Leading Irish jockey Colin Keane will pick up the mount on Tarnawa in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland, reports At the Races on Twitter, because regular rider Christophe Soumillon has tested positive for COVID-19.
The Dermot Weld-trained 4-year-old daughter of Shamardal is listed at 6-1 on the morning line off an undefeated season in 2020; she won the G1 Prix Vermeille and the G1 Prix de l'Opera in France this year.
“It complicates things a little,” Weld said. “She takes a bit of knowing and he'd won two Group Ones on her. But that's the way it is.”
Soumillon was also listed to ride Order of Australia in the Mile for trainer Aidan O'Brien. No replacement has yet been named.
BREAKING NEWS: Christophe Soumillon has tested positive for COVID-19 and @ctkjockey will take his big-race ride on Tarnawa in the #BreedersCup Turf pic.twitter.com/oT9EHkUyQn
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) November 6, 2020
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