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Jockey William Buick celebrates aboard Notable Speech after the Mile.

World Championships
FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile Results

Date: 11/1/2025

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The $2 million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) presented by PDJF featured a field of 13 older horses going 1 mile on the turf. Notable Speech was sent off as the 5-2 favorite off his Woodbine Mile (G1) win after finishing second in the Prix Jacques le Marois (G1). In to challenge him included 7-2 second choice Rhetorical, winner of the Keeneland Turf Mile (G1), and 9-2 third choice The Lion in Winter, second in the Queen Elizabeth II (G1) after finishing a close third in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (G1).

Jockey Juan Hernandez sent 54-1 One Stripe to the lead first time by through fractions of 22.59 and 46.56 while pressed by 51-1 Oirat and stalked by The Lion in Winter. On the far turn the pacesetters tired as Rhetorical took over through 3/4 in 1:08.84 and opened up a 1 length advantage midstretch through 7f in 1:22.44. Notable Speech, 6th early under William Buick, found room inside to surge to the lead and holding off late-running 18-1 Formidable Man by 1 1/2 lengths in 1:33.66. It was a head back to The Lion in Winter third.

Notable Speech wins the Mile
Pgm  Horse               Jockey            Win   Place  Show
 2   Notable Speech      Buick             7.20   5.00  3.20
 8   Formidable Man      Velazquez               13.60  6.00
 4   The Lion in Winter  Soumillon                      3.40
 
Winning Time:  1:33.66

$1 Exacta  2-8                        60.60
$1 Trifecta  2-8-4                   313.20
$1 Superfecta  2-8-4-11            1,996.40
Results chart

Left: Notable Speech heads to the winner's circle. Winning trainer Charlie Appleby said, "He's a horse we've always thought highly of. He came here and had a great trip around there and was comfortable the whole way. He was following the right horse, there, and I knew The Lion In Winter (IRE) would take him into the race from where he was. We were always waiting for the cutaway—that's all it was. He had to get out and get on that fence and ride that rail, but he's the right horse to do with that."

Right: Notable Speech heads to the post parade. Appleby added, "He is tailor-made for this track and I know he's had to learn how to run it, but the experience around Woodbine was the making of it to come into a race like today. Then Will's ride around there was copybook. If you could ever wrote a script on how to go around there, that was how. He got him out, got a nice pitch two or three back and we always knew we have the cutaway here—even if he was a couple lengths off of them at the cutaway, he's got that electric turn-of-foot that we've seen throughout his career. I was confident."

Left: Second place finisher Formidable Man in the post parade. Trainer Mike McCarthy said, "I thought that was kind of what we were looking for – bounce on out of there and try to establish some position early. I thought Johnny did a wonderful job of getting over and getting us into the clear turning up the backside. The fractions were obviously solid. Was within striking distance coming to the three-eighths pole, leveled off through the lane. The winner is an incredible sort. Certainly no disgrace in running second to him."

Right: Third place finisher The Lion in Winter in the post parade.

Photos courtesy of Amber Chalfin of Downthestretchphotos.com.

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