Notable Speech corrected the record in Del Mar to enhance Charlie Appleby’s phenomenal CV in the Fanduel Breeders’ Cup Mile.
Third in this event last year, the former 2000 Guineas hero has been a consistent performer all season and arrived on the back of a timely success on his travels in the Woodbine Mile.
With Williams Buick having no option but to take his medicine bottled up on the inside, the cutaway came perfectly for the colt to sprint for home in the straight, as the son of Dubawi showed the electric turn of foot that saw him a Classic winner on home soil.
It was Michael McCarthy’s Formidable Man who chased Notable Speech home for second, with Aidan O’Brien’s The Lion In Winter in third.
But Frankie Dettori could only finish sixth aboard Japanese challenge Argine in what was his final ride in America.
Appleby confirmed Notable Speech will stay in training, adding: “I liked the Woodbine Mile for Notable Speech. Running on that turning track taught him something. Next year he will probably go the Lockinge and then we’ll go to the Queen Anne.”
It was not only Appleby’s 12th success at the Breeders’ Cup, but both the Moulton Paddocks handler and his number one Buick were winning this particular event for a record fourth time after dominating the Grade One contest in recent years.
Appleby said: “It’s a race we enjoy winning and will always try to find a horse for it. We bring the right horse, prep it and hope it will run to its full ability.
