LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Tyler Gaffalione will head home to Florida at month’s end, but he still has unfinished business in Kentucky. Seeking a sixth straight meet title at Churchill Downs, Gaffalione spotted his fellow riders a generous early lead atop the local standings when winning with just four of his first 35 mounts at a 21-day fall meet that began Oct. 31. Momentum then shifted in a huge way Friday when Gaffalione accomplished something that hadn’t been done here in more than a century. The 27-year-old jockey won with all six of his mounts, equaling the ancient feat of noted African-American rider Jimmie Lee who won with all six of his Churchill mounts in 1907, according to track archives. Pat Day (1984) and Julien Leparoux (2008) are the only jockeys to win seven on a Churchill card. “I just feel so blessed,” Gaffalione said before the races Sunday. “I’m thankful to and for all the owners, trainers, their staffs, and of course my agent, Matt Muzikar.” This was the 12th time a rider has won six at Churchill and the first by Gaffalione, who has led every Churchill meet since 2020 spring. It was the first six-win day here since 19-time meet titlist Corey Lanerie did it in 2012. Following his remarkable Friday, Gaffalione won the first race Saturday, extending his win streak to seven, and after finishing fourth on Rushie in an allowance, he rode another winner, Absolute Love, making him 8 for 9 during his torrid streak. After winning the Sunday nightcap on Fast and Flirty, he starts the final 10-day stretch of the meet Wednesday in a 13-13 tie with Mitch Murrill atop the local standings, with Brian Hernandez Jr. (11) and Rafael Bejarano (10) right behind. Gaffalione will winter as always at Gulfstream Park in his native Florida, where he rode his first of 1,688 winners in September 2014 and went on to earn the Eclipse Award for top apprentice in 2015. Gulfstream starts its four-month championship meet Dec. 3. Sir Alfred James wheels right back Sir Alfred James will be back on 10 days’ rest when facing five other older horses in the Wednesday feature at dirt-only Churchill, a $148,000 allowance carded as the eighth of nine races. Claimed here in September by owner-trainer Norman Cash for $62,500, Sir Alfred James was a close third in the Bet On Sunshine on Nov. 6 in his latest start. The 5-year-old gelding will have John McKee back aboard when breaking from post 1 in a seven-furlong race governed by a “four-other-than” condition and various other restrictions. A $127,000 allowance route (race 6) kicks off the late pick four on a program that starts at 1 p.m. Eastern. The lone stakes here this weekend is the Grade 3, $300,000 Chilukki for fillies and mares going a mile. 91 Beyer for Bell’s the One It won’t be until April at the earliest that the sixth meeting between Bell’s the One and Sconsin takes place. Bell’s the One earned a 91 Beyer Speed Figure when notching her ninth stakes victory and pushing her career earnings past the $1.5 million mark here Saturday in winning the Dream Supreme, a six-furlong race from which Sconsin was scratched. Bell’s the One and Sconsin are now getting time off before pointing to 2022 campaigns tentatively scheduled to begin in the Grade 1 Madison at Keeneland next spring. ◗ Lindsay Schultz is headed soon to Oaklawn Park with a string of about eight horses after embarking on a solo training career with her first starter last week at Churchill. Schultz, 33, grew up in Connecticut and graduated from the Darley Flying Start program before working more than 10 years in various equine-related jobs, including a lengthy stint under Tom Proctor and more recently for Shug McGaughey. ◗ With grass racing unavailable all meet because of the turf-course renovation, field size has averaged 7.4 starters per race through the first 11 cards. For comparison, the averages at the three most recent fall meets were 7.9 in 2020, 8.9 in 2019, and 9.1 in 2018.