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Benvenuto Cellini wins Breeders’ Cup Turf as Sovereignty takes Classic
Benvenuto Cellini won the $5m Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland in Kentucky on Saturday, with jockey Ryan Moore guiding the horse to a three-quarter-length victory.
Moore had switched to the horse after drawing an inside stall, and made his move in the final stretch.
The win was the only victory for a European stable on the day, after several highly regarded European runners were beaten.
Trainer Aidan O’Brien’s 28th Group One or Grade One win of 2026 also equalled his record for a calendar year, set in 2017.
In the day’s richest race, Sovereignty won the $7m Classic for Godolphin, while last year’s winner, Japan’s Forever Young, finished fifth.
Sovereignty is expected to retire to stud, while Benvenuto Cellini will stay in training next season and could race in Hong Kong in December.
Next year’s Breeders’ Cup moves to Belmont Park in New York, which has been redeveloped.
Benvenuto Cellini won the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland on Saturday.
Ryan Moore rode the horse to a three-quarter-length victory after switching from stablemate Diamond Necklace.
Sovereignty won the $7 million Classic, while last year’s winner, Forever Young, finished fifth.
The Turf victory was Aidan O’Brien’s 28th Group One or Grade One win in 2026, equalling his own record.
- Who
- Benvenuto Cellini, ridden by Ryan Moore, won the Turf. Sovereignty won the Classic.
- What
- Benvenuto Cellini won the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf, and Sovereignty won the $7 million Classic.
- When
- Saturday, 31 October 2026.
- Where
- Keeneland, Kentucky.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Benvenuto Cellini won the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland.
Sovereignty won the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
- Turf winner
- Benvenuto Cellini
- Turf winning margin
- Three-quarter length
- Turf prize
- $5 million
- Classic winner
- Sovereignty
- Classic prize
- $7 million
- O’Brien’s 2026 Group One or Grade One wins
- 28
What people are saying
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