Hard To Justify
Hard To Justify was an outsider, returned at decimal odds of 10.1. The field numbered 14 runners. The horse is by Justify out of Instant Reflex. The win was worth USD 630,000 to the winner. The winning time was 1m 34.42s.
United States of America
Santa Anita · 03.11.23
Watch the racePurseUS$ 1,000,000
To the winnerUS$ 630,000
Distance1609 metres
Winning time1m 34.42s
SurfaceTurf · Firm
Conditions2-year-old fillies
Runners14
Stories of this Result
Hard To Justify
Flavien Prat
With this win, Flavien Prat and trainer Chad C Brown combined for 3 Group 1 successes this season. The jockey moved to 11 Group 1 wins this season, 7 wins behind leader Ryan Moore in the jockeys' table.
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Breeders' Cup World Championships · English commentaryResult
14 runners · prize money to 4th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
7thCarla's Way2yo filly by Starspangledbanner × SulaalaatJames DoyleSimon & Ed Crisford
9thDreamfyre2yo filly by Flameaway × AppreciatingHector BerriosO Jauregui
11thLes Pavots2yo filly by No Nay Never × SparrowMickael BarzalonaFrancis-Henri Graffard
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 03.11.23Hard To Justify
JustifySire
Instant ReflexDamby Quality Road
DamInstant Reflex
Hard To Justify is out of Instant Reflex (Quality Road), a dual winner who was placed at Grade 3 level. Instant Reflex is also the dam of the winner Quick Reflex (Arrogate).
Second damWithout Delay
Second dam Without Delay (Seeking the Gold) was a winner and has six winners. They include the Graded-placed Before You Know It (Hard Spun), who won eight races and was placed at Grade 3 level, and the multiple Graded-placed Tarantino (Pioneerof the Nile), a dual winner who was Grade 3-placed.
Third damSlow Down
Third dam Slow Down (Seattle Slew) won the Listed Hillsborough Handicap.
Wider family
Before You Know It is the dam of Gin Gin (Hightail), runner-up in the Listed Rags to Riches Stakes. This is also the family of the sire Starman (Dutch Art), winner of the Gr.1 July Cup, and of Corrazona (El Gran Senor), a Grade 1 winner in the US.
Next generation
Instant Reflex has a yearling colt by Uncle Mo.
Connections
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