Frankie Dettori has struck gold with Hootenanny in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita.

Trained by American Wesley Ward for Coolmore, the Royal Ascot winner was keen in the early stages before being settled third as stablemate Luck Of The Kitten set the pace.

Luck Of The Kitten still had a length-and-a-half advantage turning in, but when Dettori asked his mount to cut down the leader the colt responded in game fashion at his first attempt at a mile (1600m).

Successful in the Windsor Castle at the Royal meeting in June, Hootenanny was running for the first time since finishing runner-up to The Wow Signal in the Prix Morny at Deauville in August.

"It's brilliant, a great feeling. The speed was strong, I got him to switch off but he didn't corner very well at all," Dettori said.

"He lost momentum round the turn, but I made that up in the straight."

Part-owner Michael Tabor admitted he had been concerned about the distance.

"This horse ran a couple of great races in Europe, at Royal Ascot and in the Prix Morny in France, but to be honest I was a bit surprised as I was worried about his prospects of getting a mile," he said.

"Wesley was very bold to take him to Europe, but now we know he stays he can go back and possibly run in the Guineas, although there a host of other races out there for him."