Justify’s Haffner Gives Europe A Clean Sweep Of BC Friday Turf Contests In Juvenile Turf

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Easily the talking horse of 'Future Stars Friday' at the Breeders' Cup, HAFFNER (c, 2, Justify–Earth Strike {Ire}, by Zoffany {Ire}) was given a perfect ride from the box seat by Ryan Moore and stretched clear through the final furlong to take out Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, giving the European raiders a sweep of the afternoon's three races on the grass.Bet down from a somewhat suspect morning line of 8-1 into 7-2 at the off, the $375,000 Keeneland September yearling was away alertly from gate four and dropped down onto the rail to save every inch of ground as Avec Toi (No Nay Never) showed the way in advance of Haffner's stablemate Florida Bay (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) through a strong opening quarter-mile in :23.02.Moore sat hard against Haffner into the turn, holding his horse together, and when Florida Bay rolled to his outside nearing the stretch, Moore immediately asked Haffner to quicken. He put Avec Toi to the sword with a furlong to race and edged away to score decisively. Favored Folsom Blues (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), slowly away from a wider gate, was sent around horses by Dylan Browne McMonagle at the quarter pole and finished with terrific energy, but could do no better than take the photo for second with Avec Toi.The final time was 1:35.19.Haffner is the third Breeders' Cup winner for Coolmore America's Justify, all in 2-year-old races, and was the second on the card for Moore and trainer Aidan O'Brien. The jockey was recording his 18th Breeders' Cup winner, while O'Brien, who had gone ahead of Bob Baffert on 22 and then was later tied on that number after Hughes won the Juvenile, put his head back in front of that particular battle with his 23rd Breeders' Cup winner.Sales hisitory: $375,000 Ylg '25 KEESEP. O-Brant, Peter M., Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael, Smith, Derrick, Westerberg and Smith, Brook T.; B-D J Stables & Justify Syndicate (KY); T-Aidan O'Brien #4 HAFFNER WINS THE BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE TURF! Ryan Moore rode the Justify colt for trainer Aidan O'Brien, who wins again on Breeders' Cup Friday. Watch the full race https://t.co/N9MWOkKVBU— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 30, 2026The post Justify’s Haffner Gives Europe A Clean Sweep Of BC Friday Turf Contests In Juvenile Turf appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.