Breeders' Cup Buzz Horse: #6 Dank (GB)

From now until the Breeders’ Cup, we’ll be counting down the Top 10 Breeders’ Cup Buzz Horses – horses we’re excited to watch run at Santa Anita this November 1-2. 

Breeders' Cup Division: Filly & Mare Turf

Analysis: Dank is one of those fillies who has benefited from the patient approach of her handler, Sir Michael Stoute, as having climbed the ranks she has hit new heights this year. A win in the Group 3 Dahlia Stakes at Newmarket on her seasonal reappearance was followed by a narrow defeat at Royal Ascot before an authoritative Group 2 victory at the Curragh, but it was last time out in the Beverly D. Stakes at Arlington that she posted her breakthrough performance, improving to defeat Gifted Girl by four and a quarter lengths for her first Group 1 success. A good pace and the slightly longer distance played to Dank’s strengths at Arlington, so the further step up in trip for the Filly & Mare Turf, a race her trainer won in 2003 with Islington, could well see her improve again.

-Analysis by Timeform Handicapping Team

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