2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf: Velazquez to ride Hello You
Hello You, the stylish winner of the Group 2 Rockfel Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse in England on Sept. 24, will be ridden for the first time by American Hall of Fame rider John Velazquez in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar.
Ron Anderson, Velazquez’s agent, confirmed the booking Sunday. Velazquez replaces Rossa Ryan, who has ridden Hello You in five of her six starts, including two wins. Hello You, trained by David Loughnane for Avo Racing, has won 2 of 6 starts.
Hello You was second in the Group 3 Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot in June in her stakes debut.
Hello You earned a fees-paid berth to the BC Juvenile Fillies Turf with a win by 1 1/2 lengths over Cachet in the Rockfel Stakes at seven furlongs. Cachet, also a contender for the BC Juvenile Fillies Turf, was later third in the Group 1 Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket on Oct. 8.
The BC Juvenile Fillies Turf will be Hello You’s first start at a mile, but the Newmarket course has a testing uphill finish that suggests a slightly longer trip than the Rockfel will be within her ability.