Mishriff primed for last hurrah in Breeders' Cup Turf

Frankie Dettori will be tasked with conjuring up some magic from stall 11 as Mishriff bids for a successful swansong in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland.

John and Thady Gosden’s globetrotter has won big races in England, Dubai, France and Saudi Arabia throughout his career and will attempt to add America to his decorated CV before he heads to France to stand as a stallion.

It has been a somewhat frustrating season for the son of Make Believe, who was slowly away and encountered trouble in running when second at Sandown in the Eclipse, before failing to take down Baaeed in defence of his Juddmonte International crown.

The ground was against the five-year-old in both the Irish Champion Stakes and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, but connections believe he has "got his mojo back" since arriving in Kentucky and are optimistic of one last day in the sun in the $4m contest.

"It’s a bittersweet thing, it’s his last run before he goes off to stud and I’d love for him to get his head in front," said Ted Voute, racing manager to Mishriff’s owner Prince Faisal.

"It’s been a long season of seconds and thirds, but from what I’ve seen from being here he has got his mojo back, I think. Everyone says he looks great and to my eye he looks great, so let’s see if the final outing comes up with the Barathea result.

"He seems to thrive on these long journeys, he’s strutting around the place like he owns it again and maybe that is what has been missing for part of the year. It would be a lovely ending and we deserve to be here, and we deserve to be competitive."

Main Sequence (2014) and Highland Reel (2016) are the only two winners of the Turf from a double-figure stall in the past 10 years, but the Mishriff team are hopeful Dettori’s experience at the