{"id":215775,"date":"2025-10-21T15:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/215775\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:47:11","slug":"turf-hope-minnie-hauk-to-lead-obriens-breeders-cup-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/215775\/","title":{"rendered":"Turf hope Minnie Hauk to lead O\u2019Brien\u2019s Breeders\u2019 Cup team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The filly, a three-time Group One winner, missed out by just a head at ParisLongchamp earlier in the month and now has the Longines Breeders\u2019 Cup Turf in her sights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur races have been nicely spaced out this year and she came out of the Arc well; everybody seems happy with her so that\u2019s what we\u2019re thinking at the moment,\u201d the trainer told the Breeders\u2019 Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Of the fast ground, the trainer added: \u201cYes, she loves it. She\u2019s a very good mover, she would love fast ground, absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another filly travelling from Ballydoyle to California is Bedtime Story, who finished fourth to Kalpana in the British Champions Fillies &amp; Mares Stakes at Ascot last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien said: \u201cShe ran well, very happy. She\u2019d probably have preferred a stronger pace but ran very well. She definitely could go for the Filly &amp; Mare Turf, that\u2019s what we\u2019re thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dewhurst runner-up Gstaad is entered for the Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile Turf, a step up to a mile after previous efforts over six and seven furlongs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt he moment that\u2019s what we\u2019re thinking,\u201d O\u2019Brien said of the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came out of the Dewhurst well. We think the fast ground and a mile will suit him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien also confirmed that the Group One-winning filly Precise is targeting the John Deere Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and The Lion in Winter could go for the FanDuel Breeders\u2019 Cup Mile, with True Love\u00a0a possible for the Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The filly, a three-time Group One winner, missed out by just a head at ParisLongchamp earlier in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-215775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}