Order of Australia Bred for the Job

Aidan O'Brien is no stranger to training Breeders' Cup winners, having notched his 13th with outsider Order of Australia  in the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile Presented by PDJF (G1T) Nov. 7, a race in which he also fielded the second and third, Circus Maximus  and Lope Y Fernandez , respectively.

But the result also reaffirmed the prowess of O'Brien and his wife, Annemarie, as breeders, with the colt bred under the couple's Whisperview Trading banner. The colt is out of Senta's Dream, a daughter of Danehill who now has the extremely rare distinction of having supplied back-to-back Breeders' Cup winners.

Order of Australia is the mare's seventh foal. Her sixth is none other than Iridessa , who won the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) for O'Brien's son Joseph last year. Both are by Investec Derby (G1)-winning sons of Galileo , with Iridessa by Ruler of The World  and Order Of Australia by Australia , for whom he became a second top-level scorer after Galileo Chrome  landed the Pertemps St. Leger (G1).

Australia and Ruler of The World are not the only Derby winners that Senta's Dream has clicked with, as her 2-year-old filly Santa Barbara, who made an impressive winning debut at the Curragh in September, is by Coolmore's Camelot .

Remarkably, considering the success she has gone on to achieve for the O'Briens, Senta's Dream joined the Whisperview Trading broodmare band at a cost of just 14,000 guineas (US$24,042) when purchased through BBA Ireland at the 2013 Tattersalls December Sale.

Although Order of Australia was sent off at long odds at Keeneland, those who delved into his pedigree may have been more optimistic about his chances, as he is certainly bred for the task with Breeders' Cup success running throughout his family.

Not only is he a three-parts brother to last year's Filly & Mare Turf winner, Senta's Dream is out of the Mendocino mare Starine, who in turn won the Filly & Mare Turf in 2002 while in training with Bobby Frankel.

What's more, Australia is out of the great Ouija Board , whose seven top-flight victories included wins in the Filly & Mare Turf in 2004 and 2006.

The O'Briens have bred other top-class horses, including Beethoven , the winner of the Jumeirah Dewhurst Stakes (G1); Investec Oaks (G1) heroine Qualify ; Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) scorer Intricately ; and Racing Post Trophy (G1) hero Kingsbarns . The O'Briens were also joint-breeders, with Annemarie's late father, Joe Crowley, of the great Rock of Gibraltar.