 2-year-old male honors in the process.

Off as the 4-5 chalk, a number shorter than perhaps expected with the scratching of Blackout Time (Not This Time), runner-up to Ted Noffey in Keeneland's GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity last month, the $650,000 Keeneland September yearling acquisition broke well enough, but it was Brant who showed the slightly stronger early interest, taking them along at a comfortable gallop with Ted Noffey just off his flank and Mr. A.P. tucked in at the fence from third.

Asked to take closer order nearing the stretch, Ted Noffey confronted the pacesetter turning for home and looked as if he might run up the score. But although Brant fought back to be near enough on even terms inside the furlong marker, Ted Noffey pulled out a little bit extra to add the Juvenile to his previous top-level scores in the Hopeful and the Breeders' Futurity. Mr. A.P., a $150,000 claim by David and Holly Wilson, ran on nicely to complete the exacta ahead of Brant in third.

The victory makes Into Mischief the leading sire of Breeders' Cup winners with nine, while Todd Pletcher was saddling his 16th winner on championship weekend. John Velazquez was riding his 22nd Breeders' Cup winner, breaking a tie with Irad Ortiz, Jr., who posted his 21st in the Juvenile Turf Sprint.

Sales history: $650,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0. O-Spendthrift Farm LLC; B-Aaron & Marie Jones (KY); T-Todd Pletcher

 

Victory belongs to Ted Noffey in the prestigious $2 Million @FanDuel #BreedersCup Juvenile, presented by @TBAftercare. #BC25 pic.twitter.com/hQ6PBwggzQ

— Breeders' Cup (@BreedersCup) October 31, 2025

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