After not racing at all last year, Monomoy Girl won the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) Nov. 7 at Keeneland.
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Breeders' Cup Registers Sixth-Highest Handle
Total all-sources handle for the two-day Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland was $160,472,894, the sixth-highest total since the Breeders’ Cup expanded to a two-day event in 2007 and an 8% decrease from the 2019 record handle of $174,000,574 at Santa Anita.
Godolphin Homebred Bivouac Dominant in Sprint Classic
Glen Boss believes that Bivouac may be as good as any colt he has been associated with during his long career after the 4-year-old produced the best win of his career Nov. 7 in the aptly-named Darley Sprint Classic (G1).
Tarnawa Delivers First Breeders' Cup Win for Weld
Tarnawa, a 4-year-old Shamardal daughter and Aga Khan homebred, won her fourth consecutive win in $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T). She is the first Breeders’ Cup World Championships winner for trainer Delmot Weld and for Irish jockey Colin Keane.
Casse Trainees Skywire, Heavenly Curlin Win at Woodbine
Woodbine’s meet-leading trainer Mark Casse teamed with jockey Rafael Hernandez to sweep the graded stakes action Nov. 7 at the Toronto oval.
PJA Unable to Sustain Injured Riders Insurance Funding
Jockeys are being strongly advised to take out individual insurance policies protecting them in the event of a career-ending injury with the Professional Jockeys Association unable to keep funding the scheme which will finish at the end of the month.
UK gambling fines up 50% as regulator reissues pandemic warning
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) dramatically boosted financial penalties against licensees in its most recent fiscal year, while warning operators not to take advantage of consumers during the country’s second pandemic lockdown.
On Friday, the UKGC released its latest Compliance & Enforcement Report, detailing the efforts it took in the 12 months ending March 2020 to ensure its land-based and online licensees stayed on the straight and narrow path, as well as the penalties it imposed when operators chose to colour outside the lines.
The UKGC issued 12 financial penalty packages or regulatory settlements in 2019-20 worth over £30m, a more than 50% hike from the £19.6m collected from regulatory slackers in 2018-19. The UKGC suspended five operating licenses, revoked 11 and commenced reviews of 49 personal management license (PML) holders.
UKGC CEO Neil McArthur said the 2019-20 report showed the regulator wasn’t afraid to “take tough action” against its licensees. McArthur added that the UKGC’s growing focus on “those in boardrooms and senior positions” should leave no doubt that it would “continue to hold people to account for failings they knew, or ought to have known, about.”
Ortiz Jr. Edges Counterparts to Win Shoemaker Award
Irad Ortiz Jr., one of five jockeys to win two races during the 2020 Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland, won the 18th annual Bill Shoemaker Award at the two-day event, given to the most outstanding jockey. It was the third consecutive year he won the award.
Authentic Wires Field to Win Breeders' Cup Classic
Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner Authentic found redemption on the world’s greatest stage Nov. 7 with a clear win in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland.
Authentic Wins Breeders' Cup Classic
Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner Authentic found redemption on the world’s greatest stage Nov. 7 with a clear win in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland.
Royal Flag Wins First Stakes in Turnback the Alarm
W.S. Farish’s Royal Flag arrived at the $97,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (G3) off of three straight placings against stakes company but prevailed by displaying a late kick to capture the 1 1/8-mile event for fillies and mares at Aqueduct.
Order of Australia Upsets BC Mile for O'Brien Sweep
Aidan O’Brien pulled off the biggest stunner of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships by winning the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile Presented by PDJF (G1T) with 73-1 Order of Australia and also conditioning the top three finishers in the race.
Tarnawa Delivers First BC Win for Dermot Weld
Tarnawa, a 4-year-old Shamardal daughter and Aga Khan homebred, won her fourth consecutive win in $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T). She is the first Breeders’ Cup World Championships winner for trainer Delmot Weld and for Irish jockey Colin Keane.
Monomoy Girl Back on Top, Wins Second Distaff
After not racing at all last year, Monomoy Girl won the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) Nov. 7 at Keeneland.
Gamine Sets BC Filly & Mare Sprint and Track Record
Heavy favorite Gamine won the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) to kick off Breeders’ Cup Saturday. The 3-year-old daughter of Into Mischief lowered the track record by more than a second, finishing in 1:20.20
Order of Australia Upsets Breeders' Cup Mile at 73-1
Order of Australia was an also-eligible entry for the $2 million FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile Presented by PDJF (G1T). After drawing in following a scratch in the main body of the field, he came from the outside to upset the race at 73-1.
Whitmore Sails Home in Breeders' Cup Sprint
Robert LaPenta, Southern Springs Stables, and Head of Plains Partners’ Whitmore proved the fourth time is the charm Nov. 7 when he finally got the job done with a late-running rally in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Keeneland.
Audarya Runs Down Rushing Fall in BC Filly & Mare Turf
Audarya turned back Rushing Fall in the shadow of the wire to win the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) Nov. 7 at Keeneland.
Knicks Go Wins Dirt Mile in Track Record Time
Knicks Go blazed through early fractions but had plenty of punch late to win the the $1 million Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) Nov. 7 at Keeneland.
Glass Slippers Rallies to Win Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
Closing up the inside and splitting horses in midstretch, European raider Glass Slippers scored a 10-1 upset under Tom Eaves in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Keeneland Nov. 7. It was the first win by a European horse in the race’s history.