United States of America
Del Mar · 02.11.24
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PurseUS$ 2,000,000
To the winnerUS$ 1,260,000
Distance1609 metres
Winning time1m 32.65s
SurfaceTurf · Firm
Conditions3-year-olds and up
Runners10
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At The Races · English commentaryResult
10 runners · prize money to 4th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stMore Than Looks4yo colt by More Than Ready × Ladies' PrivilegeJose L OrtizCherie DeVauxUS$ 1,260,000
4thTen Happy Rose6yo mare by Epiphaneia × Fatal RoseAkihide TsumuraDaisuke TakayanagiUS$ 140,000
5thGeoglyph5yo colt by Drefong × AromaticoTakeshi YokoyamaTetsuya Kimura
8thPorta Fortuna3yo filly by Caravaggio × Too PreciousTom MarquandDonnacha O Brien
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 02.11.24More Than Looks
More Than ReadySire
Ladies' PrivilegeDamby Harlan's Holiday
DamLadies' Privilege
More Than Looks is the first winner out of Ladies' Privilege (Harlan's Holiday), winner of the Listed Hall of Fame Stakes. She is a full sister to Takeover Target, a three-time graded winner on turf, twice at Grade 2 level, who was placed in the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap and became a sire, and a half-sister to four other winners.
Second damVanquished
The second dam Vanquished (Empire Maker) won at three and is a half-sister to several winners.
Third damCritical Crew
The third dam Critical Crew (Dr. Blum) won four times in the US and is the dam of Critical Eye (Dynaformer), winner of the Grade 1 Hempstead Handicap and the Gazelle Handicap, then a Grade 1.
Wider family
Critical Eye is the grandam of the Listed winners Looms Boldly, Critical Value, Washington Park and Little Kansas. This is also the family of Shane's Girlfriend (Adios Charlie), a Grade 3 winner who was Grade 2-placed.
Next generation
Ladies' Privilege has a 2-year-old filly, American Privilege (American Pharoah), and a yearling colt by Gun Runner. She foaled a filly by Upstart on April 15 and was then covered by Flightline.
Connections
More Than Looks in 2024
2 placesTrainer / Jockey / Track
Turf Mile Stakes1609 metres · US$ 1,250,0002ndCherie DeVauxJose L Ortiz05.10.2024KeenelandPrize money €219,670Race detailsWatch
Fourstardave Stakes1609 metres · US$ 500,0012ndCherie DeVauxIrad Ortiz Jr11.08.2024SaratogaPrize money €87,868Race detailsWatch
History since 1984
Breeders' Cup Mile41Editions since 1984
5Multiple winnersGoldikova, Miesque, Lure
24%Won by fillies or mares10 of 41 · 5 of the last 20
1:31.71Fastest winning timeTourist · 2016
Record holders
Most wins since 19841John R VelazquezJockey · 1998, 2012, 20173 wins
2Olivier PeslierJockey · 2008, 2009, 20103 wins
3Freddy HeadTrainer · 2008, 2009, 20103 wins
4Charlie ApplebyTrainer · 2021, 2022, 20233 wins
5Flaxman HoldingsOwner · 1997, 2002, 2003, 20144 wins
6NureyevSire · 1987, 1988, 19973 wins
7DanzigSire · 1992, 1993, 20003 wins
8Wertheimer et FrèreBreeder · 2008, 2009, 20103 wins
9GodolphinBreeder · 2021, 2022, 20233 wins
10Blushing GroomDamsire · 2008, 2009, 20103 wins
Multiple winners
Won this race more than once1Goldikova2008, 2009, 20103 wins
2Miesque1987, 19882 wins
3Lure1992, 19932 wins
4Da Hoss1996, 19982 wins
5Wise Dan2012, 20132 wins
All 41 winners since 1984
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | More Than Looks More Than Ready | Cherie DeVaux Jose L Ortiz | Victory Racing Partners Hinkle Farms | 15.00 |
| 2023 | Master of The Seas Dubawi | Charlie Appleby William Buick | Godolphin Godolphin | 4.50 |
| 2022 | Modern Games Dubawi | Charlie Appleby William Buick | Godolphin Godolphin | 2.50 |
| 2021 | Space Blues Dubawi | Charlie Appleby William Buick | Godolphin Godolphin | 2.88 |
| 2020 | Order of Australia Australia | Aidan O'Brien Pierre-Charles Boudot | Coolmore Group Whisperview Trading | 41.00 |
| 2019 | Uni More Than Ready | Chad C Brown Joel Rosario | Juddmonte Haras d'Étreham | 5.50 |
| 2018 | Expert Eye Acclamation | Sir Michael Stoute Frankie Dettori | Juddmonte Juddmonte | 5.50 |
| 2017 | World Approval Northern Afleet | Mark E. Casse John R Velazquez | Live Oak Plantation (Charlotte C. Weber) Live Oak Stud | 3.50 |
| 2016 | Tourist Tiznow | Bill Mott Joel Rosario | WinStar Farm WinStar Farm | 34.00 |
| 2015 | Tepin Bernstein | Mark E. Casse Julien Leparoux | Robert E Masterson Machmer Hall | 8.00 |
| 2014 | Karakontie Bernstein | Jonathan Pease Stéphane Pasquier | Flaxman Holdings Flaxman Holdings or Shiraoi Farm, Shadai Corporation Ltd | 17.00 |
| 2013 | Wise Dan Wiseman's Ferry | Charles LoPresti Jose Lezcano | Morton Fink Morton Fink | 1.80 |
| 2012 | Wise Dan Wiseman's Ferry | Charles LoPresti John R Velazquez | Morton Fink Morton Fink | 3.25 |
| 2011 | Court Vision Gulch | Dale Romans Robby Albarado | Spendthrift Farm W. S. Farish & Kilroy Thoroughbred Partnership | |
| 2010 | Goldikova Anabaa | Freddy Head Olivier Peslier | Wertheimer et Frère Wertheimer et Frère | 2.50 |
| 2009 | Goldikova Anabaa | Freddy Head Olivier Peslier | Wertheimer et Frère Wertheimer et Frère | 2.62 |
| 2008 | Goldikova Anabaa | Freddy Head Olivier Peslier | Wertheimer et Frère Wertheimer et Frère | 55.60 |
| 2007 | Kip Deville Kipling | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Cornelio Velásquez | IEAH Stables et al. Center Hills Farm | |
| 2006 | Miesque's Approval Miesque's Son | Martin D. Wolfson Eddie Castro | Live Oak Plantation (Charlotte C. Weber) Live Oak Plantation Stud | |
| 2005 | Artie Schiller El Prado | James A. Jerkens Garrett Gomez | Timber Bay Farm/Denise Walsh Haras du Mezeray | |
| 2004 | Singletary Sultry Song | Don Chatlos David Flores | Little Red Feather Stables Disler Farms Ltd | 17.50 |
| 2003 | Six Perfections Celtic Swing | Pascal Bary Jerry Bailey | Flaxman Holdings Niarchos Family | |
| 2002 | Domedriver Indian Ridge | Pascal Bary Thierry Thulliez | Flaxman Holdings Stavros Niarchos family | 27.00 |
| 2001 | Val Royal Royal Academy | Julio Canani Jose Valdivia Jr. | David S. Milch Jean-Luc Lagardère | |
| 2000 | War Chant Danzig | Neil Drysdale Gary Stevens | Irving & Marjorie Cowan Irving & Marjorie Cowan | 4.50 |
| 1999 | Silic Sillery | Julio Canani Corey Nakatani | J. Terrence Lanni Simoes de Almeida Armenio | |
| 1998 | Da Hoss Gone West | Michael Dickinson John R Velazquez | Prestonwood Farm & Wallstreet Stables Fares Farms | |
| 1997 | Spinning World Nureyev | Jonathan Pease Cash Asmussen | Flaxman Holdings Stavros Niarchos | |
| 1996 | Da Hoss Gone West | Michael Dickinson Gary Stevens | Prestonwood Farm & Wallstreet Stables Fares Farms | |
| 1995 | Ridgewood Pearl Indian Ridge | John Oxx Johnny Murtagh | Anne Coughlan Sean Coughlan | |
| 1994 | Barathea Sadler's Wells | Luca Cumani Frankie Dettori | Sheikh Mohammed & G. W. Leigh Gerald W Leigh | |
| 1993 | Lure Danzig | Claude R. McGaughey III Mike E Smith | Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm & the Gamely Corp. | |
| 1992 | Lure Danzig | Claude R. McGaughey III Mike E Smith | Claiborne Farm & the Gamely Corp. Claiborne Farm & the Gamely Corp. | |
| 1991 | Opening Verse The Minstrel | Richard J. Lundy Pat Valenzuela | Allen E. Paulson Jacques D. Wimpfheimer | |
| 1990 | Royal Academy Nijinsky | Vincent O'Brien Lester Piggott | Classic Ire Stable Tim Gentry | |
| 1989 | Steinlen Habitat | D Wayne Lukas José Santos | Daniel Wildenstein Allez France Stables | |
| 1988 | Miesque Nureyev | François Boutin Freddy Head | Stavros Niarchos Flaxman Holdings | 3.00 |
| 1987 | Miesque Nureyev | François Boutin Freddy Head | Stavros Niarchos Flaxman Holdings | |
| 1986 | Last Tycoon Try My Best | Robert Collet Yves Saint-Martin | Richard C. Strauss Kilfrush Stud | |
| 1985 | Cozzene Caro | Jan H. Nerud Walter Guerra | John A. Nerud John A. Nerud | |
| 1984 | Royal Heroine Lypheor | John Gosden Fernando Toro | Robert Sangster B. Larry Ryan |
Source: G1Stars meeting database – winners, connections, times and starting prices as recorded. Group 1 grading began in 1971.
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