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Moyglare Stud Stakes Contender Misheer is Breeders’ Cup Possible
25/08/09

Trainer Clive Brittain is considering a trip to California in November with top juvenile filly Misheer, who is set to line up in the Group One Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh this Sunday, August 30.

Misheer
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The seven-furlong contest is part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge, an international series of 63 races whose winners earn qualifying positions into a corresponding race at the World Championships, following the payment of applicable entry fees on October 26. The Moyglare Stud Stakes is one of 11 Challenge races held in Europe this year and the winner of Sunday’s race is guaranteed a place in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita on November 6.

For the full schedule of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge races, please visit http://www.breederscup.com/content.aspx?id=40070

Brittain today confirmed that Misheer is expected to line up in the seven-furlong Moyglare Stud Stakes as she bids to continue an already fruitful season.

Saeed Manana’s filly has won three of her four starts, most recently when storming clear of Royal Ascot winner Habaayib to take the Group Two Cherry Hinton Stakes at Newmarket last month by three and a quarter lengths.

Her only defeat came on her previous run when second to the lightning-quick US raider Jealous Again over five furlongs in the Group Two Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot.

“The plan is that we go for the Moyglare Stud Stakes with Misheer,” said Brittain. “She was impressive at Newmarket and I was very pleased with her that day.

“I thought she had improved on her Ascot run and, looking at the distances by which she had beaten the other fillies that ran in the Queen Mary and then reopposed at Newmarket, I was probably right to think that.

“She is a good filly and is in very good form, so hopefully she stays that way for Sunday.”

The veteran Newmarket handler became the first British trainer to win a Breeders’ Cup race when the great filly Pebbles won the 1985 Turf at Aqueduct and – 24 years on – he is not ruling out Misheer bidding to add to that tally.

“I think once we get the Moyglare over with I would be looking at the Group One Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket (on October 2). I did win both races one year with Sayyedati, so that would be a possible route. Her options are open after that, so it would be up to the owner if he wants her to go to the Breeders’ Cup.

“I think the ‘Win and You’re in’ is a good initiative. Anything that promotes racing in this sort of way is a good thing and it is a positive move by Breeders’ Cup.”

After the Moyglare Stud Stakes, the next European race in the Breeders’ Cup Challenge is the Group One Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on September 5, in which an eagerly-awaited clash between Sea The Stars and Fame And Glory is on the cards. The winner receives a place in the $3 million Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf (November 7).

About Breeders’ Cup

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