Los Angeles Times - 02.11.2019

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BREEDERS’ CUP

What happened:Donna Veloce was try- ing to become the first horse to win a two-turn Breeders’ Cup dirt race with just one prior start ... and she almost pulled it off. The daughter of Uncle Mo swept to the lead with a quarter-mile remaining but was run down with about 100 yards remaining by British Idiom ($7.40), who prevailed by a neck to re- main unbeaten in three career starts for trainer Brad Cox. Donna Veloce had won her only start by 9¼ lengths at 6½ furlongs on Sept. 28 at Santa Anita. British Idiom had won a maiden sprint at Sara- toga and then the Grade I Alcibiades around two turns last month at Keeneland. It was the second Cup win for Cox, who captured the Distaff last year with Monomoy Girl.

Did you know?Donna Veloce cost owner Kaleem Shah $800,000 at a 2- year-old sale earlier this year, but the owners of British Idiom picked up the daughter of Flashback for “only” $40,000 at a yearling sale last October.

Quote: “We put these 2-year-olds through a lot, we want to put them through a lot in order to build a tough horse mentally and physically. So I didn't think it would be an issue at all as far as coming out here.” — Cox

JUVENILE FILLIES

What happened: The first big upset of the Breeders’ Cup came as Sharing ($29.60) edged Daahyeh by 1¼ lengths to give jockey Manny Franco his first victory in this event. Sharing broke well and Franco got her from the No. 11 post posi- tion to near the rail entering the first turn. Either third or fourth through the middle part of the race, she passed Sweet Melania less than 100 yards from the finish.

Did you know?Trainer Graham Motion won his fourth Cup race; his second came nine years ago with the dam of Sharing, Shared Account, in the Filly and Mare Turf.

Quote:“What I like to do is find athletic fillies with big pedigrees and track them through the [sales] ring and hope that we get them within our budget. And this filly was no bargain at $350,000 at the time, but I thought that there was plenty of upside and a lot of inherent residual value.” — Aron Wellman, president of Eclipse Thoroughbreds, which bought the filly last year at Saratoga. — Capsules written by Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune

JUVENILE FILLIES TURF

What happened:Any thoughts it might be a favorites-only day ended when Structor, the 5-1 third choice, burst clear in the stretch to win this one-mile grass race by a half-length over 50-1 Billy Batts, with Gear Jockey third at 60-1. Jockey Jose Ortiz took over when his brother Irad opted to ride Decorated In- vader and made it an Ortiz double — Irad had earlier won the Turf Sprint — with his third Cup win. Toward the back of the pack, Hit The Road and jockey Flavien Prat were disqualified from a dead-heat for seventh and placed last for interfer- ing with Deviant.

Did you know?The victory was the 13th in a Cup race for trainer Chad Brown, but his first in 12 tries in this race. He said he would consider running Structor on the dirt leading up to the Kentucky Derby. Owners Jeff Drown and Don Rachel paid $850,000 for the son of Palace Malice.

Quote:“I have been here before with other horses that have won these Ju- venile Turf races, and I don’t think I’ve ever said I’m going to run one on the dirt. So this horse, he gives me the feeling like he’ll take to it, but we’ll see. But we’ll en- joy this.” — Brown

JUVENILE TURF

What happened: The 10th Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita began with a race that a year ago likely would have been run down the hill at 6^1 ⁄ 2 furlongs, but that portion of the course has been closed to sprints for safety reasons. Four Wheel Drive ($5.00), sent off as the 3-2 favorite on the basis of two stakes wins in two career starts, jumped to the lead out of the gate, opened up on Chimney Rock on the turn, then held that one safe throughout the stretch run to win by three-quarters of a length. It was the sixth Cup win for jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. and the third for trainer Wesley Ward.

Did you know?The winner was sired by American Pharoah, who was last seen at the Breeders’ Cup in 2015 completing racing’s “Grand Slam” — the three Triple Crown races and the Breeders’ Cup Classic. This is the first crop of Pharoah horses to make it to the races; in addition to the winner, he also sired the third- place horse.

Quote:“American Pharoah, from what I’ve seen, was a very docile horse. He could go anywhere and took everything in and he was almost like a stable pony. And this guy’s the same way.” — Ward

JUVENILE TURF SPRINT

Trainer Bob Baffert is used to
having the favorite in almost any
race he has entered a horse. But on
Saturday at Santa Anita, he will be
feeling extra pressure with the fa-
vorite in the $6-million Breeders’
Cup Classic.
McKinzie is the 3-1 morning-line
choice to win the 1^1 ⁄ 4 mile conclu-
sion to $30 million in purses over
two days. McKinzie was named for
Brad McKinzie, the longtime Los
Alamitos executive and a close
friend of Baffert’s since they met at
the Race Track Industry Program
at University of Arizona. McKinzie
died of kidney cancer on Aug. 6,
2017.
“I feel a little extra pressure on
me when this horse runs because I
know we’re all thinking about him,”
Baffert said. “I’m just glad that we
named a really good horse after
him because it would have been
horrible if I had to geld this horse.”

No doubt, the “geld this horse” line would have been McKinzie’s if he had known there was a horse named after him. “Brad was probably one of the funniest guys I’ve ever been around,” Baffert said. “We just loved him. We still tell stories when my family gets together. There was no one more fun to be with when you went to a football game because he was just hysterical.” McKinzie also excelled when it came to making horse racing bet- ter. He helped save the Southern California thoroughbred circuit after Hollywood Park closed by per- suading Los Alamitos owner Ed Allred to expand the track and add more stabling area. Along with Mike Lyon, he came up with a workers’ compensation system for backstretch workers that is widely used in the business. McKinzie, the horse, has won three Grade 1 stakes races but of late has been finishing second. This year, he has two wins and four

seconds. His second in the Met- ropolitan Handicap at Belmont was a race that still haunts Baffert. “It was very frustrating to lose the Met Mile because he was so good that day,” Baffert said. “I

really don’t blame [jockey] Mike [Smith] that much. He had to make a decision there and he made the wrong one.” McKinzie followed that up with a win in the Whitney and then finished second to Mongolian Groom in the Awesome Again at Santa Anita. It was his third second at Santa Anita this year in three starts. Smith, who had ridden McKinzie in all 13 of his races, was taken off in favor of Joel Rosario, who will ride McKinzie in the Clas- sic. “That’s why I did the jockey switch, because he hadn’t won [at Santa Anita this year],” Baffert said. “I thought I had to do some- thing different.” It’s not expected to be a run- away for McKinzie on Saturday. Vino Rosso, who won the Gold Cup at Santa Anita, and Code of Honor, winner of the Travers Stakes at Saratoga, are both 4-1 on the morning line. There is a mare, Elate, who has finished first twice and second

twice in her last four races at 6-1. Higher Power, who won the Pacific Classic at Del Mar by 5^1 ⁄ 4 lengths, is also 6-1. And Preakness winner War Of Will is 20-1. “I just want the horse to show up,” Baffert said. “If he shows up and gets outrun, he gets outrun. There’s a lot on the line. There are championships on the line. There is horse of the year on the line. That’s the beauty of the Breeders’ Cup. They are going to give out a lot of championships this weekend. I just hope that some of mine are on that list.” McKinzie is scheduled to come back as a 5-year-old, unusual for a horse of his ability. Baffert is mulling over the idea of sending him to the Middle East for the inau- gural $20-million Saudi Cup and the $12-million Dubai World Cup. No doubt, Brad McKinzie’s head would be spinning if he ever knew a horse named after him might one day be running in a $20- million race.

McKinzie has special meaning to Baffert

By John Cherwa

NAMED for close friend Brad McKinzie, the colt is favored in today’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Associated Press

5172 -FIFTH RACE. 5 furlongs turf. ’Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint’. Stakes. 2-year-olds. Purse $1,000,000. Horse and Jockey PP 3/16 3/8 Str. Fin. To $ 1 Four Wheel Drive, Ortiz, Jr. 9 11 11 1 ⁄ 211 1 ⁄ 213 ⁄ 4 1.50 Chimney Rock, Ortiz 1 31 21 1 ⁄ 223 1 ⁄ 221 1 ⁄ 2 12.60 Another Miracle, Franco 3 61 ⁄ 2 61 5 hd 3 hd 19.20 Kimari, Velazquez 7 101 101111 41 2.50 Dr Simpson (FR), Kingscote 8 2 hd 31 1 ⁄ 24 hd 5 ns 59.10 Encoder, Prat 5 9 hd 92 81 1 ⁄ 261 19.90 Dream Shot (IRE), Hayes 4 41 ⁄ 2 41 ⁄ 2 72 7 nk 50.80 Alligator Alley (GB), Lordan 6 81 ⁄ 2 71 ⁄ 2 61 ⁄ 2 81 ⁄ 2 20.00 Cambria, Gaffalione 12 111 ⁄ 2 12 101 ⁄ 2 91 ⁄ 2 18.40 A’Ali (IRE), Dettori 10 12 111 1 ⁄ 212 10 hd 6.00 King Neptune, Moore 11 71 81 ⁄ 2 91113 43.70 Band Practice (IRE), Spencer 2 51 1 ⁄ 2 51 3 hd 12 21.30 Scratched: Air Force Jet (GB), Bulletproof One, Fore Left, Karak. 9-FOUR WHEEL DRIVE..........5.00 3.40 3.00 1-CHIMNEY ROCK ....................................8.20 5.40 3-ANOTHER MIRACLE....................................................7.80 Time: 21.55, 44.03, 55.66. Clear & Firm. Winner-Four Wheel Drive B.c.2 by American Pharoah out of Funfair, by More Than Ready. Bred by Glenvale Stud (KY). Trainer: Wesley A. Ward. Owner: Breeze Easy, LLC. Mutuel Pool $2,186,416 Daily Double Pool-$173,377 Exacta Pool-$1,601,854 Superfecta Pool-$551,463 Trifecta Pool- $1,100,071 X-5 Super High Five Pool-$45,894 Pick Three Pool- $438,398 Pick Four Pool-$1,021,592 Pick Five Pool-$2,144,711 $1 EXACTA (9-1) PAID $23.10 10-CENT SUPERFECTA (9-1-3-7) PAID $80.20 50-CENT TRIFECTA (9-1-3) PAID $103.85 50-CENT X-5 SUPER HIGH FIVE (9-1-3-7-8) PAID $8,755.30, X-5 SUPER HIGH FIVE CARRYOVER $230,777 $2 Daily Double (3-9) paid $142.20 50-Cent Pick Three (11-3-9) paid $85.75 50-Cent Pick Four (1-3/11-3-9/13/14/15/16) 4 correct paid $476.95 50-Cent Pick Five (1-1-3/11-3-9/13/14/15/16) 5 correct paid $3,163.65

5173 -SIXTH RACE. 1 mile turf. ’Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Presented by Coolmore America’. Stakes. Colts and Geldings. 2-year-olds. Purse $1,000,000. Horse and Jockey PP^1 ⁄ 2 3 ⁄ 4 Str. Fin. To $ 1 Structor, Ortiz 26 hd 111 1 ⁄ 251 13 ⁄ 4 5.30 Billy Batts, Lopez 73 hd 3 hd 21 ⁄ 2 2 nk 55.10 Gear Jockey, Gaffalione 851 51 ⁄ 2 41 31 ⁄ 2 67.50 Decorated Invader, Ortiz, Jr. 4 13^1 ⁄ 2101 ⁄ 2 7 hd 4 nk 3.10 Arizona (IRE), Moore 11 12hd 121 ⁄ 2 122 5 nk 2.10 Proven Strategies, Zayas 10 2 1 21 11 61 ⁄ 2 116.50 Fort Myers, Lordan 12 7^1 ⁄ 2 61 1 ⁄ 28 hd 7 ns 23.10 Hit the Road, Prat 13 11^1 ⁄ 2 9 hd 9 hd 7 ns 7.10 Our Country, Velazquez 1 10hd 131 1 ⁄ 2112 91 ⁄ 2 16.00 Andesite, Rosario 6 14 14 135 1 ⁄ 2103 ⁄ 4 17.70 War Beast, Cedillo 941 ⁄ 2 41 ⁄ 2 6 hd 111 3 ⁄ 4 86.30 Peace Achieved, Mena 38 hd 8 hd 101 ⁄ 212 ns 13.10

Graceful Kitten, Berrios 511 11 31 ⁄ (^213131)
⁄ 4
19.30
Deviant, Van Dyke 14 9^1 ⁄ 2 71 ⁄ 2 14 14 85.90
Scratched: Vitalogy (GB).
2-STRUCTOR......................12.60 7.20 5.20
8-BILLY BATTS........................................33.40 18.20
9-GEAR JOCKEY .........................................................20.20
Time: 23.14, 47.55, 1.11.68, 1.23.46, 1.35.11. Clear & Firm. Win-
ner-Structor B.c.2 by Palace Malice out of Miss Always Ready, by
More Than Ready. Bred by Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (KY). Trainer:
Chad C. Brown. Owner: Drown, Jeff and Rachel, Don. Mutuel Pool
$2,313,795 Daily Double Pool-$310,486 Exacta Pool-$1,566,701
Superfecta Pool-$507,516 Trifecta Pool-$1,024,421 X-5 Super High
Five Pool-$43,477 Pick Three Pool-$387,495
$1 EXACTA (2-8) PAID $259.10
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (2-8-9-4) PAID $2,359.73
50-CENT TRIFECTA (2-8-9) PAID $2,991.75
50-CENT X-5 SUPER HIGH FIVE (2-8-9-4-12) , X-5 SUPER
HIGH FIVE CARRYOVER $263,958
$2 Daily Double (9-2) paid $37.60 50-Cent Pick Three
(3-9-2) paid $166.85
5175 -EIGHTH RACE. 1 mile turf. ’Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Fillies Turf’. Stakes. Fillies. 2-year-olds. Purse $1,000,000.
Horse and Jockey PP^1 ⁄ 2 3 ⁄ 4 Str. Fin. To $ 1
Sharing, Franco 11 4^1 ⁄ 2 3 hd 21 ⁄ 2 11 1 ⁄ 4 13.80
Daahyeh (GB), Buick 561 ⁄ 2 61 ⁄ 2 41 1 ⁄ 2 2 nk 3.80
Sweet Melania, Ortiz 12 2 1 1 ⁄ 21 hd 11 31 4.80
Albigna (IRE), Foley 9 13 2 1 ⁄ 214 81 41 1 ⁄ 2 4.90
Selflessly, Castellano 13 7^1 ⁄ 2 5 hd 71 51 ⁄ 2 7.40
Croughavouke (IRE), Prat 291 ⁄ 2 81 6 hd 6 hd 30.90
Abscond, Ortiz, Jr. 411 ⁄ 2 21 1 ⁄ 2 31 71 1 ⁄ 4 14.90
Tango (IRE), Moore 881 ⁄ 2 91 ⁄ 2101 ⁄ 2 8 hd 17.70
Shadn (IRE), Spencer 3 12 2 1 ⁄ 212 hd 121 9 hd 32.50
Etoile, Dettori 14 5 1 41 1 ⁄ 2 51 ⁄ 2101 1 ⁄ 4 22.90
Crystalle, Rosario 7 14 11 hd 131 ⁄ 211 nk 6.40
Fair Maiden, Van Dyke 10 10^1 ⁄ 2 101111 ⁄ 2121 1 ⁄ 4 14.70
Unforgetable (IRE), Lordan 6 11hd 13214 131 1 ⁄ 4 95.20
Living In The Past (IRE), Tudhope 1 3 hd 71 91 ⁄ 214 42.10
Scratched: none.
11-SHARING......................29.60 10.60 8.40
5-DAAHYEH (GB)......................................5.60 3.80
12-SWEET MELANIA.....................................................4.60
Time: 22.74, 47.02, 1.11.33, 1.22.96, 1.34.59. Clear & Firm. Win-
ner-Sharing Ch.f.2 by Speightstown out of Shared Account, by Pleas-
antly Perfect. Bred by Sagamore Farm (MD). Trainer: H. Graham Mo-
tion. Owner: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gainesway Stable
(Antony Beck). Mutuel Pool $2,464,228 Daily Double Pool-
$302,746 Exacta Pool-$1,681,229 Superfecta Pool-$560,386 Su-
per High Five Pool-$47,853 Trifecta Pool-$1,109,514 Pick Three
Pool-$336,603
$1 EXACTA (11-5) PAID $80.10
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (11-5-12-9) PAID $276.85
50-CENT SUPER HIGH FIVE (11-5-12-9-13) PAID $317,301.05
50-CENT TRIFECTA (11-5-12) PAID $325.05
(2-4-11) paid $266.30
5174 -SEVENTH RACE. 1^1 ⁄ 16 mile. ’Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Fillies’. Stakes. Fillies. 2-year-olds. Purse $2,000,000.
British Idiom, Castellano 461 ⁄ 2 43 21 1 nk 2.70
Donna Veloce, Prat 143 32 11 ⁄ 2 21 3 ⁄ 4 2.20
Bast, Velazquez 62 hd 11 ⁄ 2 35 31 3 ⁄ 4 4.60
Perfect Alibi, Ortiz, Jr. 381 ⁄ 2 52 41 413 18.30
Wicked Whisper, Rosario 732 21 510 56 3 ⁄ 4 3.80
Lazy Daisy, Bejarano 572 71 1 ⁄ 2 63 61 3 ⁄ 4 21.00
Comical, Cedillo 95 hd 81 81 ⁄ 2 72 1 ⁄ 4 19.30
K P Dreamin, Fuentes 89 9 7 hd (^8151) ⁄ 2 33.40
Two Sixty, Zayas 211 ⁄ 2 61 9 9 19.50
Scratched: none.
4-BRITISH IDIOM .................7.40 3.80 2.80
1-DONNA VELOCE.....................................4.00 3.00
6-BAST .......................................................................3.40
Time: 22.71, 46.02, 1.11.93, 1.39.65, 1.47.07. Clear & Fast. Win-
ner-British Idiom Ch.f.2 by Flashback out of Rose and Shine, by Mr.
Sekiguchi. Bred by Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton andSilver Fern
Farm LLC (KY). Trainer: Brad H. Cox. Owner: Dubb, Michael, The Elk-
stone Group, LLC (Stuart Grant), Madaket Stables LLC and Bethle-
hem Stables LLC. Mutuel Pool $2,371,774 Daily Double Pool-
$238,025 Exacta Pool-$1,398,640 Superfecta Pool-$435,154 Tri-
fecta Pool-$872,508 X-5 Super High Five Pool-$88,173 Pick Three
Pool-$707,980
$1 EXACTA (4-1) PAID $13.00
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (4-1-6-3) PAID $29.01
50-CENT TRIFECTA (4-1-6) PAID $27.30
50-CENT X-5 SUPER HIGH FIVE (4-1-6-3-7) PAID $309.05,
X-5 SUPER HIGH FIVE CARRYOVER $280,780
(9-2-4) paid $31.00
5181 FOURTH RACE. 7 furlongs. Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare
Sprint. Stakes. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Purse $1
million.
PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds
.... Covfefe,1 J Rosario,122 2-1
.... Come Dancing,4 J Castellano,124 5-2
(1006) Spiced Perfection,9 J Velazquez,124 4-1
(1415) Bellafina,6 F Prat,122 6-1
(5048) Lady Ninja,5 D Van Dyke,124 10-1
5048 Selcourt,7 L Saez,124 10-1
.... Dawn The Destroyer,8 T Gaffalione,124 12-1
(3160) Danuska’s My Girl,2 G Franco,124 20-1
1006 Heavenhasmynikki,3 R Santana, Jr.,124 20-1
5182 FIFTH RACE. 5 furlongs turf. Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint.
Stakes. 3-year-olds and up. Purse $1 million.
5006 Eddie Haskell,10 J Rosario,126 9-2
9032 Pure Sensation,2 P Lopez,126 5-1
9063 Totally Boss,1 J Ortiz,126 5-1
.... Final Frontier,9 L Saez,126 6-1
.... Imprimis,3 L Dettori,126 8-1
.... Leinster,7 T Gaffalione,126 8-1
5006 Stormy Liberal,6 J Velazquez,126 8-1
1614 Belvoir Bay (GB),12 J Castellano,123 12-1
.... Shekky Shebaz,4 I Ortiz, Jr.,126 12-1
3121 Stubbins,5 F Prat,124 12-1
5217 Om,11 M Franco,126 15-1
(3107) Legends of War,8 R Bejarano,124 20-1
Also eligible
.... Girls Know Best,13 J Bravo,123 20-1
5006 Double Touch (GB),14 J Velazquez,126 30-1
5183 SIXTH RACE. 1 mile. Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt
Mile. Stakes. 3-year-olds and up. Purse $1 million.
(5052) Omaha Beach,5 M Smith,123 8-5
(3243) Improbable,2 R Bejarano,123 3-1
.... Coal Front,7 J Castellano,126 6-1
.... Mr. Money,4 G Saez,123 6-1
.... Spun To Run,3 I Ortiz, Jr.,123 6-1
3234 Giant Expectations,1 J Ortiz,126 12-1
.... Diamond Oops,9 J Leparoux,126 15-1
.... Blue Chipper,8 F Prat,126 20-1
.... Ambassadorial,6 J Spencer,126 30-1
9025 Snapper Sinclair,10 R Santana, Jr.,126 30-1
5184 SEVENTH RACE. 1^1 ⁄ 4 mile turf. Maker’s Mark Breeders’
Cup Filly & Mare. Stakes. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and
up. Purse $2 million.
.... Sistercharlie (IRE),2 J Velazquez,124 8-5
.... Fleeting (IRE),3 R Moore,120 6-1
.... Iridessa (IRE),1 W Lordan,120 8-1
.... Mrs. Sippy,10 J Rosario,124 8-1
(3274) Vasilika,7 F Prat,124 8-1
.... Villa Marina (GB),9 O Peslier,120 8-1
.... Billesdon Brook (GB),4 S Levey,124 10-1
.... Castle Lady (IRE),8 M Barzalona,120 15-1
.... Fanny Logan (IRE),12 L Dettori,120 15-1
.... Just Wonderful,11 W Buick,120 20-1
(5018) Mirth,5 M Smith,124 20-1
.... Thais (FR),6 M Franco,124 30-1
5185 EIGHTH RACE. 6 furlongs. Breeders’ Cup Sprint. Stakes.
3-year-olds and up. Purse $2 million.
.... Mitole,4 R Santana, Jr.,126 9-5
(3234) Catalina Cruiser,1 J Rosario,126 4-1
9035 Imperial Hint,9 J Castellano,126 4-1
5052 Shancelot,6 J Ortiz,124 4-1
9037 Firenze Fire,3 I Ortiz, Jr.,126 12-1
(3120)Landeskog,8 A Cedillo,124 12-1
.... Engage,5 J Velazquez,126 15-1
9035 Whitmore,7 F Prat,126 15-1
.... Hog Creek Hustle,2 M Smith,124 20-1
.... Matera Sky,10 Y Take,126 30-1
5186 NINTH RACE. 1 mile turf. TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile. Stakes.
3-year-olds and up. Purse $2 million.
.... Circus Maximus (IRE),9 R Moore,123 3-1
.... Got Stormy,6 T Gaffalione,123 7-2
(8134)Uni (GB),11 J Rosario,123 7-2
3201 Bowies Hero,14 F Prat,126 12-1
.... El Tormenta,8 S Da,126 12-1
.... Hey Gaman (GB),13 L Dettori,126 12-1
.... Lord Glitters (FR),12 J Spencer,126 12-1
.... Lucullan,2 L Saez,126 12-1
.... Space Traveller (GB),3 D Tudhope,123 12-1
9036 Suedois (FR),1 J Castellano,126 20-1
.... Trais Fluors (GB),4 W Lee,126 20-1
(5051)True Valour (IRE),5 D Van Dyke,126 20-1
.... Without Parole (GB),10 I Ortiz, Jr.,126 20-1
5051 Bolo,7 J Leparoux,126 30-1
Also eligible
(1055)Caribou Club,15 J Talamo,126 15-1
1382 Next Shares,16 J Velazquez,126 30-1
5187 TENTH RACE. 1^1 ⁄ 8 mile. Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
Stakes. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Purse $2 million.
(2513)Midnight Bisou,4 M Smith,124 6-5
(5025)Paradise Woods,1 A Cedillo,124 5-1
.... Blue Prize (ARG),11 J Bravo,124 6-1
.... Dunbar Road,5 J Ortiz,121 6-1
5025 Secret Spice,7 J Velazquez,124 10-1
.... Street Band,3 S Doyle,121 10-1
.... Serengeti Empress,9 F Prat,121 12-1
5025 Ollie’s Candy,2 J Rosario,124 15-1
.... Wow Cat (CHI),6 I Ortiz, Jr.,124 15-1
5025 La Force (GER),8 D Van Dyke,124 30-1
(5067) Mo See Cal,10 P Lopez,124 30-1
5188 ELEVENTH RACE. About 1^1 ⁄ 2 mile turf. Longines Breeders’
Cup Turf. Stakes. 3-year-olds and up. Purse $4,000,000.
.... Bricks And Mortar,9 I Ortiz, Jr.,126 9-5
.... Anthony Van Dyck (IRE),5R Moore,122 3-1
.... Old Persian (GB),10 W Buick,126 4-1
2372 Channel Maker,12 J Velazquez,126 10-1
.... Arklow,11 J Castellano,126 12-1
.... Channel Cat,6 L Saez,126 15-1
.... Mount Everest (IRE),4 W Lordan,122 15-1
5016 Acclimate,2 Mn Garcia,126 20-1
.... Alounak (FR),7 C Lecoeuvre,126 20-1
.... Bandua,8 T Gaffalione,126 20-1
5016 United,3 F Prat,126 20-1
.... Zulu Alpha,1 J Ortiz,126 20-1
5189 TWELFTH RACE. 1^1 ⁄ 4 mile. Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Stakes. 3-year-olds and up. Purse $6 million.
5019 McKinzie,8 J Rosario,126 3-1
.... Code Of Honor,11 J Velazquez,122 4-1
(1624) Vino Rosso,10 I Ortiz, Jr.,126 4-1
9026 Elate,6 J Ortiz,123 6-1
5019 Higher Power,7 F Prat,126 6-1
.... Yoshida (JPN),5 M Smith,126 8-1
(5019) Mongolian Groom,9 A Cedillo,126 12-1
.... Owendale,3 J Castellano,122 15-1
5019 Seeking the Soul,2 B Hernandez, Jr.,126 20-1
.... War Of Will,4 T Gaffalione,122 20-1
.... Math Wizard,1 R Santana, Jr.,122 30-1
BREEDERS’ CUP ENTRIES
5176 -NINTH RACE. 1^1 ⁄ 16 mile. ’TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile’.
Stakes. Colts and Geldings. 2-year-olds. Purse $2,000,000.
Storm the Court, Prat 411 11 ⁄ 2 1 hd 1 nk 45.90
Anneau d’Or, Hernandez 731 ⁄ 2 31 ⁄ 2 21 1 ⁄ 2 23 1 ⁄ 4 28.00
Wrecking Crew, Lopez 241 ⁄ 2 42 1 ⁄ 231 1 ⁄ 2 34 1 ⁄ 2 39.10
Scabbard, Smith 551 61 1 ⁄ 262 4 nk 5.60
Full Flat, Take 861 ⁄ 2 51 51 ⁄ 2 54 1 ⁄ 4 89.40
Eight Rings, Velazquez 621 21 43 61 3 ⁄ 4 1.50
Shoplifted, Santana, Jr. 373 71 ⁄ 2 72 77 1 ⁄ 4 23.80
Dennis’ Moment, Ortiz, Jr. 18 8 8 8 0.90
Scratched: Maxfield.
4-STORM THE COURT..........93.80 24.80 12.00
7-ANNEAU D’OR.....................................17.60 10.40
2-WRECKING CREW....................................................12.20
Time: 23.49, 47.07, 1.11.60, 1.37.99, 1.44.93. Clear & Fast. Win-
ner-Storm the Court B.c.2 by Court Vision out of My Tejana Storm, by
Tejano Run. Bred by Stepping Stone Farm (KY). Trainer: Peter Eurton.
Owner: Exline-Border Racing LLC, Bernsen, David A., Wilson, Su-
sanna and Hudock, Dan. Mutuel Pool $3,092,903 Daily Double
Pool-$406,655 Exacta Pool-$1,716,009 Superfecta Pool-$652,186
Trifecta Pool-$1,227,929 X-5 Super High Five Pool-$89,483 Pick
Three Pool-$521,241 Pick Four Pool-$1,924,560 Pick Five Pool-
$3,296,875 Pick Six Jackpot Pool-$754,277
$1 EXACTA (4-7) PAID $488.20
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“Out of the gate, I said to myself
‘Oh man,’ ” said jockey Irad Ortiz
Jr. “You don’t see too many horses
like that stumble that badly out of
the gate and come back to win the
race. I asked him for run early, he
gave it to me and put a good effort
into the turn, but then at the quar-
ter pole he slowed down.”
Storm The Court was the least
expensive purchase of all the eight
horses entered. He was a $60,000
purchase at the Ocala (Fla.)
Breeders Sale. Eight Rings was
bought for $520,000 and Dennis’
Moment for $400,000. Wrecking
Crew and Shoplifted both went for
$800,000 or more.
Talk about getting more than
what you paid for.
Eight Rings, winner of the Ameri-
can Pharoah, was in a perfect posi-
tion all the way around, but when
jockey John Velazquez asked him
entering the stretch, he came up
empty. He finished sixth.
Storm The Court paid $93.80,
$24.80 and $12.00. The remainder of
the field in the 1^1 ⁄ 16 -mile race was
Anneau d’Or, Wrecking Crew,
Scabbard, Full Flat, Eight Rings,
Shoplifted and Dennis’ Moment.
The attendance was 41,243 and the
Breeders’ Cup set a first-day
record for handle of more than $56
million.
The idea to add blinkers came
from jockey Flavien Prat, who had
ridden Storm The Court in his pre-
vious three starts. Storm The
Court won his first race, got caught
up with Eight Rings in the Del Mar
Futurity and both jockeys were
sent to the ground, and then fin-
ished third in the American
Pharoah.
“I thought last time [in the
American Pharoah] he ran a little
green,” Prat said. “He broke well,
and then he was kind of looking
around. On the back side he lost his
focus and dropped back. So, I
thought the blinkers might help
him. And so actually it did, and I
think that the fact that he ran two
turns once was a big help.”
In deep stretch it looked as if
Anneau d’Or was going to go by
Storm The Court, but that made
the soon-to-be winner try only
harder. “I knew he would fight, I
just didn’t know how much,” Eur-
ton said. “And once he did put his
head out in front like he did, I knew
it might be kind of interesting all
the way to the wire.”
According to Eurton, Storm
The Court also benefited from a
home-track advantage, being sta-
bled and training at Santa Anita.
“I think it’s a big advantage to
train here, and I mean for the guys
that ship in I know how bad it is if
you’re not up in the race and the
kickback is tough here. It’s a track
that I think you need to train on as
anybody here will tell you that.”
As is usual for a winning trainer,
Eurton had no idea what the plans
are going to be with the Storm The
Court, although it’s likely he’ll get
the rest of the year off.
It’s likely that these horses will
meet somewhere down the road —
especially Storm The Court and
Eight Rings.
“He was in a good spot the
whole way and [jockey] Johnny
[Velazquez] said when they came
to the three-eighths pole he took a
deep breath and then he just didn’t
go when Johnny asked him,”
trainer Bob Baffert said about
Eight Rings. “He didn’t show up. ...
You’ve got to give credit to the win-
ner. He just kept on going.”
Dennis’ Moment is likely to go to
Kentucky to start his 3-year-old
season. Because of how he broke
from the gate, most experts will ig-
nore this race as any indication of
his future.
Storm The Court
best of longshots
[Horse racing, from D1]
FLAVIEN PRAT, right, starts the celebration after Storm The Court edged out Anneau d’Or.
Mark J. TerrillAssociated Press

Los Angeles Times - 02.11.2019

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