Daredevil Well After Champagne, Weighing BC Bid

 

Trainer Todd Pletcher reported this morning that both Grade 1 Champagne winner Daredevil and Feathered, third in the Grade 1 Frizette, exited their efforts in Saturday's Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races in good order.

 

Plans for Daredevil, who was awarded a Beyer Speed Figure of 107 for the Champagne, and earned an all-fees-paid trip to Santa Anita for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, have yet to be made, said Pletcher.

 

"We'll be discussing that later in the week," he said of the More Than Ready colt, who carries the colors of Let's Go Stable.

 

Daredevil's Champagne victory, the sixth overall for Pletcher, came off a maiden victory, as did Havana's win in the 2013 edition and Uncle Mo's in 2010. Havana went on to finish second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile while Uncle Mo closed out his 2-year-old campaign with a victory in the Juvenile and was voted that year's juvenile champion.

 

The trainer added that Feathered, beaten 3 ¼ lengths by longshot By the Moon, would likely be making the journey to California for the Breeders' Cup, to be run on October 31 and November 1.

 

"We feel she ran well enough to warrant the trip," he said.

 

Source: NYRA Communications