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Odds And Ends: Cox Second Trainer To Win Four Cup Races, Quartet Of Jockeys, Trainers Have Breakthrough Wins

Brad Cox became the second trainer in the 37-year history of the Breeders' Cup World Championships to train four winners during a single Championships, matching the feat of Richard Mandella in 2003 at Santa Anita.

Cox won the final two races on Future Stars Friday with Aunt Pearl (IRE) in the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) and the TVG Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1) with Essential Quality.

On Saturday, he sent out Knicks Go, who shattered the track record in the Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile (G1), and Monomoy Girl to her second victory in the Longines Distaff (G1).

In 2003, Mandella saddled four Breeders' Cup winners under the single-day format of the Championships conducted from 1984-2006.

Authentic Becomes Sixth Kentucky Derby Winner to Take Classic
Authentic became the sixth Kentucky Derby winner to capture the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) and fourth to do it in the same year. The other 3-year-olds to win the Classic are Sunday Silence (1989), Unbridled (1990) and American Pharoah (2015). Ferdinand, the 1986 Derby winner, and Alysheba, the 1987 Kentucky Derby winner, both came back the following year to win the Classic as 4-year-olds.

Irad Ortiz Jr. Wins Third Consecutive Bill Shoemaker Award
Irad Ortiz Jr., who rode two winners and added a second- and third-place finish, won the 18^th annual Bill Shoemaker Award, given to the most outstanding jockey in the 2020 Breeders' Cup World Championships hosted by Keeneland.

Ortiz's victories came on Golden Pal (Juvenile Turf Sprint-G2) and Whitmore (Sprint-G1). He finished second on Improbable in the Classic (G1) and third on Sharp Samurai in the Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile (G1).

Joel Rosario, Florent Geroux, John Velazquez and Pierre-Charles Boudot also rode two winners.

Rosario, who rode three winners in 2018 at Churchill Downs and two last year at Santa Anita, got his 2020 victories on Vequist (Juvenile Fillies-G1) and Knicks Go (Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile-G1)

Geroux's two victories came on Aunt Pearl (IRE) (Juvenile Fillies Turf-G1) and Monomoy Girl (Longines Distaff-G1). Velasquez won the Longines Classic (G1) on Authentic and the Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) on Gamine. Boudot picked up his first two Breeders' Cup victories on Audarya (FR) in the Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf (G1) and the FanDuel Mile presented by PDJF (G1) on Order of Australia (IRE).

Four Jockeys Claim Initial Breeders' Cup Victories
Four riders posted their first Breeders' Cup victories over the weekend.

Pierre-Charles Boudot, who was riding in his third Breeders' Cup, picked up his first two Breeders' Cup victories on Audarya (FR) in the Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf (G1) and the FanDuel Mile presented by PDJF (G1) on Order of Australia (IRE).

Luis Saez, riding in his seventh World Championships, won the TVG Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1) on Essential Quality.

Tom Eaves, riding in his first Breeders' Cup, won the Turf Sprint (G1) on Glass Slippers (GB).

Colin Keane, also riding in his first Breeders' Cup, won the Longines Turf (G1) on Tarnawa (IRE).

Weld, Three Other Trainers Post Initial Breeders' Cup Victories
Dermot Weld, who saddled his first two Breeders' Cup starters in 1985, broke through Saturday with his first victory in the World Championships when Tarnawa (IRE) won the Longines Turf (G1). Tarnawa represented Weld's 17^th Breeders' Cup starter. james fan

Also picking up their initial victories were Ron Moquett, Kevin Ryan and James Fanshawe.

Moquett won the Sprint (G1) with Whitmore who was running in the Sprint for the fourth consecutive year. Moquett, who saddled his first Breeders' Cup runner in 1999, has started two other horses besides Whitmore.

Ryan, who won the Turf Sprint (G1) with Glass Slippers (GB), had had only one previous Breeders' Cup starter with East (GB), who had finished second in the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) at Churchill Downs in 2018.

Fanshawe won with his first Breeders' Cup starter, Audarya (FR) in the Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf (G1).

Five Favorites Won Over the Weekend
Five favorites delivered victories from the 14 Championship races during the 2020 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland with three more finishing second.

The winning favorites were Golden Pal (Juvenile Turf Sprint-G2), Aunt Pearl (IRE) (Juvenile Fillies Turf-G1), Gamine (Filly & Mare Sprint-G1), Knicks Go (Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile-G1) and Monomoy Girl (Longines Distaff-G1).

The highest price winner of the weekend was Order of Australia (IRE) in the FanDuel Mile presented by PDJF (G1) with a $148.40 win mutuel on a $2 bet.

Kentucky and European-Based Runners Dominate at Keeneland
There were 14 World Championship races this weekend at Keeneland and Kentucky-based runners accounted for victories in half of them.

The Kentucky-based winners were Golden Pal (Juvenile Turf Sprint-G2), Fire At Will (Juvenile Turf presented by Coolmore America-G1), Aunt Pearl (IRE) (Juvenile Fillies Turf-G1), Essential Quality (TVG Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance-G1), Whitmore (Sprint-G1), Knicks Go (Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile-G1) and Monomoy Girl (Longines Distaff-G1).

The Europeans made a clean sweep of the four turf races Saturday starting with Glass Slippers (GB) in the Turf Sprint (G1) and followed by Audarya (FR) in the Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf (G1), Order of Australia (IRE) in the FanDuel Mile presented by PDJF (G1) and Tarnawa (IRE) in the Longines Turf (G1).

California was represented by two winners, both trained by Bob Baffert and both track record-setters: Gamine (Filly & Mare Sprint-G1) and Authentic (Longines Classic-G1).

The other winner was Parx-based Vequist in Friday's Juvenile Fillies (G1).

Breeders' Cup World Championships Leading Jockeys (by earnings)

Jockey	Earnings
Mike Smith*	$36,634,605
John Velazquez*	$27,730,275
Frankie Dettori*	$25,751,862
Pat Day	$23,033,360
Joel Rosario*	$22,182,535
Jerry Bailey	$22,006,440
Javier Castellano*	$20,547,600
Gary Stevens	$20,299,255

*Denotes Active Jockey

Breeders' Cup World Championships Leading Jockeys (by wins)

Jockey	Wins
Mike Smith*	26
John Velazquez*	18
Jerry Bailey	15
Frankie Dettori*	14
Garrett Gomez	13
Javier Castellano*	12
Pat Day	12
Joel Rosario*	13
Irad Ortiz Jr.	11
Gary Stevens	11

*Denotes Active Jockey

Breeders' Cup World Championships Leading Trainers (by earnings)

Trainer	Earnings
Bob Baffert*	$34,985,000
Aidan O'Brien *	$26,645,590
D. Wayne Lukas *	$22,672,520
Todd Pletcher*	$21,508,030
Chad Brown*	$20,000,690
Bill Mott*	$19,936,900
Steve Asmussen*	$14,262,180

*Denotes Active Trainer

Breeders' Cup World Championships Leading Trainers (by win)

Trainer	Wins
D. Wayne Lukas*	20
Bob Baffert*	17
Chad Brown *	15
Aidan O'Brien *	13
Todd Pletcher*	11
Shug McGaughey*	9
Bill Mott*	9
Richard Mandella*	9
Sir Michael Stoute*	8
Brad Cox	7
Neil Drysdale	6
Bobby Frankel	6

*Denotes Active Trainer

Jockeys Who Won Their First Breeders' Cup World Championships race in 2020

Jockey	Horse	Race
Pierre-Charles Boudot	Audarya (FR)	Filly & Mare Turf
Tom Eaves	Glass Slippers (GB)	Turf Sprint
Colin Keane	Tarnawa (IRE)	Turf
Luis Saez	Essential Quality	Juvenile

Trainers Who Won Their First Breeders' Cup World Championships race in 2020

Trainer	Horse	Race
James Fanshawe	Audarya (FR)	Filly & Mare Turf
Ron Moquett	Whitmore	Sprint
Kevin Ryan	Glass Slippers (GB)	Turf Sprint
Dermot Weld	Tarnawa (IRE)	Turf

Future Sites

The 38^th Breeders' Cup World Championships will be held at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California, Nov. 5-6, 2021 and return to Keeneland for the 39^threnewal Nov. 4-5, 2022.

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Glass Slippers Takes Rail Trip To Become First European To Win Turf Sprint

Glass Slippers (GB) justified a long flight from her European base with a brilliant performance under a patient ride by jockey Tom Eaves to win the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Saturday. The 4-year-old filly hung well back, tucked along the rail behind the majority of the field through the backstretch and around the turn, appeared to have nowhere to go until a gap opened up, allowing Eaves to quietly ease her closer to the pace. Still, Glass Slippers was forced to wait behind dueling Wildman Jack and Into Mystic in front, hemmed in to her right shoulder by Extravagant Kid. She found another gear and burst through a narrow gap inside of Extravagant Kid, charging forward to challenge Wildman Jack, easily putting him away and holding off a wall of late challengers led by Wet Your Whistle. The final margin was a half length.

“It's just brilliant,” said Eaves. “We arrived on Monday and we exercised her on the turf track all week. We also walked it a couple of times. I spoke to Ryan Moore beforehand for some advice on how to ride the track. What a training performance. She's been great all year so come to and win it's unreal. She's raced round a bend before but the plan was to go on the instead and ride for a bit of luck. We had a great run through which doesn't always work but it did today. To have a Breeders' Cup winner Is amazing and a day I won't forget. She'll be in training again next year.”

The win is the first in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint for a European-based horse.

Wet Your Whistle was second, followed by Leinster. Glass Slippers paid $22.40 to win.

The final time for the five and a half furlongs was 1:01.53.

Kevin Ryan trains Glass Slippers for owner/breeder Bearstone Stud Limited. She is the daughter of Dream Ahead and Night Gypsy (GB) by Mind Games (GB). The filly came to this race off a narrow second-place finish in the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp on Oct. 20, and a win prior to that in the G1 Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh.

“Awesome. I'm ecstatic,” said Ryan. “To come and compete against the best sprinters in the world and beat them is just amazing. She's been great all week. Every day getting fresher and cantering on the turf track every morning. I said to Tom earlier in the week now you're going quicker running into bend let's see how she changes her legs and straight away no issues at all in the bend. I knew then we were in business. We decided going on a brave ride up the inner and go the shortest route and if it didn't work such is life. Today was our day.”

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Glass Slippers Makes History For Europe in the Turf Sprint

Bearstone Stud’s Glass Slippers (GB) (Dream Ahead) became the first European invader to win the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, weaving her way through traffic to score a late-charging victory at Keeneland Saturday. Sent off at 10-1, the bay filly settled well slightly behind midpack as longshot Into Mystic (Into Mischief) took the field through an opening quarter in :21.26 while prompted by Bombard (War Front) and Texas Wedge (Colonel John). She inched closer along the rail on the turn and cut the corner into the straight and she was shoulder to shoulder with Imprimis (Broken Vow), both ready to strike following a half in :43.81. While Imprimis’s lane was abruptly closed off by Leinster (Majestic Warrior), Glass Slippers found a seam and charged to daylight before holding off the late-closing Wet Your Whistle (Stroll). Leinster, favored at 4-1, settled for third after racing prominently throughout.

Glass Slipper is the fourth female to beat the boys in the Turf Sprint.

“What a training performance,” winning rider Tom Eaves said. “She’s been great all year, so come to and win it’s unreal. She’s raced round a bend before, but the plan was to go on the inside and ride for a bit of luck. We had a great run through, which doesn’t always work, but it did today. To have a Breeders’ Cup winner is amazing and a day I won’t forget.”

Of the result, winning trainer Kevin Ryan said, “Awesome. I’m ecstatic. To come and compete against the best sprinters in the world and beat them is just amazing. She’s been great all week. Every day getting fresher and cantering on the turf track every morning. I said to Tom earlier in the week, ‘Now you’re going quicker running into bend let’s see how she changes her legs’ and straight away no issues at all in the bend. I knew then we were in business. We decided going on a brave ride up the inner and go the shortest route and if it didn’t work, such is life. Today was our day.”

Glass Slippers won last year’s G1 Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp. She opened 2020 with a fifth-place effort in the G1 King’s Stand S. at Royal Ascot in June and was second in the July 31 GII King George Qatar S. before winning the Sept. 13 G1 Derrinstown Stud Flying Five S. at The Curragh. She missed by just a neck when second in her defense attempt in the Prix de l’Abbaye last time out Oct. 4.

Pedigree Notes:

Terry Holdcroft’s Bearstone Stud purchased Glass Slippers’ second dam Ocean Grove for 20,952gns at the 1996 Tattersalls December sale. That mare’s first foal was Glass Slippers’ dam Night Gypsy.

Glass Slippers is the first American graded stakes winner for her three-time Group 1-winning sire Dream Ahead.

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Yorkshire Loaded For Breeders’ Cup

With trainers John Quinn, Kevin Ryan and Nigel Tinkler each fielding a runner in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland, there is as good a chance as ever that one of the festival’s coveted trophies will make its way back to Yorkshire, where all three are based.

Quinn sends out his first Breeders’ Cup starter in the form of Ross Harmon’s Safe Voyage (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}), and the gelding has hit his best stride this year at seven, taking Epsom’s Listed Surrey S., York’s G2 City of York S. and Leopardstown’s G2 Boomerang Mile prior to a strong third in the G1 Prix de la Foret. He lines up in Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Mile.

“Early in the spring we thought the Breeders’ Cup could suit Safe Voyage,” said Quinn. “He’s got some very good form going left-handed. His best form before this season was over seven furlongs, but he dug deep when he won over a mile at Leopardstown, so the mile at Keeneland will hold no fears for him. He finished third in the Qatar Prix de la Foret at ParisLongchamp last time and has been in good form since that race at the start of October. He’s come out of that race well.”

“This is our first Breeders’ Cup runner and it’s wonderful for us,” Quinn added. “We’ve been training a long time and he has a live chance. It’s something we all aspire to.”

Ryan, meanwhile, looks to build on a second-place finish with East (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf in 2018 at Churchill Downs. East was his first Breeders’ Cup runner, and this year Ryan has Bearstone Stud’s 2020 G1 Flying Five S. and 2019 G1 Prix de l’Abbaye winner Glass Slippers (GB) (Dream Ahead) for the GI Turf Sprint.

“The Breeders’ Cup has been on our mind all season,” Ryan said. “She won the ‘Win and You’re In’ race [the Flying Five] at The Curragh and also ran well [when second] in the Abbaye from a bad draw. She’s very versatile as far as the ground is concerned, but I think she is a better filly with some cut in the ground.”

Jumps jockey turned trainer Nigel Tinkler relies on the Listed National S. and G2 Flying Childers S. winner Ubettabelieveit (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) in Friday’s GII Juvenile Turf Sprint.

“I think he’s definitely improving. I think he’s better now than when he ran at Doncaster [in the Flying Childers],” Tinkler said. He noted he would prefer good ground at Keeneland.

“At the moment I think the ground is fine,” he added. “It does drain very well at Keeneland apparently, but soft ground would be a concern.”

Rowan Scott, who was aboard for the Flying Childers win on Sept. 11, will keep the ride.

“He’s a good lad,” Tinkler said. “Nothing really phases him, so I don’t think the occasion will be a big thing for him. He’s very level-headed and he’s young. I don’t have any qualms about putting him on.”

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