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Upsets rule opening day of Breeders’ Cup
The Breeders’ Cup opened its $25.5 million two-day event with a string of upsets, more glory for Garrett Gomez, and a fight involving three-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel.
Unrivaled Belle, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, won the marquee event of the day, the Ladies’ Classic, as favourite Life At Ten was visibly distressed and lost contact with the field of 11.
“I kept her withheld until the three-sixteenths pole.” Desormeaux said after the one-and-three-quarter length victory. “Man, when I turned her loose, she skipped fourth and fifth and she went straight to seventh gear.
“I was very, very surprised. She was full of run.”
Life At Ten trainer Todd Pletcher said: “I told (jockey John Velazquez) when we left the paddock I was concerned about the way she saddled. She was abnormally quiet.
“She’s either had some sort of allergic reaction to her Lasix treatment or she’s had some severe cramps.”
The biggest upset was turned in by Shared Account, who won a Grade I race for the first time by holding off heavily favoured English raider Midday in the Filly and Mare Turf. Ridden by Edgar Prado, the Kentucky-bred returned $94 for a $2 win ticket.
Trainer Graham Motion said: “I’m very emotional. I love this filly. I’m not surprised she won. I’m really surprised she was overlooked (at the betting window).”
Tasty victory
Gomez won his 10th career Breeders’ Cup race when he guided More Than Real to a two-length victory in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, giving a tasty triumph for owner Bobby Flay.
“This is obviously the biggest win I’ve ever had in horse racing by a magnitude of a thousand,” said Flay, an American celebrity chef. “It was just an amazing feeling.”
Awesome Feather, with Jeremy Sanchez in the irons, took the $2 million Juvenile Fillies with a two-and-a-quarter length victory.
Upsets on a chilly day at historic Churchill Downs were turned in by Dubai Majesty in the $1 million Filly and Mare Sprint and Eldaafer in the $500,000 Marathon.
Eldaafer, ridden by Velazquez, won the mile-and-three-quarters Marathon before an unprecedented scuffle erupted involving veteran jockeys Borel and Javier Castellano.
Eldaafer won by one-and-three-quarter lengths over Prince Will I Am, who was disqualified after Castellano let his horse stray into Romp and A.U. Miner at the five-sixteenths pole.
Gabriel’s Hill was moved up to the second spot, and A.U. Miner took third. A.U. Miner jockey Borel threw a punch at Castellano after the race and as the two men clashed furious Borel had to be led away by security.
“I had so much horse. I had pressure outside me,” explained Castellano. “I went for a hole and they said I took his (Borel’s lane. I don’t know. I don’t know.”
The normally mild-mannered Borel declared the issue closed.
“It’s over,” he said. “It’s all good. We talked.”
European raiders drew a blank on day one but will be looking for better on Saturday when top features include the Classic, the Turf and the Mile.
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