Breeders’ Cup boost for Ireland

The Breeders’ Cup has announced that Ireland will host three Breeders’ Cup Challenge races this year.

Winners of the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh (September 8) and the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes and the ICON Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Trial Stakes at Leopardstown a day earlier will earn automatic starting berths into a corresponding race at Santa Anita on Nov 1 and 2.

The ICON Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Trial, a new race to the Challenge series, will be run over a mile and will be an automatic qualifier into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.