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Monomoy Girl, Swiss Skydiver Among 27 Pre-Entries Working At Churchill Downs

With the 2020 Breeders' Cup World Championships one week away, 27 pre-entered horses logged their final breezes Saturday morning at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., prior to shipping to Keeneland for the two-day event that runs Friday and Saturday.

Below is the full list of Breeders' Cup horses that worked on Saturday at Churchill Downs:

Horse	Work (splits/gallop out)	Workmate	Trainer	Race
Arklow	4F :49 (:12, :24.20, :36.40/1:02)		Brad Cox	Turf
Beau Recall	4F :50.40 (:25.60, :37.80/1:03.60)	Shared Sense	Brad Cox	Mile
Bell's the One	4F: :47.60 (:24/1:00.60)	Grove Daddy	Neil Pessin	F&M Sprint
By My Standards	5F :59.80 (12.40, :24.20, :35.80/1:12.60)		Bret Calhoun	Classic
Casa Creed	4F :47.20 (:12, :23.20, :35.40/1:00.20)	Harvey's Lil Goil	Bill Mott	Mile
Crazy Beautiful	5F 1:01 (:12.40, :24.40, :36.40/1:14)		Kenny McPeek	Juv. Fillies
Factor This	4F :48.80 (:12.20, :23.60)		Brad Cox	Mile
Global Campaign	5F 1:00.40 (:36.40/1:14)	She Love Me	Stan Hough	Classic
Got Stormy	4F :48.80 (:12, :23.60, :36.40)		Mark Casse	Turf Sprint
Harvey's Lil Goil	4F :47.20 (:12, :23.20, :35.40/1:00.20)	Casa Creed	Bill Mott	Filly & Mare Turf
Hog Creek Hustle	4F :47.80 (:11.40, :35.40/1:01.40)		Vickie Foley	Sprint
Knicks Go	4F :48.20 (:12.20, :24, :35.80/1:01.60)		Brad Cox	Dirt Mile
Lady Kate	4F :48.20 (:12.20, :24, :35.80/1:01.60)	Mo Zone	Eddie Kenneally	Distaff
MonomoyGirl	5F 1:01 (:12.80, :24.60, :37, :48.40/1:14.40)	Owendale	Brad Cox	Distaff
Mr Freeze	4F :50.40 (:13.20, :25.60/1:03.40)		Dale Romans	Dirt Mile
Mr. Money	4F :48.60 (:24.20, :36.60/1:01.80)		Bret Calhoun	Dirt Mile
Owendale	5F 1:01.20 (:12.60, :24.80, :48.60/1:14.40)	MonomoyGirl	Brad Cox	Dirt Mile
Sally's Curlin	4F :48.60		Dale Romans	F&M Sprint
Sconsin	4F :48.80 (:37/1:01.40, 1:15)		Greg Foley	F&M Sprint
Silver Dust	4F :49 (:12.60, :24.80, :37.20/1:02.60, 1:15.20		Bret Calhoun	Dirt Mile
Simply Ravishing	5F 1:00 (:11.80, :35/1:14)		Kenny McPeek	Juv. Fillies
Swiss Skydiver	5F 1:00 (:24.60, :36.40, :48.20/1:13.20)		Kenny McPeek	Distaff/Classic
Texas Wedge	4F :49.80 (:24.40/1:03.80)		Peter Miller	Turf Sprint
Title Ready	4F :48.20 (:23.20/1:02.40)		Dallas Stewart	Classic
Tom's d'Etat	4F :50.40 (:25/1:03.60)		Al Stall Jr.	Classic
War of Will	4F :48.20 (24/1:00.40)		Mark Casse	Dirt Mile
Whitmore	4F :48.80 (:11.60, :23.20/1:03)	Unnamed (out of Famous Lady)	Ron Moquett	Sprint

Saturday was another busy morning for Brad Cox's barn as he worked six of nine contenders including $2-million Distaff (G1) likely favorite Monomoy Girl.

“I hate to sound cliché but it was another awesome morning for all of these horses,” Cox added. “Most of the serious preparation was done last week but these works still matter to make sure each horse is in top shape prior to the event.”

Jockey Florent Geroux was aboard Monomoy Girl for her final breeze prior to the Breeders' Cup as she worked alongside $1 million Dirt Mile (GI) contender Owendale. Monomoy Girl was one of six horses Geroux breezed Saturday at Churchill Downs.

“She's a champion mare and really a horse of a lifetime,” Geroux said. “She's a future Hall of Famer with her résumé. The speed figures show she is a little bit faster this year than her 3-year-old year.”

The only remaining Breeders' Cup contenders to work at Churchill Downs are Just Might and Manny Wah. Both will work on Sunday, according to their respective trainers.

Saturday finalized the works for trainer Bret Calhoun's trio of By My Standards, Mr. Money and Silver Dust. Jockey Gabriel Saez worked Allied Racing Stable and Spendthrift Farm's Dirt Mile (G1) contender Mr. Money at 5:30 a.m. (all times Eastern) prior to breezing $6-million Classic (G1) hope By My Standards at 5:45 a.m. Jockey Adam Beschizza worked Tom Durant's Dirt Mile contender Silver Dust at 7:30 a.m.

“(By My Standards and Mr. Money) both worked awesome this morning,” Saez said. “By My Standards was supposed to be in about 1:01 but I couldn't slow him down. He's just doing really, really good. Mr. Money got over the ground great again, too.”

By My Standards was one of four Classic contenders to work on Saturday. Another was Sagamore Farm and WinStar Farm's $500,000 Woodward (G1) winner Global Campaign. Trained by Stan Hough, Global Campaign returned from a nine-month freshening in April at Gulfstream Park and sports a 3-for-4 record in 2020.

“In the Fountain of Youth he really tore his quarter as bad as I've seen it,” Hough said. “That set up for a series of foot problems after that. He's very talented and I think we're getting to a place where he can really show it.”

Other Classic contenders to work Saturday were Charles Fipke's longshot Title Ready and G M B Racing's Grade I winner Tom's d'Etat.

“We are ready to go for the big money,” trainer Dallas Stewart said of Title Ready. “He's a longshot but he will be coming with his run. We'll see what happens but we'll be ready.”

Star 3-year-old filly Swiss Skydiver was one of three Kenny McPeek trainees to work Saturday morning. Jockey Robby Albardo was once again aboard for the work on the Preakness (GI) winner. She pre-entered both the Distaff and Classic and McPeek is leaning to the Distaff barring any major defections in the Classic.

Entries for all 14 Breeders' Cup races will take place on Monday. There are 43 horses from Churchill Downs expected to be entered. All horses are required to be on the grounds Wednesday. Many local contenders are set to arrive on Monday including Cox's nine-horse squad.

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Mr. Money Rides Rail To Victory In Ack Ack At Churchill Downs

Allied Racing Stable and Spendthrift Farm's 4-year-old Goldencents colt, Mr. Money, saved ground throughout under Gabriel Saez, coming from off the pace to win Saturday's Grade 3 Ack Ack Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

Bourbon Calling finished second, with Thirstforlife third and Dinar fourth in the field of 13 older runners going a one-turn mile on a fast dirt tracksa. Mr. Money covered the distance in 1:34.85, a stakes record, and paid $14.80.

Mr. Money is trained by Bret Calhoun.

Warrior's Charge, the 6-5 favorite, broke from the rail and set a quick pace, going the opening quarter in :22.61 and half mile in :44.48. American Anthem and Pioneer Spirit applied pressure on the frontrunner as the field turned into the stretch after six furlongs in 1:09.11, with 65-1 shot Pioneer Spirit poking his nose in front briefly at the top of the stretch.

Mr. Money, never far back, found a perfect spot on the rail in the long run down the backstretch and never left the wood, going through an opening in the stretch when Warrior's Charge drifted out and hitting the front inside the furlong pole.

“We sat a perfect trip,” said Saez. “This horse hasn't had things go his way this year and showed us the real Mr. Money today.”

The victory was the first for Mr. Money in five starts this year. He put together a four-race win streak of Grade 3 stakes in 2019 – the Pat Day Mile, Matt Winn Stakes, Indiana Derby and West Virginia Derby – then was beaten a neck in the G1 Pennsylvania Derby before finishing seventh in the G1 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.

Bred in Kentucky by Spruce Lane Farm, Mr. Money has now won six of 17 career starts.

“Gabe worked out a perfect trip on him,” said Calhoun. “I thought his last few tries weren't a fair assessment of who this horse is. He showed us who he was today. He loves this track and got to run out of his own stall.”

Calhoun said Mr. Money may make a second run in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, to be run at Keeneland on Nov. 7.

“Fingers crossed that will take us to the Breeders' Cup,” Allied Racing's Chester Thomas said. “We are so thrilled for this horse, Bret, his entire team and Gabe.”

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By My Standards Shows Grit In Alysheba Stakes Victory

After finishing second in two of his three career starts at Churchill Downs, the fourth time was the charm for By My Standards, who turned away a calvary charge of some of the older male division's runners on Friday to win the Grade 2 Alysheba Stakes.

The 4-year-old son of Goldencents sat calmly to the outside of pacesetter Mr Freeze, who led the field through an opening quarter in :25.71 seconds, with McKinzie, Owendale, and Silver Dust all remaining within striking distance. By My Standards remained attached to the outside hip of Mr Freeze as they approached the final turn in a leisurely :49.93, and then under jockey Gabriel Saez, By My Standards began to lodge a challenge for the lead as the front duo turned for home.

By My Standards entered the stretch with the lead, with Mr Freeze conceding on the inside path, Owendale looming on the outside, and McKinzie diving in to attempt splitting horses. Both Owendale and McKinzie loomed as threats to By My Standards, who changed leads on multiple occasions in the stretch, but an aggressive ride by Saez and a right-handed whip to keep the horse on task saw the colt find another gear and draw off from his rivals to prevail by 1 3/4 lengths. Owendale carried on from a wide trip to finish second, edging out a late-gaining Silver dust, while McKinzie finished fourth.

By My Standards completed 1 1/16-mile race in 1:42.24 over a fast main track for owner Allied Racing Stable and trainer Bret Calhoun. He paid $5 to win as the post time favorite.

The victory was worth $245,520 and increased By My Standards' earnings to $1,764,430 record of 12-6-4-1.

It was a successful reunion for By My Standards and Saez, who rode the colt for each of his first nine starts, but wasn't aboard for his two most recent efforts, both runner-up finishes. The pair have won all four starts together this year, including the Grade 2 New Orleans Classic Stakes and G2 Oaklawn Handicap.

It was also a bit of redemption in the colt's Churchill Downs resume. By My Standards finished second in his debut start at Churchill Downs in November of his juvenile season in 2018, then returned a year later to finish 12th in the Kentucky Derby. Earlier this year, he ran second in the G2 Stephen Foster Stakes.

Bred in Kentucky by Don Ladd, By My Standards is out of the Grade 2-placed stakes-winning Muqtarib mare A Jealous Woman. He was a $150,000 purchase out of the 2018 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

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ALYSHEBA QUOTES, courtesy of the Churchill Downs media office

Gabriel Saez (winning rider, By My Standards) — “A little bit out of the gate, I see (Manny) Franco trying to get going (on Mr Freeze). I said, 'OK, he's going to go. I'm going to stay in here close. It was not really fast on the front end, but when it was time to get running around the half-mile pole, he picked up an extra gear. Each time I asked him to give me that acceleration, he did. I was really confident in him today. I was expecting him to run a huge race today, and here we are. I'm glad we got the job done. I'm looking forward to the Breeders' Cup. Fingers crossed and hope for the best.”

Bret Calhoun (winning trainer, By My Standards) – “Winning a race like this at Churchill is always special for our entire team. This horse got in some interesting pace scenarios in the last two starts and today Gabe (Saez) gave him the perfect ride and sat a perfect trip the entire way around there. It's kind of weird to think the Alysheba is a prep for the Breeders' Cup Classic (GI) but we're going to go with it and hope to get there in November.”

Brad Cox (trainer, Owendale, second) — “There was no pace. I didn't really know what to expect. Going into it, I didn't think there was going to be much pace on paper and then obviously there was none. I am finding out about this horse … that he doesn't really like kickback. He likes being out in the clear. He'll run, but he's not going to take it over the span of 5-6 furlongs and then expect to run on. He ran good, I was proud of the effort. He was beaten by a very, very good horse here. After the last race here (fifth in the Grade II Stephen Foster on June 27), I was kind of wondering where we belong in the handicap division and he put himself back in the mix. Very pleased, I was glad he got it turned around. Just his third race this year so hopefully we'll see what happens coming out of this.”

Adam Beschizza (rider, Silver Dust, third) – “He ran his usual solid performance. I'm delighted for Bret (Calhoun). He's been looking for redemption for a while with that horse (By My Standards). Silver Dust (also trained by Calhoun) is always knocking on the door. He always brings home a check. I'm sure his day is right around the corner.”

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Mojica Handed 30-Day Suspension By Indiana Stewards For Careless Riding

Jockey Orlando Mojica has been suspended 30 days by stewards in Indiana for careless riding after a July 22 race where his mount suffered a fatal injury.

According to the ruling issued July 23, stewards reviewed video of he third race at Indiana Grand and found that Mojica twice “carelessly and recklessly steered his mount, Miss Mercken, into unacceptably tight quarters, needlessly endangering his mount, himself, and the other race participants.”

On video replay, Mojica and Miss Mercken can be seen at the back of the five-horse field sitting in the two path coming into the stretch. The pair appear to approach closely alongside behind eventual winner Strollin the Bayou when Miss Mercken clips heels with Strollin the Bayou and suffers a rotational fall.

According to the official Equibase chart, Miss Mercken was vanned off and according to the ruling was later euthanized. Mojica was unseated but returned to the jockeys' room under his own power and later completed riding engagements in the fifth and sixth races.

Mojica, who has been riding since 2000, has appealed the ruling. Officials with the Indiana Horse Racing Commission told the Paulick Report he requested a stay of suspension, which has been denied. The suspension began July 29 and according to the ruling is set to run through Aug. 27.

Last month, Indiana stewards suspended rider Gabriel Saez for 30 days for an incident that resulted in three riders falling, two with injuries. He was later granted an exemption to allow him to ride in out-of-state stakes races, provided he add one day of in-state suspension for each stakes.

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