Arc Winner Found Could Run in BC Classic
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Photo: Katsumi Saito
Found wins the 2016 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) may be getting some unexpected flair added to the mix.
Trainer Aidan O'Brien said Oct. 23 that Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) winner Found could make her first start on dirt against the likes of California Chrome , Arrogate, and Frosted in the $6 million Classic for her Coolmore connections. The 4-year-old Galileo filly already made her impression on the Breeders' Cup with a score in the 2015 Turf (gr. IT), her only U.S. start to date.
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"We've decided to put Found in the Breeders' Cup Classic and she will be (pre-entered) for the race in the morning," O'Brien told Racing Post's Tony O'Hehir Sunday. "Whether or not she runs in the Classic hasn't been decided. She's also (pre-entered) in the Breeders' Cup Turf, which she won last year, and we'll wait a bit longer before deciding which race she will go for and what other horses we'll be taking to Santa Anita."
Found has a 6-11-2 record from 20 starts, including three grade or group I victories. This year, she's won or finished second in eight of nine starts. Her last seven starts have been in group I company, and along with her Arc victory, she has six seconds, including her last effort in the QIPCO Champion Stakes (Eng-I) at Ascot Oct. 15.
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She began her season with a third-place run in the Coral.ie Alleged Stakes at the Curragh, then won the Camelot E.B.F. Mooresbridge Stakes (Ire-III), before her streak of five second-place finishes.