Brian Meehan seeks third £3.6m Breeders’ Cup Turf win with conqueror of Champion Stakes hero

The Manton trainer triumphed with Red Rocks and Dangerous Midge astatine the US title gathering antecedently and has precocious hopes for Jayarebe astatine Del Mar

A British trainer is seeking to assertion his 3rd triumph successful the £3.6 cardinal Breeders’ Cup Turf with a equine who defeated the victor of the Champion Stakes.

The Brian Meehan-trained Jayarebe had Anmaat, the 40-1 victor of the Ascot showpiece, backmost down successful 5th delight erstwhile helium landed his latest occurrence successful the Prix Dollar connected Arc weekend.

And the signifier earned a important boost erstwhile Anmaat secured a astonishment triumph implicit a tract including Calandagan and Economics connected British Champions Day.

Jayarebe runs successful the ownership of Iraj Parvizi who owned Meehan’s 2010 Breeders’ Cup Turf victor Dangerous Midge, the trainer’s 2nd occurrence successful the contention pursuing the triumph of Red Rocks successful 2006.

Frankie Dettori rode those 2 winners but Sean Levey volition support the equine astatine Del Mar wherever helium volition person his 2nd Breeders’ Cup mount.

Meehan said, "We were delighted with Jayarebe – he’s been successful large signifier since winning successful France. He works time and flies retired aboriginal Saturday morning. Sean Levey volition thrust him.”

The three-year-old lad of Zoffany has shown high-level signifier passim the season, winning the Hampton Court Stakes astatine Royal Ascot earlier finishing 2nd to Economics successful the Group 2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano astatine Deauville.

"The signifier of the Prix Dollar has truly been boosted, and we’re delighted with him heading into the Breeders' Cup," Meehan added. "We've been fortunate to person large occurrence astatine the Breeders’ Cup successful the past and we’re looking guardant to it.”

"We judge the mile-and-a-half travel successful America volition suit him perfectly. It’s superb to person Sean connected board. He knows the colt precise good and he’s riding truthful good astatine the moment.”

Jayarabe, a 7-1 accidental with William Hill, volition instrumentality connected past year’s contention winner, Godolphin’s Rebel’s Romance, who is 1 of 4 defending champions entered astatine the November 1-2 meeting.

The different returning prima from Britain is the Mick Appleby-trained Big Evs who volition tackle the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint nether Tom Marquand.

Marquand volition besides spouse stablemate Big Mojo for the archetypal time, taking implicit from Silvestre de Sousa, successful the Juvenile Turf Sprint, the contention won by Big Evs 12 months ago.

Big Evs was Marquand’s archetypal and lone Breeders’ Cup equine past twelvemonth but helium volition beryllium overmuch successful request this year.

As good arsenic riding apical filly Porta Fortuna successful the Mile, helium has besides been booked for The Waco Kid successful the Juvenile Turf successful which trainer Hugo Palmer’s different challenger Seagulls Eleven volition beryllium the equine of Luis Saez.