Ouija Board fulfills fortunes

BREEDERS' CUP RECAPS

Ouija Board fulfills fortunes

Lord Derby's OUIJA BOARD (GB) (Cape Cross [Ire]) vindicated everyone's expectations Saturday as she

finished 1 1/2 lengths ahead of her nearest rival in the $1,410,000 Breeders' Cup Filly

& Mare

Turf (G1) under Kieren Fallon.

Moscow Burning (Moscow Ballet) took to the lead from the start

and tried to wire the 1 3/8-mile event, setting fractions of :26

2/5, :52 2/5, 1:18 2/5, 1:42 1/5 and 2:06 1/5. All the while, Ouija Board and

Fallon were patiently waiting their chance back in fourth. The pair launched a rally three-wide leaving the turn and quickly closed

the gap in the upper stretch. The Edward Dunlop-trained Ouija Board pulled clear

to stop the clock in 2:18 1/5 on the yielding turf.

"I was very concerned the first half because the pace was

so slow," Dunlop said. "She was coming from a 1 1/2

miles back to 1 3/8 miles and I was afraid that slow pace might

get her beat. Kieren rode a great race and had her in

the right spot and the result was just what we wanted. She stays

in training as a four-year-old."

Sent off the 4-5 favorite, Ouija Board returned $3.80, $3 and

$2.80 to his ticket holders while 16-1 Film Maker (Dynaformer)

followed behind to pay $9 and $6.60, ending a $43.40 exacta.

Wonder Again (Silver Hawk) came a neck back in third to give

$6.60 at 10-1 and round out a $364 trifecta. Moscow

Burning managed to hold on to fourth and finished the $3,257.40 superfecta (5-3-12-4).

Yesterday (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), Shaconage (El Prado [Ire]),

Light Jig (GB) (Danehill), Riskaverse (Dynaformer), Super Brand

(SAf) (Royal Chalice), Katdogawn (GB) (Bahhare), Megahertz (GB)

(Pivotal) and Aubonne (Ger) (Monsun) followed.

This was Ouija Board's North American debut and comes on the

heels of a third-place finish in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

(Fr-G1). Other notable wins for the three-year-old bay include the

Vodafone Oaks (Eng-G1) and Irish Oaks (Ire-G1). The victory improves her overall record to 8-5-0-3 and

pushed her earnings to $1,671,768.

Ouija Board was bred by Stanley Estate and Stud Co. in England

and is out of Selection Board (Welsh Pageant).