Racecards
18:10 Santa Anita (USA)
Breeders' Cup Marathon (dirt) (Class 1)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Fast
- Surface: Dirt
- US$500,000 added
- Form 210111
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
traffic turn, tired
- Form 72-3112
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Neil Drysdale
- Jockey Javier Castellano
stalked 3wide, tired
Booyah (USA)
34- Form 843101
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Jerry Fanning
- Jockey Joseph Talamo
speed, gave way
Verdict
SIXTIES ICON looks the one to beat and can get team Europe off to a flier. Jeremy Noseda's charge has won his last three starts so arrives in America in peak form and his campaign has been geared around this race. He will stay every inch of the trip which will be crucial. Zappa looks the pick of the home team but while dropping in grade, he has never looked a dour stayer.
Formwatch
Church Service (USA) (8-5) 4wd into str,best rest, 4th of 9, 7l behind Spring House (8-6) at Del Mar 1m 3f std in Aug.
Add Heat (USA) (8-4) 4wd into, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Mr. Chairman (8-3) at Oak Tree At Sant 1m 1f std.
Delightful Kiss (USA) (8-11) Swung 5w,game rally, 2nd of 7, shd behind.
Sixties Icon (9-3) Started very slowly, in rear, in touchhalfway, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well, won at Ascot 1m 4f Grp 3 (1) gd in Sept beating Sugar Ray (9-0) by 2 1/2l, 5 ran.
Muhannak (IRE) (9-7) Mid-division, closed into 4th under 2f out, ran on well under pressure to lead well inside final furlong, won at Dundalk 1m 3f lst stk pol in Sept beating Mr Medici (9-1) by a nk, 14 ran.
Zappa (USA) (8-12) Saved ground to lane, 7th of 11, 5l behind Well Armed (8-12) at Oak Tree At Sant 1m 1f Grp 1 (1) std in Sept.
Big Booster (USA) (8-9) 4wd into str,up 3rd, 3rd of 7, 20l behind Zappa (8-5) at Del Mar 1m 4f std in Jul.
Cedar Mountain (IRE) (8-5) 3wd into lane,rallied, 2nd of 8, shd behind Warning Zone (8-5) at Hollywood Park 1m 4f std in Jul.
Booyah (USA) (8-2) Battled back,very game, won at Fairplex 1m 1f std in Sept beating Freesgood (8-5) by a hd, 9 ran.