Breeders' Cup 2013: Dank and The Fugue can fly the flag for Europe Do not, however, be fooled by Santa Anita's easy charm, its picture post card looks or shirtsleeve climate. When the bells ring and the gates clang open these two ovals of dirt and turf transform into one of the fiercest battle grounds in peacetime. Make no mistake, 5,500 miles from home, this is the ultimate away match for European runners and, let us not forget, jockeys. This is no place for politely passive passengers, they need to be aggressive. The Fugue was an unlucky loser in the 2012 Fillies And Mares" Turf but can join an elite bunch of fillies - which includes Zenyatta, Miesque, Goldikova and Ridgewood Pearl - to have taken on and beaten the colts at the Breeders" Cup. "We've taken the bold route," admits Gosden on his return to his old stamping ground where he cut his teeth as a trainer. There's Point of Entry and last year's winner Little Mike is coming back to form, but we know from last year she handles the track and we are not frightened to take on the colts. Just because we were beaten last year it didn't mean we wouldn't come back - you don't give up in a hurry in this game. I've seen some of the greatest jockeys, like Pincay and Shoemaker, get boxed in around here so last year wasn't a surprise. Dank has a great chance. She is drawn on the rail but if there is one British jockey who relishes that challenge it is Ryan Moore. In 2012 Excelebration found it difficult to live with Wise Dan in the Mile a fortnight after running away with the QEII and Olympic Glory faces an identical challenge. The big question mark for me, quite apart from Santa Anita's two-turn mile being the antithesis of Ascot's straight mile in a bog, is whether or not he has fully recovered from Ascot. If Aidan O'Brien wins the Turf with his Irish Guineas winner Magician, who has not run since Royal Ascot, it will be remarkable, but if Declaration of War could win the Classic it would represent the high water mark of the trainer's career. "We've tried to win this race so many times and come up short," said O'Brien. To win it would be monumental, but I don't allow myself to even dream about it. He has tried 12 times. None more heroically than 'the Ironhorse" Giant's Causeway who went eyeball to eyeball with Tiznow in 2000, none more tragically than George Washington who broke a leg in the Monmouth slop, a Breeders" Cup low point. Even track officials admit Santa Anita's new dirt track has the fiercest kickback in America - not a title easily won - and O'Brien expects to know his fate going into the first bend. Even if Declaration Of War overcomes the sandblasting of his face he may not be man enough to overcome Mucho Macho Man. Selections 7.05 Rosalind 7.43 Dank 8.21 Groupie Doll 9.05 Mixdirection 9.45 We Miss Artie 10.25 The Fugue 11.05 Secret Circle 11.42 Wise Dan 12.35 Mucho Macho Man