Inspiral
With this win, Inspiral now has 3 Group 1 wins this season. The field numbered 12 runners. The horse is by Frankel out of Starscope. The win was worth USD 1,260,000 to the winner. The winning time was 1m 59.60s.
United States of America
Santa Anita · 04.11.23
Watch the racePurseUS$ 2,000,000
To the winnerUS$ 1,260,000
Distance2012 metres
Winning time1m 59.60s
SurfaceTurf · Firm
ConditionsFillies and mares, 3 and up
Runners12
Stories of this Result
Inspiral
Frankel
With this win, Frankel leads the sires' table on 14 Group 1 wins. The stallion is also the sire of With The Moonlight (seventh) and Mckulick (12th) from this field. Next in the table: Dubawi (10). Those wins came from 11 different horses.
Watch the race
Breeders' Cup World Championships · English commentaryResult
12 runners · prize money to 4th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
4thWin Marilyn6yo mare by Screen Hero × Cosmo CieloCristian DemuroTakahisa TezukaUS$ 140,000
6thLumiere Rock3yo filly by Saxon Warrior × Last GoldDylan Browne McMonagleJoseph O Brien
9thState Occasion5yo mare by Iffraaj × Forest CrownRossa RyanRalph Beckett
10thDidia6yo mare by Orpen × DelambreVincent CheminaudIgnacio Correas
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 04.11.23Inspiral
FrankelSire
StarscopeDamby Selkirk
DamStarscope
Inspiral is the fourth of five foals of racing age out of Starscope (Selkirk), runner-up in the Gr.1 1000 Guineas and the Gr.1 Coronation S. Starscope is a half-sister to the Listed winner Solar Magic (Pivotal) and is also the dam of the Listed-placed Celestran (Dansili), the winner Lunar Corona (Dansili) and one further winner.
Second damMoon Goddess
Second dam Moon Goddess (Rainbow Quest) was a winner. She has 12 foals and seven winners, the best of them Starscope and Solar Magic, and is a half-sister to Medicean.
Third damMystic Goddess
Third dam Mystic Goddess (Storm Bird) won at Listed level as a two-year-old and was Group-placed three times that year. Her five winners are headed by the sire Medicean (Machiavellian), winner of the Gr.1 Lockinge Stakes and the Gr.1 Eclipse Stakes.
Wider family
This is also the family of Sanam (Golden Act), a Group 1 winner at two, and of Shaybani (Al Nasr), twice a Group 2 winner in South Africa.
Next generation
Starscope's yearling colt by Ulysses has been named Stetchworth Friend. She was covered by Frankel again in 2023.
Connections
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