Pounced wins Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf
AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-07 19:10:25
<div><p>Pounced, trained by John Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori, won the one million-dollar Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf on Saturday at Santa Anita Park.</p><p>Dettori guided Pounced through a gap on the inside in the final straight, surging past pacesetter Bridgetown to win the one mile race for two-year-old colts and geldings.</p><p>Bridgetown, trained by Kenneth McPeek and ridden by Robert Landry, was second and Interactif, trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Kent Desormeaux, was third.</p><p>It was Gosden's second straight victory in the Juvenile Turf, after a triumph with Donativum here last year to go with his 2008 Classic triumph with Raven's Pass.</p><p>The Jeremy Noseda-trained Awesome Act was fourth in the 12-horse field.</p><p>The one-mile race for two-year-old colts and geldings was the first of Saturday's eight Breeders' Cup races.</p><p>The entire two-day, 14-race, 25.5 million-dollar extravaganza was to be capped by the five million-dollar Classic.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=62892936&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>
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