GI NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies

Citizen Bull And Immersive Relish Success After Friday's Breeders' Cup, East Avenue Will 'Move On'

The respective winners from Friday's GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile--Citizen Bull (Into Mischief)--and the GI NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies--Immersive (Nyquist), will look down the road to their 3-year-old seasons with the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Kentucky Oaks the target. Trainer Bob Baffert said he knew that Citizen Bull was ready to take on the field at Del Mar, but all week he was careful to not tip his hand too much. His experience with 'TDN Rising Star' Muth (Good Magic), who skipped the Derby and scratched because of...

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Half-Sister To GISW Scottish Lassie Added To Fasig-Tipton November Sale

Take Charge Babe (Take Charge Indy), a half-sister to this year's GI Frizette Stakes winner Scottish Lassie (McKinzie) has been supplemented to the Nov. 4 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, the auction company said in a press release on Thursday morning. A multiple winner herself, Take Charge Babe is catalogued as hip 317 and will be consigned as a broodmare prospect by Paramount Sales, agent. Scottish Lassie, who broke her maiden by nine lengths in the Frizette Oct. 5, is scheduled to start in the GI NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on...

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Juju's Map Much the Best in 3-Year-Old Debut

4th-Churchill Downs, $134,897, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 5-6, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:43.35, ft, 4 3/4 lengths. JUJU'S MAP (f, 3, Liam's Map--Nagambie, by Flatter), back in action after six month freshening, was the 1-2 favorite off a juvenile campaign that included a win in the GI Darley Alcibiades S. Oct. 9 and a placing behind champion 2-year-old filly Echo Zulu (Gun Runner) in the GI NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Nov. 5 at Del Mar. Racing for the first time as a 3-year-old with Lasix, Juju's Map was off...

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Echo Zulu Fires Big in Juvenile Fillies

DEL MAR, CA - During an interview in these pages earlier this week, Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen described returning to Del Mar--the site of Gun Runner's 2017 GI Breeders' Cup Classic victory--with a member of his first crop favored for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies as "dreaming." The dream run certainly continued for L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds' Echo Zulu (Gun Runner) Friday, capping a perfect four-for-four championship season with a powerhouse, 5 1/4-length, wire-to-wire performance in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Juju's Map (Liam's Map),...

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