Moore the Magician

A spectacular two days at the Breeders’ Cup for Europe was capped by two more winners on a Saturday night to remember for Ryan Moore.

The former champion jockey was at his brilliant best in landing the Filly & Mare Turf on Dank for his boss Michael Stoute, and bettered even that effort when flying late to snatch the Turf on Aidan O’Brien’s aptly-named Magician, denying William Buick and The Fugue.

Moore was at his coolest as he sat towards the rear in the mile-and-a-half contest on the Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Magician, with Buick bowling along in mid-division on John Gosden’s The Fugue, enjoying an almost perfect passage aboard the Irish Champion Stakes heroine.