Horse Racing News

Dubai Majesty turned an apparently well matched Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint into a one-horse race, dashing away from Champagne d'Oro and easily holding off second-place Switch to win the $1 million race by about two lengths.

Thanks in great part to a heady ride by Garrett Gomez, who scored his third victory of the day, More Than Real won the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf by about two lengths over heavily favored Winter Memories.

Eldaafer, with John Velazquez up, started off the Breeders' Cup by pulling away to a 10-1 upset Friday at Churchill Downs in the Grade 3, $500,000 BC Marathon.

Eldaafer kicked off the Breeders' Cup with a victory in the $500,000 Marathon, though the real action took place after the horses hit the wire.

Rightly So, the 3-1 morning-line favorite, has been scratched from Friday's $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs because of an unspecified soundness issue.

Candy DeBartolo sat in the Turf Club at Churchill Downs and found that her ticket for a $5 wager had just returned $3,500.

A decision on Workforce's participation in the Breeders' Cup Turf won't be made until Saturday, trainer Michael Stoute said after sending Workforce out for easy exercise Friday morning at Churchill Downs.

Crown of Thorns, a leading contender for Saturday's $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, was scratched from the race on Friday after he developed a recurrence of an old injury to his right knee.

Jockey Garrett Gomez was thrown to the Churchill Downs turf in a spill entering the second turn of the sixth race at Churchill Downs Thursday, and his mount, Indy Bouquet, who broke down, appeared to fall on top of the jockey.

There's plenty of action on Friday, what with six Breeders' Cup races. There will be cameras, what with ESPN2 televising four hours, beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern time.