{"id":294222,"date":"2023-11-05T01:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T01:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294222"},"modified":"2023-11-05T01:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T01:24:51","slug":"obrien-salutes-moores-display-on-rodin-to-win-breeders-cup-turf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/horse-racing\/obrien-salutes-moores-display-on-rodin-to-win-breeders-cup-turf\/","title":{"rendered":"O&apos;Brien salutes Moore&apos;s display on Rodin to win\u00a0Breeders Cup Turf"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Aidan O&#8217;Brien salutes Ryan Moore&#8217;s vintage display on board Auguste Rodin to win\u00a0Breeders Cup Turf at Santa Anita as he hails the jockey for &#8216;never panicking&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ryan Moore guided Auguste Rodin to victory at the Breeders Cup Turf\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 9\/4 favourite saw off Up To The Mark and trainer Aidan O&#8217;Brien was in awe\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ryan Moore played it down. As the questions came in, he looked at the table at which he was sitting and winced a little when his role in the race that had just unfolded was mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>It was never going to be any other way. He\u2019s never been comfortable with the idea he could overshadow the achievements of a horse, particularly when the horse is as good as Auguste Rodin; Moore adores this brilliant colt and has done so ever since he first sat on him in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>But, as much as he would have liked the spotlight shining elsewhere, it had to be on him. The $4million Breeders Cup Turf was <span>the <\/span>outstanding race of this spectacular meeting, a clash featuring Mostahdaf and King Of Steel, and it was decided by Moore\u2019s genius.<\/p>\n<p>Auguste Rodin has moved beautifully all week, floating seamlessly around the bends, but it must have felt like he had been thrown onto a playground roundabout in the first three furlongs as his rivals rocked and rolled and bounced off each other.<\/p>\n<p>Mostahdaf, a dual Group One winner this season, wanted to go a stride quicker than his partner Jim Crowley would allow and wasted some energy as he strained the reins; King Of Steel, so brave in winning the QIPCO Champion Stakes at Royal Ascot 14 days earlier, found things unfolding quickly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/00\/77413511-0-image-a-135_1699144130003.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Moore put in a genius display to guide Auguste Rodin to victory at Breeders Cup Turf<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/00\/77413515-0-Aiden_O_Brien_s_horse_saw_off_competition_from-a-138_1699144345775.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aiden O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s horse saw off competition from\u00a0Up To The Mark in the outstanding race of this meeting<\/p>\n<p>Moore, 40, saw it all unfold in front of him but managed to get Auguste Rodin, named after a French sculptor, poised. They had a decent position, eight lengths off the pace, but up in the stands Aidan O\u2019Brien was a little anxious about what he was seeing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018After three furlongs it had turned into havoc,\u2019 O\u2019Brien gasped.<\/p>\n<p>The sight of his jockey, bobbing away in the blue-and-orange silks of owner Michael Tabor, immediately provided comfort.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But that\u2019s thing about Ryan,\u2019 O\u2019Brien continued. \u2018He\u2019s just so professional with everything that he sees, he never, ever panics. Ryan is a brilliant jockey but, more than anything, he loves horses \u2013 and, believe me, he really loves this horse.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I told him the other day that he won\u2019t reach his peak until he\u2019s 45 \u2013 seriously! He\u2019s so totally professional. He does everything. When he comes over to work (at Coolmore in Ireland), he\u2019s the first one in the gym before you. And, I promise you, he is getting better.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/00\/77413561-0-image-a-137_1699144149409.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Brien hailed Moore&#8217;s professionalism and dedication after his sensational victory<\/p>\n<p>How does he get better than this? Auguste Rodin, who had won the English and Irish Derbies in mid-summer, had been prepared for this assignment after a thrilling performance in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown in September.<\/p>\n<p>It could have ended in bitter frustration \u2013 all it needed was for one of his rivals to roll the wrong way \u2013 but Moore knew Auguste Rodin\u2019s capabilities. He is nimble and quick and he sped through the gap, around the rail, like a motorcyclist fizzing through a rush hour.<\/p>\n<p>Once he burst through, it was all over. Up To The Mark, chased him to the line, with the Japanese contender Shahryar trying to give pursuit but the game was up. Moore, like a start striker popping up in the right place at the right time, had made the difference when it mattered.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Going through the race, what I did was plan F,\u2019 he said, deflecting the praise; Moore has won this race before, twice on Conduit (2008 and 2009) and once on each on Magician (2013) and Found (2016). When he looks back on this, however, the kick will be a little different.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Me? I\u2019m just delighted that he has vindicated how good he is,\u2019 Moore stressed. \u2018He has beaten some proper horses here. This is a really top drawer horse.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A top drawer horse that was given a quite superlative ride.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/racing\/article-12711617\/Aidan-OBrien-salutes-Ryan-Moores-vintage-display-board-Auguste-Rodin-win-Breeders-Cup-Turf-Santa-Anita-hails-jockey-never-panicking.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Aidan O&#8217;Brien salutes Ryan Moore&#8217;s vintage display on board Auguste Rodin to win\u00a0Breeders Cup Turf at Santa Anita as he hails the jockey for &#8216;never <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/horse-racing\/obrien-salutes-moores-display-on-rodin-to-win-breeders-cup-turf\/\" title=\"O&amp;apos;Brien salutes Moore&amp;apos;s display on Rodin to win\u00a0Breeders Cup Turf\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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