Team Valor International's homebred Pluck came from last at top of the lane and used a devastating turn of foot to pick off his rivals in winning the $909,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) by one length Nov. 6 at Churchill Downs.

Pluck is by More Than Ready, who sired the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT) winner More Than Real Team Valor International's homebred Pluck came from last at top of the lane and used a devastating turn of foot to pick off his rivals in winning the $909,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) by one length Nov. 6 at Churchill Downs.

Pluck is by More Than Ready, who sired the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT) winner More Than Real on opening day of the World Championships. Both horses were ridden by Garrett Gomez and trained by Todd Pletcher. Gomez earned his 11th Breeders' Cup victory, while Pletcher added a fifth to his resume.

The race was marred by the spill of Rough Sailing on the first turn. The son of Mizzen Mast stumbled going wide on the first turn while near the back of the field and went down while throwing jockey Anna Napravnik to the ground. Napravnik was able to get up under her own power and walk off without an apparent serious injury. It was reported that Rough Sailing suffered a fractured front shoulder and was later euthanized

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