Perfections will have to overcome wide draw

SIX PERFECTIONS will have to overcome a wide draw for the second year running after being handed stall 11 in the post position ceremony for the Breeders’ Cup Mile yesterday.

Having had to come from stall 12 last year, big-race jockey Jerry Bailey will have to produce similar wizardry to land the spoils again this year on a filly that would want to be neither too near to nor too far from the pace in the early stages.

“It’s better than 14,” shrugged Alan Cooper, the racing manager to the Niarchos family. “It’s not too bad and now we are just looking forward to the race.”