Almond Eye blazed down the Tokyo Racecourse stretch and into the history books Nov. 29, winning the Japan Cup (G1) for the second time while notching her ninth top-level victory in her final race. Source
Month: November 2020
Count Again Rallies to Seabiscuit Score
After spending the last three months specializing in races at classic distances, a return to his roots in turf racing worked out pretty well for Count Again in the $203,500 Seabiscuit Handicap (G2T). Source
Sioux Nation Colt Leads Final Tattersalls Foal Session
A budding breeding syndicate received the sort of result any small player would barely dare to dream of when their Sioux Nation colt sat on top of the standings at the Nov. 28 final session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. Source
Fluffy Socks Gets Up Late to Take Jimmy Durante
Fluffy Socks rallied from far back and survived an inquiry in the $102,500 Jimmy Durante Stakes (G3T) Nov. 28 at Del Mar to collect her first graded victory and add a second black-type win to her record. Source
Keepmeinmind From Last to First in Kentucky Jockey Club
Juvenile (G1) third-place finisher Keepmeinmind returned victorious Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs, catching frontrunning Smiley Sobotka for a three-quarter-length victory. Source
Domestic Spending Charges Home in Hollywood Derby
Klaravich Stables’ Domestic Spending charged down the homestretch at Del Mar Nov. 28 to secure his first graded victory in the $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1T). Source
Travel Column Gets the Trip in Golden Rod
OXO Equine’s Travel Column was squeezed at the break and went from last to first to win the Golden Rod Stakes (G2) Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs. The daughter of first-crop sire Frosted got the 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.98. Source
Epatante sees Grand National odds cut after dominating Newcastle’s Fighting Fifth Hurdle
Epatante’s rival Not So Sleepy unseated jockey Paddy Brennan early in the race at Newcastle, while Cloth Cap’s Grand National odds were also cut after a victory from the front at Newbury.Source
Clement 1-2 With Mutamakina, Traipsing in Long Island
Mutamakina didn’t always look like the winner of the Long Island Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Nov. 28, but trainer Christophe Clement sure did. He ran 1-2 when Mutamakina caught Traipsing late after the latter led for nearly all of the race. Source
Forza Di Oro Draws Clear to Take Discovery Stakes
Trainer Bill Mott first saw a world of potential in Don Alberto Stable’s homebred Forza Di Oro when the son of Speightstown was a 2-year-old. It just took a year to bring all of it out. Source