Breeders' Cup Breeders’ Cup Replay | 2023 Juvenile Fillies Turf: Hard To Justify Still Perfect Following Win November 4, 2023 Hard to Justify (Casey Phillips/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup) Breeders' Cup Breeders’ Cup Replay | 2023 Juvenile Fillies Turf: Hard To Justify Still Perfect Following Win November 4, 2023 By: Curtis "Magic" Kalleward twitteremail Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article Hard to Justify won the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita Park to remain perfect through 3 starts. The Chad Brown trainee won the Miss Grillo Stakes (G2) last time out.Watch the replay & get the Racing Dudes’ expert analysis, then tell us YOUR thoughts in the Comments section! SMASH the *Thumbs Up* ~ HIT *Subscribe* ~ RING the *Notification* bellWatch the race replay here: The press release:Wise Racing LLC’s Hard to Justify ($20.20) swept to the lead at midstretch and then outdueled favorites Porta Fortuna (IRE) and She Feels Pretty through the final sixteenth of a mile to post a head victory in the 16th running of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) for 2-year-olds Friday afternoon at Santa Anita.Trained by Chad Brown and ridden by Flavien Prat, Hard to Justify completed the mile over a firm turf course in 1:34.42. It is the 17th Breeders’ Cup victory for Brown and sixth in the Juvenile Fillies Turf. For Prat, it is his fifth Breeders’ Cup victory and first in this race.Brown’s other victories in the race came with Maram (2008), Lady Eli (2014), New Money Honey (2016), Rushing Fall (2017) and Newspaperofrecord (IRE) (2018).Longshot Dreamfyre set the pace with Hard to Justify tracking just behind her. They ran 1-2 until the stretch when Hard to Justify moved to the fore with Porta Fortuna to her inside and She Feels Pretty to her outside while Austere made a bold bid along the rail. However, in the final yards, Hard to Justify had enough of a cushion to claim the victory.The victory was worth $520,000 sand increased Hard to Justify’s earnings to $687,750 as she remained perfect in three starts. She is a Kentucky-bred daughter of Justify out of the Quality Road mare Instant Reflex.November 3, 2023: Hard to Justify, ridden by Flavien Prat, wins the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Breeders’ Cup Championship Friday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California on November 3, 2023. Tim Sudduth/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup Join the Inner Circle Sign up for exclusive 10% discount on orders, plus be the first to access our daily free and premium horse racing picks, articles, podcasts, and more! Sign Up
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