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Ortiz, Jr. Drops Appeal of Suspension For Winning Breeders’ Cup Ride On Goodnight Olive

Irad Ortiz, Jr. has withdrawn his appeal of a three-day suspension for “for failure to maintain a straight course in the stretch and causing interference” aboard 11-10 favorite Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper), who successfully defended her title by winning the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park.

There was no stewards' inquiry posted after Goodnight Olive's win. The Equibase chart noted that Goodnight Olive “drifted in, taking the path of Society [Gun Runner] near the three-sixteenths pole” before she “quickly opened clear and held safely.”

Ortiz, who is North America's winningest jockey in both victories and purse earnings for 2023, will now serve his days Nov. 24-26 according to a California Horse Racing Board ruling issued on Friday.

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Fast Anna Filly Drops The ‘Hammer’ En Route to ‘Rising Star’ Honors

Brookdale Racing and Mark Edwards's Thorpedo Anna (f, 2, Fast Anna–Sataves, by Uncle Mo) proved that her wide-margin debut success in a sales price-restricted Keeneland maiden Oct. 26 was no fluke, backing up that performance with an even bigger one Friday at Churchill en route to 'TDN Rising Star' honors.

Tightening from even money to jump at exactly 2-5, the $40,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling switched off beautifully and settled in a three-wide third behind fractions of :23.22 and :46.74. Slipped a bit of rein at the three-eighths, Thorpedo Anna loomed up under a hold and was held together for the run into the stretch, and when Brian Hernandez, Jr. went for her in earnest in upper stretch, the response was equal parts instantaneous and devastating, as Thorpedo Anna widened through the final eighth of a mile to take it by nine lengths without ever feeling the crop. She covered her final two furlongs in a very strong :23.84 while not fully extended.

A $40,000 purchase by the shrewd Ken McPeek at last year's Fasig-Tipton October Sale, Thorpedo Anna is a maternal great-granddaughter of Aldebaran Light, the dam of GISW Eskendereya (Giant's Causeway) and the Group 1-winning juvenile Balmont (Stravinsky). Sataves is the dam of the yearling colt McAfee (Cloud Computing), a $40,000 purchase out of this year's Keeneland September Sale, and was most recently covered by Known Agenda.

6th-Churchill Downs, $123,355, Alw (NW1X), Opt. Clm ($100,000), 11-10, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:35.68, ft, 9 lengths.
THORPEDO ANNA, f, 2, by Fast Anna
1st Dam: Sataves, by Uncle Mo
2nd Dam: Pacific Sky, by Stormy Atlantic
3rd Dam: Aldebaran Light, by Seattle Slew
Sales history: $40,000 Ylg '22 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $112,563. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree.
O-Brookdale Racing Inc & Mark Edwards; B-Judy Hicks (KY); T-Kenneth G McPeek

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Dankeschoen, Dalika!: German-Bred Star Mare Fetches $1.65M In Foal to Flightline at Keeneland November

Cataloged as hip 223 as part of Case Clay Thoroughbred Management draft, Dalika (Ger) (Pastorius {Ger}) was hammered down to Pursuit of Success/Bryan Prentice for $1.65 million as the opening session of the Keeneland November Sale began to wind down. In six years at the races, Dalika made 32 trips to the races, good for 10 victories, seven of which came at the stakes level, including a track record-setting performance in the 2022 GI Beverly D. S. where she covered nine furlongs on the turf in 1:46.31. Her other graded scores included the GIII Robert G. Dick Memorial S. in 2021 and the GIII Kentucky Downs Ladies' Turf and GIII Cardinal S. at 2022. She was trained in the U.S. by Al Stall, Jr., having broken her maiden in three starts in Germany at the front end of her career. Dalika is one of 11 mares in the November catalog that was was covered by Flightline in his first year at stud this past winter.

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Ryan Moore, Irad Ortiz, Jr., Penalized For Winning Breeders’ Cup Rides

Two of the planet's top jockeys, Ryan Moore and Irad Ortiz, Jr., were penalized by the Santa Anita Park stewards for riding infractions aboard winning mounts on the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup program.

Moore was fined $20,800 and suspended one day (Nov. 12) for being one whip strike over the limit of six when guiding 5-2 favorite Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) to victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf. Under Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) rules, the fine equates to 10% of Moore's personal purse winnings from that stakes.

Cutting the corner for home with a deft rail run after looking hopelessly bottled up at the fence, Moore's winning ride on Auguste Rodin has been widely praised as one of the most brilliantly executed moves on the entirety of Breeders' Cup weekend.

Moore was also assigned three violation points that will be expunged from his record on May 5, 2024, or six months from the date of final HISA adjudication.

Ortiz was suspended three days (Nov. 12, 17, 18) “for failure to maintain a straight course in the stretch and causing interference” aboard 11-10 favorite Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper), who successfully defended her title by winning the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

There was no stewards' inquiry posted after Goodnight Olive's win. The Equibase chart noted that Goodnight Olive “drifted in, taking the path of Society [Gun Runner] near the three-sixteenths pole” before she “quickly opened clear and held safely.”

It was unclear at deadline for this story if Moore planned an appeal. After his Breeders' Cup engagements, he flew to Australia, where he was booked to ride in the G1 Melbourne Cup Nov. 7.

Moore is currently rated tops in points for the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' World's Best Jockey rankings.

Ortiz's agent, Steve Rushing, told TDN that Ortiz is still weighing his options regarding an appeal.

“We're not sure yet. We spoke with a lawyer [Sunday]. We're going to make a decision either [later Monday or Tuesday]. It's a possibility, but we haven't decided yet,” Rushing said.

Ortiz, currently North America's leading jockey in both purse winnings and victories for 2023, is in the midst of serving a three-day “careless riding” suspension (Nov. 5, 9, 10) imposed by the Aqueduct Racetrack stewards for an Oct. 22 bumping incident that resulted in a victory for Ortiz's mount.

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