BREEDERS' CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

October 30, 2026

Aidan O'Brien

Ryan Moore

M.V. Magnier

Sun Goddess

Keeneland Race Course

Juvenile Fillies Turf

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: Congratulations to Sun Goddess, Team Coolmore, what an impressive win.

Aidan, I'll start with you. This is the ninth start for a 2-year-old filly. Just so incredible for her to be able to keep this form at the top level for nine starts. Just kind of tell us a little bit about her and what your plan was leading up to this.

AIDAN O'BRIEN: Yeah, she was just really natural all the way and from day one. She obviously ran a run or two before Ascot, and she's taken everything in her stride. We could have taken in the Fillies' Mile at Newmarket on the way in, but just decided with a view to next year, and just to be sure that she came here fresh. They wanted her here. That's why she's here.

She's always, whether it's six, seven, obviously a mile now, it all comes the same to her really. Ryan just lets her come out and lets her get comfortable the first half. Second half she comes home really well.

I suppose our worry today was we all know what she can do under strong pace out in front. And always the possibility, like Ryan said going out, he thought he was going to end up a lot more forward than usual on her because he wasn't sure what was there was going to take her. So that's exactly what he did. He gave her a beautiful ride. It was all very clean cut, no chances.

Filly had a lovely day out, yeah, over the moon really.

THE MODERATOR: Ryan, perfect opportunity to ask you that. First time going two turns with Sun Goddess.

RYAN MOORE: I think first time, one time.

THE MODERATOR: She's only been on a straightaway really. So navigating two turns, right from the start, you were well placed. The pace seemed to be slower maybe than what you anticipated?

RYAN MOORE: Her last one was over six at Newmarket, which is a fast six. She beat the filly that won the sprint earlier, and they were very fast Fillies. She found -- going up to a mile here, she was very comfortable.

I haven't seen the race back over time, but it felt like it went slower than we would normally do on a Breeders' Cup Mile race here.

THE MODERATOR: Was there ever any concern -- I know usually over in Europe and the straightaways, one turn races, you get covered up more, and she seemed like she was out there kind of running nice and free with nobody really in front of her.

RYAN MOORE: She went completely asleep out there. She was very relaxed and very comfortable.

THE MODERATOR: She just seems like something special. This filly has just been amazing. To look at her, watching her train in the morning, she seems to just bounce on air out there.

M.V. MAGNIER: I know. In fairness to everyone that was in Doncaster at the time, like Paul Shanahan, she just stood out at the sale, and well done to John Tuthill and Pip and everyone. It's a great result for them. They're great supporters, have been for a very long time.

It's a life-changing experience for a lot of people when fillies like this come along. It's special for everyone. We're just very lucky to have a group of lads and ladies that want to buy these horses and have them in training with Aidan and everything. It's a fantastic result.

Q. Aidan, she's a very large, impressive individual. Is she still like growing, getting bigger, getting stronger? She's a 2-year-old. I would imagine the answer is yes. Just wondering how she's changed.

AIDAN O'BRIEN: I would say she's probably going to change a lot through the winter. She's big and she's rangy. She's a super mover. She's a great mind. You'd say there's no doubt looking at her she's going to be more of a 3-year-old than a 2-year-old.

I think that's the way she was since the time we found her in Doncaster. Doncaster is usually a sale where a lot of early horses are found. But in the sale she looked like a filly with a lot of scope. She wasn't just going to be a 2-year-old. She is unusual, and her movement is very unusual. If you see her, the way she walks and trots and canters and does everything, she's a physical specimen, just very different.

Obviously she's by Sioux Nation who's probably the most underrated stallion in the world. She's only the second one that we had. Obviously he's by Scat Daddy, as you know, out here. Obviously Johannesburg was an incredible 2-year-old. I think he might have been the first Breeders' Cup winner actually or close to it.

He did what she did. We never went for group 1s as a 2-year-old, so we haven't had anything to do that before, especially a filly with the scope of hers. He was smaller, compact, looked like a 2-year-old. She looks more of a 3-year-old than a 2-year-old. Ryan, she's a big rangy filly, isn't she?

RYAN MOORE: Rangy, sir.

THE MODERATOR: I guess one question is 3-year-old next year, just what are the potential plans for her. Obviously enjoy this one, but for a long career?

M.V. MAGNIER: Realistically, that's up to the man here.

AIDAN O'BRIEN: We usually stack that kind of a filly in the beginning, don't we? I'd imagine she'll have to go through the winter, and she'll be trained for the classics. I'd imagine English Guinea is where she'll start and go from there, I think.

The exciting thing about her, when she got her mind out well, she could be get further next year.

RYAN MOORE: She feels she might, yeah.

AIDAN O'BRIEN: Very exciting filly really.

THE MODERATOR: Another great success for the Coolmore team. Congratulations to Sun Goddess, and Aidan taking the lead in Breeders' Cup wins for the most for a trainer. Congratulations. Many more to come.