Breeders’ Cup treble could be a sign that Goldolphin are set to challenge Coolmore’s international supremacy on flat ground
Team Europe turned out to be Team Charlie Appleby at the Breeders’ Cup meeting at Del Mar over the weekend, as the man from Moulton Paddocks rounded off the best season of his career with all three of the European-trained winners over the 14 races.
Appleby has now had runners in 11 races in North America in 2021 and won seven of them, and returns from
California with another £2.7m in prize money earnings despite seeing two fancied runners scratched in bizarrely similar circumstances after becoming upset in the stalls.