ARCADIA, Calif. - Ryan Moore’s winning ride on Auguste Rodin in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita came with a hefty financial penalty.
On Sunday, Moore was fined $20,800 and suspended one day, on Nov. 12, for striking the colt seven times, once over the permitted limit.
The ruling was issued by Santa Anita stewards Grant Baker, Luis Jauregui, and Kim Sawyer.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Inspiral may have a Breeders’ Cup encore at Del Mar in 2024.
Inspiral capped a brilliant 2023 campaign with her third consecutive Grade 1 or Group 1 win with a remarkable rally in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita.
Inspiral was not off the track very long before owner Richard Thompson of Cheveley Park Stud of Britain said she will race as a 5-year-old next year. Cheveley Park is one of Britain’s most prominent farms.
ARCADIA, Calif. - White Abarrio, winner of Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita, will race in 2024, with four of the richest and most prestigious races in the world on the wish list of his connections.
The four races that will be the focus of White Abarrio’s 5-year-old campaign include the $20 million Saudi Cup (Feb. 24), the $12 million Dubai World Cup (March 30), the Grade 1 Whitney (presumably Aug. 3) and the Breeders’ Cup Classic (Nov. 2).
ARCADIA, Calif. - Hard to Justify gave trainer Chad Brown a record sixth win in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita on Friday, holding off a sustained threat to win by a half-length.
Hard to Justify, unbeaten in three starts, will have a wintertime rest with a return to racing likely in the spring at Gulfstream Park or Keeneland.
Judging from Brown’s first five winners in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, major things can be expected of Hard to Justify in coming years.
ARCADIA, Calif. — Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott put an exclamation mark on yet another memorable Breeders’ Cup weekend after Juddmonte’s Elite Power rallied to a 1 1/2-length triumph over archrival Gunite Saturday at Santa Anita in the $2 million Sprint. Elite Power’s successful defense of his title in the Sprint gave Mott his third win of the 2023 Breeders’ Cup following a victory earlier on the card with Cody’s Wish in the Dirt Mile and Just F Y I on Friday in the Juvenile Fillies.
ARCADIA, Calif. — Back in May, after Two Phil's ran a gallant second in the Kentucky Derby, trainer Larry Rivelli expected to be at Santa Anita for the Breeders' Cup.
An unfortunate injury following an easy win in the Ohio Derby sent Two Phil's to retirement, but Rivelli soldiered on, and Nobals gave the trainer his first Grade 1 victory after the 4-year-old gelding rallied to grab Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint for 3-year-olds and upward at five furlongs.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Auguste Rodin was on the inside on the backstretch and turn of Saturday’s $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita, one of the last positions jockey Ryan Moore envisioned in his pre-race analysis.
“Going to the rail, that was Plan F,” Moore said.
Staying inside, Moore had Auguste Rodin in a clear position turning into the stretch, allowing the colt to quickly challenge Up to the Mark, the 3-1 third choice.
Even though Auguste Rodin appeared well positioned, the scenario that put the colt in that position left trainer Aidan O’Brien nervous.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Looked on paper like the Breeders’ Cup Mile was a complicated, tricky race. Nah. Godolphin, Charlie Appleby, William Buick – simple as that.
Those are the owner, trainer, and jockey who won the 2021 Mile with Space Blues and the 2022 Mile with Modern Games, and on Saturday at Santa Anita they made it three in a row when Master Of The Seas got up by a nose over Mawj in the $2 million Mile.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Racing’s fairytale story had a dramatic – and ultimately happy - ending when Cody’s Wish got his nose down on the wire over National Treasure and then survived a stewards’ inquiry to win Saturday’s $890,000 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita.
It was 11th win in the 16th and final start for Cody’s Wish, who became a fan favorite due to his connection with the teenage boy Cody Dorman, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder that has confined him to a wheelchair. Dorman and his family were in attendance at Santa Anita on Saturday.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Fierceness, dominant 6 1/4-length winner of Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita, will likely take the same Florida path to the Kentucky Derby that his predecessor Forte did last year, trainer Todd Pletcher said Sunday.
Hopefully, the end result will be better.
Forte won the 2022 Juvenile to cap his 2-year-old championship campaign. At 3, Forte won the Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park before a bruised foot knocked him out of the Kentucky Derby.
