Godolphin's Notable Speech delivers Del Mar masterclass in Breeders' Cup Mile

Notable Speech provided Godolphin with a fourth Gl Breeders' Cup Mile success in the space of five years with a sensational display at Del Mar on Saturday.

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Charlie Appleby and William Buick had teamed up to win the race with Dubawi homebreds Space Blues (2021), Modern Games (2022) and Master Of The Seas (2023), with Notable Speech, also by the same sire, having finished a length third 12 months ago.

Notable Speech returned to California having overcome a slow start to take the GI Woodbine Mile in September but the four-year-old broke on terms this time and soon tracked the leaders in sixth on the rail.

Formidable Man relegated Notable Speech to seventh at the halfway point before William Buick started to make stealthy headway approaching the home straight.

Longtime leader One Stripe shifted out at the top of the lane, allowing Notable Speech to quicken up the inside rail to mount his challenge. Last season's Gl 2,000 Guineas and Gl Sussex Stakes winner unleashed his customary electric turn of foot, reeling in Rhetorical entering the final half-furlong before streaking clear to score by an easy length and a half over Formidable Man.