Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile 2023

United States of America

Santa Anita · 04.11.23

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Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile

1stCody's Wish5yo by Curlin × Dance CardUS$630,000

2ndNational Treasure3yo by Quality Road × TreasureUS$200,000

3rdSkippylongstocking4yo by Exaggerator × TwinklingUS$100,000

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JockeyJunior Alvarado

TrainerWilliam Mott

OwnerGodolphin

BreederGodolphin

PurseUS$1,000,000

To the winnerUS$630,000

Distance1609 metres

Winning time1m 35.97s

SurfaceDirt · Fast

Conditions3-year-olds and up

Runners7

Stories of this Result

Cody's Wish

With this win, Cody's Wish now has 3 Group 1 wins this season. The field numbered 7 runners. The horse is by Curlin out of Dance Card. The win was worth USD 630,000 to the winner. The winning time was 1m 35.97s.

Curlin

With this win, Curlin closed to within 4 wins of leader Frankel. On the same weekend, the stallion also took the Breeders' Cup Distaff with Idiomatic. Those wins came from 5 different horses.

Godolphin

With this win, Godolphin leads the owners' table on 21 Group 1 wins. On the same weekend, the owner also took the Breeders' Cup Mile with Master Of The Seas. Next in the table: Coolmore Group (20).

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Result

7 runners · prize money to 4th place

PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize

1stCody's Wish5yo colt by Curlin × Dance CardJunior AlvaradoWilliam MottUS$630,000

2ndNational Treasure3yo colt by Quality Road × TreasureFlavien PratBob BaffertUS$200,000

3rdSkippylongstocking4yo colt by Exaggerator × TwinklingTyler GaffalioneSaffie Joseph JrUS$100,000

4thCharge It4yo colt by Tapit × I'll Take ChargeJohn R VelazquezTodd PletcherUS$70,000

5thZozos4yo colt by Munnings × Papa's ForestFlorent GerouxB Cox

6thStage Raider5yo colt by Pioneerof The Nile × Stage MagicBrian Joseph Hernandez JrCherie DeVaux

7thShirl's Bee3yo colt by Bee Jersey × Shirl's SoulLuis SaezDallas Stewart

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 04.11.23

Cody's Wish

CurlinSire

Dance CardDamby Tapit

DamDance Card

Cody's Wish is out of Dance Card (Tapit), who won the Gazelle S., then a Grade 1, in 2012 and was third in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint in 2013. She is also the dam of the multiple graded winner Endorsed (Medaglia d'Oro), successful at Grade 2 and Grade 3 level, and of Bocephus (Medaglia d'Oro), placed in a restricted stakes race. Dance Card is a full sister to three other winners, among them the Grade 2-placed Tempted To Tapit.

Second damTempting Note

Second dam Tempting Note (Editor's Note) was stakes-placed and produced four winners from nine foals.

Third damTempt

Third dam Tempt (Devil's Bag) ran only a few times and bred seven winners, with Tempting Note the best of them.

Next generation

Dance Card's two-year-old colt Hunt Ball (Into Mischief) has been placed in both his starts. She also has a yearling filly by Street Sense and a weanling filly by Gun Runner, and has been covered by Curlin for a full sibling to Cody's Wish in 2024.

Connections

JockeyJunior Alvarado

TrainerWilliam Mott

OwnerGodolphin

BreederGodolphin