Overview
- Hawk Mountain led a Ballydoyle one-two-three in Doncaster’s Group 1 Futurity, edging Action by half a length with Benvenuto Cellini third on heavy ground.
- Christophe Soumillon and Aidan O’Brien said Benvenuto Cellini, the 7-4 favourite, “got stuck in the ground” as testing conditions shaped the finish.
- Derby betting flipped across the weekend: Hawk Mountain was initially cut to favourite after Doncaster before Pierre Bonnard’s Saint-Cloud triumph made him a 7-1 market leader, with Hawk Mountain eased to 10-1.
- Puerto Rico produced an all-the-way win in the Criterium International and was trimmed to 8-1 for the 2,000 Guineas after extending his Group 1 sequence.
- O’Brien’s 2025 top-level haul rose to 25, including a record‑extending 12th Futurity, underscoring Ballydoyle’s autumn dominance and driving volatile ante-post moves.