Godolphin sweeps Keeneland's G1 2yo stakes as East Avenue rolls in Breeders' Futurity
Interview with Godolphin's director of bloodstock Michael Banahan and trainer Brendan Walsh after East Avenue, a debut winner at Ellis Park, rolled to a 5 1/4-length victory under Tyler Gaffalione in the $600,000, Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity, earning a fees-paid trip to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Del Mar on Nov. 1. The references to Maxfield are to Godolphin's debut winner who won the 2019 Breeders' Futurity and went out to the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita as one of the favorites, only to be scratched a couple days before the race. The victory also gave Godolphin a sweep of Keeneland's two Grade 1 races for 2-year-olds, having won Friday's Darley Alcibiades with the Brad Cox-trained Immersive.