Breeders' Cup Champions Draw a Crowd at Ashford Stud

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00:00It's always exciting for a stud farm to welcome a Breeders' Cup champion, and this

00:06year Ashford Stud added not one, but two of those elite racehorses to their stallion roster.

00:11We talked to Adrian Wallace about two-time Breeders' Cup champion Golden Pal and speedy

00:15juvenile winner Corniche.

00:19Golden Pal, what a horse.

00:21I mean, you talk to Wesley Ward, he leaves you under no impression that he was the best

00:25horse he ever trained, the fastest horse he's ever trained.

00:27I think Golden Pal holds a very special place, not only in Randy Lowe's, his Breeders'

00:33heart, in Wesley Ward's heart, but also in Coolmore's heart.

00:37Any time a horse can not only take you to the three Breeders' Cups, but win you two

00:41of them.

00:42He won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint at two, and then went on to win the Turf Sprint

00:46at three.

00:47He holds a very special place in your heart, but then not only that, but he won three great

00:51twos here at Keeneland, and that's one of the major selling points of him, is he was

00:55able to win and nearly remain undefeated at Keeneland at his home track in front of

01:01all the breeders, in front of all the people who are going to be using him.

01:03So those breeders were able to see firsthand how quick he was out of the gates, how electrifying

01:08his speed was on the turf track at Keeneland and around the world.

01:14Really a horse that's been emblematic not only for Ashford, for Wesley Ward, and for

01:20Golden Pal's sire, Uncle Mo.

01:22He comes from a very fast midshipman mare named Labied Shipman, who was a very good

01:25runner in her own right.

01:26She had a lot of speed, and I think the great thing about Uncle Mo is that you've got not

01:30only the option of dirt, but you've also got the option, very much, of this horse of turf.

01:36But to me, he doesn't even look really like a sprinter.

01:38I think he's fast because he was brilliant.

01:40That's the great thing about Uncle Mo, is that they're versatile.

01:43They're good at two, they get going early, and they get better as they get older.

01:47He's getting a lot of mares.

01:49He's getting inquiries from every type of breeder around.

01:52He's getting a really, really good book of mares behind him.

01:55Great at stakes winners, great at stakes producers.

01:57He's going to be one of the most popular horses we've ever stood.

02:02When you look at Cornish, the first thing that comes to mind, certainly in my mind,

02:06is speed.

02:07He's very like his sire, quality road.

02:09He's got that same physique, that same structure to him.

02:13Balanced horse, good hip and shoulder on him, good mover, very correct.

02:16He was a very high-priced juvenile at OBS, costing Speedway Stables 1.5 million.

02:23Out of a very good race, Mare wasted tears.

02:25She was a multiple grade two winner on the track.

02:28He's very well-bred from a good racehorse family.

02:31He tore up the track down in Ocala, and then went on to break his maiden by widening five

02:37and a half lengths, and then went on to become, obviously, an Eclipse Award-winning two-year-old.

02:42The first thing you think about, he's all speed.

02:44I don't think we'll ever forget the display Cornish put on in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile

02:49that year.

02:50He overcame a very wide draw, and that left us under no illusion who the best horse was

02:55on that day as he romped to a juvenile championship.

02:58Off the rail, pop a cap.

03:00Tritus did those two, but it's Cornish.

03:03He's just too good.

03:05Cornish wins the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

03:08He's been very popular.

03:09I mean, I think everyone wants two-year-old Speed.

03:11People want to get to the races early, and that's the greatest selling point of any stallion.

03:16I think horses like Cornish, like Golden Pal, offer that.

03:20They're the ones that will get you to the races early, and hopefully get you on the

03:23race track and on the big stage.

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