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Love Conquers All In Yorkshire Oaks, Sets Up Clash With Enable In Arc De Triomphe

Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Michael Tabor's brilliant filly Love (IRE) crushed her opposition in another outstanding performance to win the Darley Yorkshire Oaks (G1) on Thursday. The victory secures her a guaranteed start in the US$2 million Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) through the international Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.

The Breeders' Cup Challenge is a series of stakes races whose winners receive automatic starting positions and fees paid into a corresponding race of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, which is scheduled to be held at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, on Nov. 6-7.

Love becomes the third horse to gain a “Win and You're In” berth into the Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf this year, joining Queen Supreme (IRE), who won the Cartier Paddock Stakes (G1) at Kenilworth in South Africa on Jan. 11 and Almond Eye (JPN) winner of the Victoria Mile (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan on May 17.

Dual Classic heroine Love was making her first start since her jaw-dropping 9-length Investec Oaks (G1) win at Epsom Downs in July. Although the winning distance today was only 5 lengths, the race was over as a contest at the furlong marker, and her jockey Ryan Moore eased her home.

The 33/1 outsider Alpinista (GB) stayed on and eventually edged out One Voice (IRE) for the runner-up spot as the John Gosden-trained duo Franconia (GB) and Frankly Darling (GB) never figured.

It was a fifth Darley Yorkshire Oaks win for trainer Aidan O'Brien, who was thrilled with his filly's performance. He said: “I'm delighted. I really couldn't be happier. Everything went perfect and she won very nicely. She was very good last year and being a Galileo (IRE) filly we hoped she'd improve at three and she has done.”

O'Brien has trained some brilliant fillies over the years, including Alexandrova (IRE), Peeping Fawn and Minding (IRE), but believes Love might top that list.

O'Brien said: “I don't think we might have ever had a better filly than her. When you're that close to them, you don't want to be dreaming, but I think she's been extra special all the way through.”

The Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) and then possibly the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is on the agenda for Love. O'Brien said: “If she gets back home well then the Arc would be the plan. If she runs again after the Arc, then it would be the Breeders' Cup.”

It was a second Darley Yorkshire Oaks for Moore who after the race was glowing in his praise for the 3-year-old filly, saying: “She's very special. She's been exceptional this year and has absolutely thrived. She's just got stronger and stronger and has done it very easily today.”

Moore has enjoyed plenty of success over the years at the Breeders' Cup, riding nine winners so far including on Dank (GB) in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. He continued: “Realistically it was her easiest task for a while. She was running against some unexposed fillies but they had to step up to run to her level. She's a very straightforward filly and it was business as usual.”

Love, a chestnut daughter of Galileo out of the Pivotal (GB) mare Pikaboo (GB), completed the 1 1/2 miles in 2:31.31 over a course listed as good. Bookmakers SkyBet make Love 5/1, from 6/1, for the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

As a part of the benefits of the Challenge series, the Breeders' Cup will pay the entry fees for Love to start in the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, which will be run at 1 3/16 miles over the Keeneland turf course. Breeders' Cup also will provide a travel allowance of $40,000 for all starters based outside of North America to compete in the World Championships. The Challenge winner must already be nominated to the Breeders' Cup program or it must be nominated by the Championships' pre-entry deadline of Oct. 26 to receive the rewards.

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United Earns Top Billing In ‘Win And You’re In’ Del Mar Handicap

L N J Foxwoods' United, a big, strapping racehorse who can run all day on the grass with the best around, will strut his stuff at Del Mar Saturday in the oldest stakes on the shore oval's roster – the Del Mar Handicap.

This is the 81st season of summer racing at Del Mar and this is the 81st running of the Del Mar 'Cap, a race that has been won by dozens of top class horses over the years and might add another to its ranks in the Giant's Causeway gelding United.

The race goes as the 7th on an 11-race program that offers more than $1-million in purses. It carries a $200,000 incentive, Grade II status and further encouragement because it is part of the “Win and You're In” program that grants its winner a guaranteed entry with fees paid in the $4 million Breeders' Cup Turf, the foremost event for grass runners nationally that will be contested this year on November 7 at Keeneland in Lexington, KY as part of the two-day Breeders' Cup championships.

Notably, United ran in that race last year when it was held at Santa Anita and lost a furious battle to Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar by a head. Trainer Richard Mandella circled this year's running of the Turf on his calendar and has been pointing his charge toward it again.

United will face 10 foes Saturday and they'll travel a mile and three eighths on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course.

Here's the lineup from the rail out with weights, riders and morning line odds:

United (126, Flavien Prat, 8/5); Team Block's Another Mystery (119, Victor Espinoza, 20-1); Hronis Racing's Combatant (123, Ricardo Gonzalez, 8-1); Bran Jam Stable and Firsthome Thoroughbreds' Big Buzz (117, Edwin Maldonado, 20-1); Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams' Ward 'n Jerry (120, Mike Smith, 10-1); Benowitz Family Trust and Madaket Stables' Proud Pedro (119, Juan Hernandez, 12-1); Little Red Feather Racing, Jacobsen, et al's Red King (120, Umberto Rispoli, 8-1); Team Work Horseman Group's New Year (117, Tiago Pereira, 20-1); Messineo or Sands' Oscar Dominguez (122, Drayden Van Dyke, 6-1); B G Stables' Originaire (121, Abel Cedillo, 5-1), and Messineo or Sands' North County Guy (118, Mario Gutierrez, 15-1).

United, who has banked $1,253,549 during a career that has seen him win six of 14 starts including a three-for-three run in stakes this year, scored most recently in the Grade II Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar on July 26. The chestnut's connections behind L N J Foxwoods are Larry and Nancy Roth and their daughter, Jaime, from Great Neck, NY.

It appears that Originaire and Oscar Dominguez – a pair of Irish-bred runners – are the chief threats to United.

Originaire, a 4-year-old by Zoffany, has chased United home in his last two starts, the Eddie Read and then the Whittingham at Santa Anita prior to that. The bay colt has finished in the top three in 12 of his 18 starts and is trained by veteran Jeff Mullins.

Oscar Dominguez won Del Mar's Hollywood Turf Cup at a mile and one-half here last fall. He has six wins, six seconds and six thirds and earnings of $464,214 to his credit. He's a 7-year-old gelding, also by Zoffany, and runs out of the Richard Baltas barn.

Combatant registered a big win earlier in the year when he was a photo-finish victor in the Santa Anita Handicap. The 5-year-old by the late sire Scat Daddy has just over $1-million in winnings. His trainer is John Sadler.

First post for the Saturday card is 2 p.m.

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FanDuel Named Title Sponsor Of Breeders’ Cup Mile, Includes Charity Partners In Race Names

Officials of Breeders' Cup and FanDuel Group today announced that FanDuel, America's premier gaming destination, will become the title sponsor of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) at this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships. In addition, two of FanDuel Group's major charity partners will be incorporated into its naming rights for this year's event — the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile presented by PDJF and the TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.

The Breeders' Cup, one of Thoroughbred racing's most prestigious international events, consisting of 14 races and purses and awards totaling $35 million, is scheduled to be held on Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. The World Championships will be televised live on NBC and NBCSN.

For several years, FanDuel subsidiary TVG, America's Horse Racing network, has partnered with the Jockeys' Guild's Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF), on initiatives including an annual telethon, and with the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, to raise awareness and funding for both organizations.

“We are excited that FanDuel will become the title sponsor of the Breeders' Cup Mile and thank them for their commitment to the World Championships,” said Breeders' Cup President and CEO Drew Fleming. “Since announcing our multi-year agreement last year, we have enjoyed an outstanding relationship with FanDuel and TVG as they have expanded and strengthened their support of the Breeders' Cup and Thoroughbred racing.”

“Building off an amazing start last year, FanDuel and TVG are looking forward to this year's Breeders' Cup and to working together to create new fans for horse racing,” said Kip Levin, CEO of TVG. “We appreciate Breeders' Cup's and NBC Sports' cooperation in including our charity partners into the race names for this year. Both the PDJF and Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance do so much to help provide care and resources for our athletes and we wanted to share the spotlight with them on two of our sport's biggest days.”

In 2019, Breeders' Cup and FanDuel announced a comprehensive multi-year sponsorship agreement making TVG and FanDuel the official Wagering Partners of the Breeders' Cup World Championships. TVG will retain its title sponsorship of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), which also was announced last year.

The collaboration also established TVG and FanDuel official partner status for four of its business units: Advanced-Deposit Wagering (TVG) as well as sports betting, daily fantasy sports and online casino, all of which operate under the FanDuel brand.

TVG and FanDuel will continue to receive official sponsor designation, commercial units and other promotional rights as part of NBC Sports' coverage of the Breeders' Cup World Championships and also will be the Presenting Partner of NBCSN's “Betting the Breeders' Cup” show, which will air multiple times during Breeders' Cup week and include complete handicapping and analysis of the World Championships. In another component of the partnership, FanDuel Group will promote the Breeders' Cup World Championships to its databases of Daily Fantasy and sports betting customers.

In January, FanDuel introduced FanDuel Racing, an advanced-deposit wagering service aimed at novice race fans, and began promoting it across its DFS platform. Prior to that, FanDuel had developed and introduced daily fantasy sports applications for horse racing.

The $2 million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile presented by PDJF is a Grade 1 race for 3-year-olds and older, which will be run at 1 mile on the Keeneland turf course on Saturday, Nov. 7. The Mile annually draws top flight international competition. This year, horses from South Africa, France, Great Britain, Japan and the U.S. already have qualified automatically for the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile by winning races in the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.

The $2 million TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is a Grade 1 race for 2-year-olds, which will be run at 1 1/16 miles on the Keeneland main track as part of Breeders' Cup's Future Stars Friday program.

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Aqueduct’s Fall Meet To Cover 18 Race Days, Include 11 Graded Stakes Events

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced race dates for the 18-day Aqueduct Racetrack fall meet, offering 29 stakes, including 11 graded events, worth $3.41 million in purse money, that will kick off on Friday, November 6 and run through Sunday, December 6.

Opening weekend of the Big A fall meet, which coincides with the Breeders' Cup set for November 6-7 at Keeneland Race Course, begins with the $100,000 Tempted for juvenile fillies and $80,000 Atlantic Beach for juvenile turf sprinters on November 6.

The opening weekend stakes action continues on November 7 with the Grade 3, $100,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap and the Grade 3, $100,000 Nashua for 2-year-olds on November 8.

The Saturday, November 14 card will feature the $100,000 Artie Schiller for turf milers 3-years-old and up and the $100,000 Notebook, a six-furlong sprint for New York-bred juveniles. The following day offers the $100,000 Winter Memories at 1 1/16-miles on turf for sophomore fillies and the $100,000 Key Cents for New York-bred juvenile filly sprinters.

The Grade 3, $100,000 Red Smith, a 1 3/8-mile turf marathon for 3-year-olds and up continues the graded stakes action at the fall meet on Saturday, November 21. Two divisions of the New York Stallion Stakes Series will take centerstage on Sunday, November 22, featuring the $100,000 Thunder Rumble, a seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up, and it's filly counterpart, the $100,000 Staten Island, also at seven-eighths on the main track.

Thanksgiving Week at the Big A will feature three days of exciting racing action beginning Friday, November 27 through Sunday, November 29 with 10 stakes worth $1 million.

A trio of stakes on November 27 includes the Grade 3, $100,000 Comely sophomore fillies at nine furlongs; the $100,000 Gio Ponti at 1 1/16-miles on the turf for sophomores; and the $100,000 Forever Together also at 1 1/16-miles on the turf for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up.

The Saturday, November 28th card boasts four stakes keyed by a pair of Grade 3 tests including the $100,000 Long Island at 11 furlongs on the turf for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up along with the $100,000 Discovery for at nine furlongs for 3-year-olds. The card is bolstered by the $100,000 Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship at six furlongs for 3-year-olds and up and the $100,000 Central Park for juveniles at 1 1/16-miles on the turf.

Sunday, November 29 is slated for three stakes, led by the Grade 3, $100,000 Fall Highweight Handicap, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and upward. The card will also feature the $100,000 Autumn Days at six furlongs on the turf for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up and the $100,000 Tepin at 1 1/16-miles on the turf for juvenile fillies.

Closing Weekend of the Big A fall meet features seven stakes worth $1.4 million beginning on Saturday, December 5 with the 32nd renewal of the Grade 1, $250,000 Cigar Mile for 3-year-olds and up, headlining a lucrative card which includes a pair of prestigious Grade 2, $150,000 nine-furlong events for juveniles in the Remsen and its filly counterpart, the Demoiselle, as well as the Grade 3, $100,000 Go for Wand Handicap for fillies and mares at a mile.

The New York Stallion Stakes Series will offer a pair of rich races for 2-year-olds on Sunday, December 6 with the Great White Way for juvenile males and the Fifth Avenue for juvenile fillies, with purses of $250,000 each. Sunday's Closing Day card will also include the $100,000 Garland of Roses at six furlongs for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up.

Following opening weekend, live racing will be conducted Thursday through Sunday with the exception of Thanksgiving Week, when live racing will not be offered on Thanksgiving Day, November 26.

New York state currently requires all racetracks to operate without spectators in attendance to combat the spread of COVID-19. NYRA will issue updated guidance regarding COVID-19 health and safety protocols for jockeys, trainers and owners in the near future.

America's Day at the Races will present daily television coverage of the Aqueduct fall meet with coverage to air on FOX Sports and MSG Networks.

DATE
RACE
Gr.
2020 PURSE
AGE
DISTANCE
Fri., Nov. 6
Tempted
100,000
F2YO
1 Mile
Fri., Nov. 6
Atlantic Beach
80,000
2YO
6 F (Turf)
Sat., Nov. 7
Turnback the Alarm (Hdcp)
III
100,000
F&M 3&UP
1 1/8
Sat., Nov. 7
Stewart Manor
80,000
F2YO
6 F (Turf)
Sun., Nov. 8
Nashua
III
100,000
2YO
1 Mile
Sat., Nov. 14
Artie Schiller
100,000
3&UP
1 Mile (Turf)
Sat., Nov. 14
Notebook (NYB)
100,000
2YO
6 Furlongs
Sun., Nov. 15
Winter Memories
100,000
F3YO
1   1/16 (Turf)
Sun., Nov. 15
Key Cents (NYB)
100,000
F2YO
6 Furlongs
Sat., Nov. 21
Red Smith
III
100,000
3&UP
1 3/8 (Turf)
Sun., Nov. 22
New York Stallion Series
100,000
3&UP
7 Furlongs
Thunder Rumble Division (Restricted)
Sun., Nov. 22
New York Stallion Series
100,000
F&M 3&UP
7 Furlongs
Staten Island Division (Restricted)
Fri., Nov. 27
Comely
III
100,000
F3YO
1 1/8
Fri., Nov. 27
Gio Ponti
100,000
3YO
1   1/16 (Turf)
Fri., Nov. 27
Forever Together
100,000
F&M 3&UP
1   1/16 (Turf)
Sat., Nov. 28
Long Island
III
100,000
F&M 3&UP
1 3/8 (Turf)
Sat., Nov. 28
Discovery
III
100,000
3YO
1   1/8
Sat., Nov. 28
Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship
100,000
3&UP
6 F (Turf)
Sat., Nov. 28
Central Park
100,000
2YO
1   1/16 (Turf)
Sun., Nov. 29
Fall Highweight (Hdcp.)
III
100,000
3&UP
6 Furlongs
Sun., Nov. 29
Autumn Days
100,000
F&M 3&UP
6 F (Turf)
Sun., Nov. 29
Tepin
100,000
F2YO
1   1/16 (Turf)
Sat., Dec. 5
Cigar Mile (Hdcp)
I
250,000
3&UP
1 Mile
Sat., Dec. 5
Remsen
II
150,000
2YO
1   1/8
Sat., Dec. 5
Demoiselle
II
150,000
F2YO
1   1/8
Sat., Dec. 5
Go For Wand (Hdcp)
III
100,000
F&M 3&UP
1 Mile
Sun., Dec. 6
New York Stallion Series
250,000
2YO
7 Furlongs
Great White Way Division
Sun., Dec. 6
New York Stallion Series
250,000
F2YO
7 Furlongs
Fifth Avenue Division
Sun., Dec. 6
Garland of Roses
100,000
F&M 3&UP
6 Furlongs

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