Red Desire pointing to BC Filly & Mare Turf, Flower Bowl

I don't know if Henry Cecil plans to bring Midday back to America to defend her Breeders Cup F&M Turf title or not in 2010? Midday's only start so far in 2010 was a 2nd place finish to 09' Epsom and Irish Oaks winner, Sariska, in the Middleton Stakes back in May. She races again on July 30th to defend her Blue Square Nassau Stakes crown at Goodwood. Also in the race is the French filly Stacelita. Who won the 09' Prix de Diane and Prix Vermille. But whether or not Midday comes back to America, Red Desire can only serve to make the F&M Turf much more competitive. She's a top shelf filly in her own right. Finishing 2nd in both the 09' Japanese 1000 Guineas and Oaks to Japan's other great filly Buena Vista. But Red Desire finally stepped out of Buena Vista's shadow in Dubai back in March. Winning the Al Maktoum Challenge Rd. 3. A race in which she defeated Dubai World Cup winner Gloria De Campeao, DWC 2nd, Lizard's Desire, DWC 3rd, Allybar, Cavalryman, and the another great Japanese race-mare, Vodka.

A great start to an international BC with two runners from Japan targeting the weekend in Red Desire and Espoir City. Have a feeling the Churchill Breeders' Cup will blow away anything at Santa Anita and really make the BC wonder how they ever considered SA a permanent site.