William Buick
With this win, William Buick and trainer Charlie Appleby combined for 5 Group 1 successes this season. The jockey had come close here before: Al Qudra was second in 2024 and Wild Desert was second in 2025.
Canada
Woodbine · 12.09.26
Watch the racePurse€ 311,000 · US$354k
To the winner€ 186,600
Distance1609 metres
Winning time1m 35.66s
SurfaceTurf · Firm
Conditions2-year-olds
Runners8
Stories of this Result
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Breeders' Cup World Championships · English commentaryResult
8 runners · prize money to 4th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
4thBig Money Man2yo colt by No Nay Never × NazunaJames McDonaldChristopher Head€ 30,800
5thLet Em Know2yo colt by Jackie's Warrior × America's TaleEdgard ZayasWhitworth Beckman
8thQuipster2yo colt by Practical Joke × Gamble's CandyPietro MoranKevin Attard
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 12.09.26Al Hudaiba
Dark AngelSire
A'ShaariDamby Dubawi
DamA'Shaari
Al Hudaiba is the first foal and first winner out of A'Shaari (Dubawi), who won as a two-year-old. She is a full sister to Wuheida, a champion and winner of the Gr.1 Prix Marcel Boussac.
Second damHibaayeb
The second dam Hibaayeb (Singspiel) won the Gr.1 Fillies' Mile in England and the Yellow Ribbon Stakes in the US, then a Grade 1. She is also the dam of Wuheida, winner of the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in 2017, and has five other winners, including Lacey's Lane (Street Cry), dam of the Listed-placed One Nation, and Ophelia's Dream (Dubawi), whose son Hamlet's Night was second in the Gr.2 Elite Hurdle.
Third damLady Zonda
The third dam Lady Zonda (Lion Cavern) won twice and produced six other winners, among them May Meeting (Diktat), a juvenile winner and second in the Listed Rochestown Stakes. Her unraced daughter Miss Respect (Mark Of Esteem) is the dam of Victoria Paige, twice placed at Group 2 level, and the Listed-placed Miss Greenlight, and the grandam of Jash, a Listed winner who was placed at Group 1 level.
Next generation
A'Shaari has a yearling filly by Frankel and has produced a colt by Frankel this year, a full brother to that filly.
Connections
All winners since 2020
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ArgosNyquist × Athenian | Riley MottFlavien Prat | David RomanikGreen Lantern Stables, LLC | ||
| 2024 | New CenturyKameko × Potent Embrace | Andrew BaldingOisin Murphy | Qatar Racing LlcPotent Embrace Partnership | ||
| 2023 | Carson's RunCupid × Hot N Hectic | Christophe ClementDylan Davis | West Point Thoroughbreds And Bouchey, StevenFrankfort Pike Farm | ||
| 2022 | Mysterious NightDark Angel × Mistrusting | C ApplebyW Buick | Godolphin, LlcGodolphin | ||
| 2021 | AlbahrDubawi × Falls of Lora | C ApplebyL Dettori | GodolphinGodolphin | ||
| 2020 | Gretzky The GreatNyquist × Pearl Turn | Mark CasseKazushi Kimura | Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners And Barber, GaryAnderson Farms |
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